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Masimo Chief Executive Joe Kiani bet the future of the company he spent three decades building in an expensive legal battle with the world’s most valuable company. So far, he is winning, but it isn’t over.His company, which pioneered a better method for measuring blood-oxygen levels, has spent around $100 million fighting Apple in a dispute that temporarily halted Apple Watch sales. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Masimo Chief Executive Joe Kianibet…

Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media. Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the…

Apple’swidening effort to turn its nine-year-old watch from a luxury timepiece into the ultimate all-in-one medical device is taking it into territory that is legally treacherous as well as potentially profitable.This month’s suspension of Apple Watch sales was the starkest sign yet that the world’s most valuable tech company is treading new ground as it adds health features to the device. While Apple on Wednesday won a temporary reprieve to resume sales, specialists in medical devices say the technical and legal…

Updated Dec. 26, 2023 2:02 pm ETApple is appealing a decision by a federal trade agency that forced it to stop selling two models of its smartwatches after the agency said Apple violated patents of a competitor.Apple said in court documents filed Tuesday the company will suffer “irreparable harm” if the ban stays in place, since the models are its two most popular. The watch models affected are its newest ones: the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights…

Activision Blizzard and a California regulator filed a legal settlement in which the videogame company agreed to pay to resolve gender discrimination charges while the state withdrew sexual-harassment claims.The settlement between Activision and the California Civil Rights Department, if approved by a judge, would end a legal battle that helped lead to the videogame company’s sale to Microsoft. Settlement documents that both sides said were filed in California Superior Court confirm an agreement from last week.Copyright ©…

Southwest Airlines faces a civil penalty totaling $140 million after the U.S. Department of Transportation said the airline violated consumer protection laws during its holiday meltdown last year. The penalty, which the agency said is 30 times larger than any it has levied for consumer protection violations, includes a $35 million payment directly to the government. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Southwest Airlinesfaces a civil penalty totaling $140…

Updated Dec. 15, 2023 5:41 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company, according to people familiar with the matter.California’s Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and pay disparity. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 12:06 pm ETTeslais recalling more than two million vehicles over concerns its Autopilot system can be misused by drivers, amid a two-year probe by U.S. auto-safety regulators into crashes involving the driver-assistance technology.The safety recall covers some Tesla Models 3, S, X and Y sold in the U.S. between 2012 and 2023, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. The federal auto-safety regulator has been scrutinizing the system after years of high-profile crashes and…

Monday’s court ruling that Google created an antitrust market with its app store threatens to upend the $500-billion-a-year app store economy, which has evolved into a profit machine for Appleand Google that helped define the smartphone era.A jury unanimously sided with Epic Games, saying that Google had harmed the videogame maker by maintaining an illegal monopoly. Google said it plans to appeal the verdict and stands by its business model. In a separate case that concluded in 2021, a federal judge largely ruled against…

Dec. 12, 2023 10:00 am ETMicrosoft is betting nuclear power can help sate its massive electricity needs as it ventures further into artificial intelligence and supercomputing.The technology industry’s thirst for power is enormous. A single new data center can use as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of homes. Artificial intelligence requires even more computing power.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Dec. 12, 2023 10:00 am ETMicrosoftis betting…