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The US Department of Justice is suing Apple over a smartphone monopoly that it deems is allowing Apple to "extract more money from consumers."The DOJ accuses Apple of operating with an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market that allows the company to lock down the best iPhones."Apple exercises its monopoly power to extract more money from consumers, developers, content creators, artists, publishers, small businesses, and merchants, among others,” the lawsuit says.Alongside 16 states, the DOJ says Apple is causing…

With each devastating wildfire in the US West, officials consider new methods or regulations that might save homes or lives the next time.In the parts of California where the hillsides meet human development, and where the state has suffered recurring seasonal fire tragedies, that search for new means of survival has especially high stakes.  Many of these methods are low cost and low tech, but no less truly innovative. In fact, the hardest part to tackle may not be materials engineering, but social change. Read the full…

Two women who allege threatening behaviour by Ezra Miller have spoken out against the actor.One woman, who was the victim of a choking attack by Miller outside a bar in Iceland in 2020 has broken her silence on the incident, telling Variety: “I think, ‘It’s just fun and games’ – but then it wasn’t. All of a sudden, on top of me, choking me, still screaming in my face if I want to fight.”She said the actor (who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns) put her in a chokehold before throwing her to the ground. The woman…