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The US Department of Justice had long been expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. But when the suit arrived Thursday, it came with surprising ferocity.In a press conference, attorney general Merrick Garland noted that Apple controlled more than 70 percent of the country’s smartphone market, saying the company used that outsized power to control developers and consumers and squeeze more revenue out of them.The suit and messaging from DoJ and fifteen states and the District of Columbia joining it take aim at…

A controversial education bill passed in a Florida House vote on Friday. One Republican lawmaker used the opportunity to wonder why educators don’t talk about how some slaves were paid for their labor. The bill, known as CS/HB 1291, would ban teacher preparation programs and similar courses that teach “identity politics … or based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States.” During debate over the bill, state Rep. Alex Andrade (R)…

Timothee Chalamet appeared unimpressed with Dune: Part Two castmates over their lack of knowledge about a famous New York City breakfast.During an interview with Vanity Fair, the 28-year-old star asked the cast to name his “go-to” breakfast bagel.They suggested his favourite filling would be bacon, egg and chive - forgetting the all-important cheese.“Man, we’ve got no New Yorkers in this cast,” Chalamet responded.“I’m sorry to everybody on the East Coast.”Florence Pugh’s decision to question why bagels have a hole in the…

Following the news that Apple is going to allow third-party app stores in the EU following the release of iOS 17.4, developers around the world have been diving into the company's updated developer guidelines and information to see just how things will work. And as suspected, the changes Apple announced today will only apply to those who are in the European Union. If you're outside of an EU member country, it's business as usual and the App Store remains the only way for you to get your apps.That isn't all that…

Former President Donald Trump is in D.C. on Tuesday sitting in on an appeals court hearing regarding his claim of “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for acts he may or may not have committed as president. The arguments are already getting absurd.  Judge Florence Y. Pan, a member of the three-appellate judge panel that will rule on the question, asked Trump’s attorney, John Sauer, if — hypothetically — a president could order S.E.A.L. Team Six to assassinate their political rival and be immune from…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Occam's razor—the principle that when faced with competing explanations, we should choose the simplest that fits the facts—is not just a tool of science. Occam's razor is science, insists a renowned molecular geneticist from the University of Surrey. In a paper published in the Annals of the New York Academy of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the face of rampant disinformation, Professor Ruth Mayo from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem delivers a fresh perspective on the cognitive mindsets influencing our susceptibility to false information. Her comprehensive review challenges the prevailing belief that trust or distrust alone is the answer in combating disinformation. …

Video-streaming platform Rumble is famously the site that Russell Brand fled to after being demonetized by YouTube in the wake of accusations of sexual harassment. It’s meanwhile been profiled by the New York Times as “the right’s go-to video site.” And last year, when Pew Research released a massive dive into alt social media, it listed off some “affiliated prominent accounts” that had broken through. Among Rumble’s prominent accounts were Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump Jr., who’d just <a rel="nofollow"…

Google — under fire in court for allegedly resting on its laurels thanks to its 90% market dominance — only made an effort to beef up the quality of its search engine in the European Union after being hit by a record antitrust fine, according to internal documents revealed in the US Justice Department's monopolization case against the tech giant.The Justice Department is arguing at a trial in Washington that Google's failure to improve its products - unless put under pressure - proves that it's illegally maintaining its…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Employment levels for people with learning disabilities in the UK are five to 10 times lower than they were a hundred years ago. And the experiences of workers from the 1910s–50s offer inspiration as well as lessons about safeguarding. A new study by Cambridge historian Professor Lucy Delap…