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Google has told a tribunal in India that the country's antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal papers show.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet's Google $161 million (roughly Rs. 1,300 crore) for exploiting its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android app store, and asked it to change restrictions imposed on smartphone makers…

Pfizer has rejected allegations made by rival Moderna that its Covid-19 vaccine is a copy, accusing the Boston biotech company of rewriting history to lay claim to technology developed by a field of scientists over many years.Pfizer asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Monday to dismiss Moderna's lawsuit seeking monetary damages for alleged patent violations related to the Boston company's Covid vaccine. Pfizer asked the court to stop Moderna from suing it or its partners again over three alleged patent…

Samsung is reportedly ready to launch its upcoming Galaxy S23 devices with a feature that iPhone 14 owners will be immediately familiar with — and it might even best what Apple has to offer.The report claims that Samsung is looking to add satellite communications to the Galaxy S23 lineup, likely to be announced in 2023. Apple added similar capabilities to its iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro devices when they went on sale in September, with the aim being to allow people to send short text messages to emergency services when…

A new Samsung app adds support for tapping the back of the company's phones to launch apps and features, just like iPhone's Back Tap offering.The feature, which launches as part of the RegiStar Good Lock module, is now available for Samsung's latest phones. With RegiStar installed, Galaxy S And Flip device owners can launch apps and trigger actions by double or triple tapping their back panels. Those who have the Galaxy Z Fold 4 can also press firmly on the device's screen to initiate a command — just like we used to be…

Apple unveiled its latest line-up of devices during its big 'Far Out' event last week with the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max getting an all-new upgrade called the Dynamic Island. This clever interactive notch is able to change its shape and size allowing users to answer calls, see timers and even view what music is playing played without opening specific apps.The Dynamic Island is an exciting blend of hardware and software, which iPhone fans will get to try out for the first time when the iPhone 14 line-up hits…

Gremlins director Joe Dante has said Baby Yoda is “out-and-out-copied” from the character of Gizmo in his 1984 film and its sequel. The character debuted in the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian on Disney+. It quickly became the series’ breakout character and an immediate internet sensation.In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday (13 July), Dante alleged that the widely memed character was “completely stolen” from his horror-comedy films. “I think the longevity of is really key to this one…

When Will Smith Copied Shah Rukh Khan On Visiting Taj Mahal In India – See Pic Inside ( Photo Credit – Twitter; Wikimedia; Facebook ) Will Smith has always been a fan of Bollywood and we are really looking forward to his collaboration with a Hindi film director soon. He has time and again expressed his love for Hindi movies and how he would love to be a part of one. Today, we bring you a throwback to the time when Smith posed at Taj Mahal in Agra copying Shah Rukh Khan’s signature pose. Scroll below to…

The Australian novelist John Hughes, who last week admitted to “unintentionally” plagiarising parts of a Nobel laureate’s novel, appears to have also copied without acknowledgment parts of The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina and other classic texts in his new book The Dogs.The revelation of new similarities follows an investigation by Guardian Australia which resulted in Hughes’ 2021 novel being withdrawn from the longlist of the $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award.That investigation uncovered 58 similarities and identical…

The opening of Abba’s Voyage show is undoubtedly an event – even the band’s most famously publicity-shy member, Agnetha Fältskog, is in attendance – but it’s one accompanied by a genuine sense of mystery. If the mystery isn’t as all-encompassing as that which surrounded the first night of Kate Bush’s return to live performance in 2014 – you at least have a pretty good idea in advance of what songs will be involved, which certainly wasn’t the case then – the question of precisely how Abba will be brought back to life…

Indie developer Stephen Ddungu has claimed that Disney likely copied his indie game for use in a fighting scene in the recent Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness. Ddungu is currently developing a JRPG called Sword of Symphony, a game which he says draws inspiration from Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and NieR: Automata. In the game, musical notes play a prominent role in the mechanics, hence the name. In combat, the player can conjure up musical notes and fling them towards enemies as an attack. Though Sword of…