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A federal judge on Friday said tens of millions of Apple customers can pursue a class action accusing the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store, leading to higher prices.U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had in March 2022 refused to certify a class action, but changed her mind after the class was narrowed to include only Apple account holders who spent $10 or more on app or in-app content.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is a middle-aged black humanities professor in Los Angeles, roundly disliked by students and faculty colleagues, who is the author of many intellectually demanding and commercially disastrous novels based on classical myth. Depressed by his career and by money worries – including an elderly mother needing residential care for dementia – Monk is finally triggered by the bestselling triumph of a new novel by black author Sintara Golden, entitled We’s Lives in da Ghetto, which apparently panders to…

Researchers have discovered a new class of antibodies capable of neutralizing various flu virus strains, potentially aiding in the development of more broadly protective flu vaccines. This breakthrough, to be published in PLOS Biology, emphasizes the importance of diversifying flu vaccine production methods and provides new avenues for vaccine design.The findings may assist in creating vaccines that offer wider protection against various flu strains.Researchers led by Holly Simmons from the University of Pittsburgh School…

Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects."It's insane," says University of North Carolina cell biologist Mark Peifer, who was not involved in the study, told Elizabeth Pennisi at Science Magazine. "The more we look, the more crazy things we see."These mysterious bits of genetic material have no detectable sequences or even structural similarities known to any other biological agents.So Stanford University biologist…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Social class is a powerful hierarchy that determines many privileges and disadvantages in society. Research shows that people are quick to form impressions of other people's social class standing, which can have important consequences—but what specifically drives these impressions, and their relationship to judgements of harmful or advantageous stereotypes, has remained unknown.…

When most people think of electric cars, they probably picture futurist-looking things with dashboards full of buttons and screens. The Olympian Model 01 takes a very different approach, with a classic design and a minimalist interior.Manufactured by New York-based Olympian Motors, the Model 01 is a four-door, four-passenger, rear-wheel-drive electric sedan, sporting a military-grade carbon fiber and titanium body set atop a Super Board "skateboard chassis" made by Chinese electric mobility company U Power Tech.The car's…

An angry passenger single-handedly managed to delay a plane in China by three hours, leaving hundreds of passengers forced to rebook their flights. The unidentified man was filmed while arguing with cabin crew to get three first-class seats despite only paying for two.The incident took place on a flight from Beijing to Chengdu in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China, on December 30, 2023.According to The South China Morning Post (SCMP), the fussy traveler was adamant that, because he had bought two first-class…

UC Berkeley is offering a class that's centered around fighting games for the Spring 2024 semester. Not only will the class teach people how to become better players, but it'll also explore the impact the genre has had on the world.Thanks to a UC Berkeley course description, we know that the goal of this class is "to help bring beginners to a mid-level of play with guided assistance to offer the smoothest introduction to the world of fighting games." Since the class is beginner-friendly, it's "geared…

You walk into the office kitchen to heat up your lunch and are greeted by a mess. Your co-worker Bridget has left the communal area in disarray — again.You’re frustrated. Where do you go from here? Do you shame Bridget and make her feel bad? That might make you feel righteous in the moment, but is that actually helpful? Are you helping to improve your workplace — and most important, ensuring a clean kitchen the next time — by unloading on her? What’s the end goal here?This is a hypothetical scenario, one used frequently…

Rice University materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Credit: Photo by Gustavo Raskosky/Rice UniversityResearchers at Rice University create covalent organic framework films through vapor deposition.Materials scientists at Rice University have created an efficient, affordable, and scalable technique for producing covalent organic frameworks (COFs). These crystalline polymers are notable for their adjustable molecular structure, extensive surface area,…