Pauses

This is somewhat less wild than when a fan threw their mom's ashes at the singer while she was performing Pink had to stop her show in Sydney because a woman went into labor. And two quick notes: It wasn’t the first time that happened on Pink’s tour, and it’s not the craziest thing to happen at a Pink concert in the last 10 months. As the singer performed a ballad during her Summer Carnival stadium tour in Australia on Friday, Pink paused the concert to acknowledge the mom-to-be, who was taken…

Volvo's EX30 EV was a hit from the get-go thanks in part to the use of technology, along with the relatively low $35,000 price tag. However, its reliance on that tech is apparently catching up to it (much as it has for other recent vehicles), as the automaker has delayed deliveries in Europe due to software bugs, Automotive News has reported."We confirm that Volvo is working tirelessly to resolve the problem," the company told Automotive News Europe. "Important progress has been made but the software version 1.2 does not…

India's software giants are preparing for a bruising face-off over massive contract renewals that are due in the next six months. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Bellatrix’s propulsion systems ready for lift-off■ MNCs outside US set to expand GCC base in India■ FY23 numbers of Cashfree, Uni CardsFor IT, $16 billion deal feast on the table India's top software exporters are gearing up for an intense fight with local and foreign competitors for a significant chunk of…

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk said it will pause all transit through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until further notice following the attack on its vessel Maersk Hangzhou on Dec. 30.The shipping company said Tuesday that an investigation into the incident is continuing and that some vessels will be rerouted and continue their journey around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Danish shipping giant A.P.…

Apple scored a victory on Wednesday when a US appeals court paused a government commission’s import ban on some of the company’s popular Apple smartwatches following a patent dispute with a medical-technology firm, Masimo.The tech giant had filed an emergency request for the US court of appeals for the federal circuit to halt the order, after appealing the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC) decision that it had infringed Masimo’s patents.Representatives for Apple and Masimo did not immediately respond to requests…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETLooking to buy an Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 directly from Apple? You're in luck. Following a patent dispute over Apple's use of the device's blood oxygen sensor, the International Trade Commission (ITC) halted sales and imports of those two models. Now, that ruling has been suspended courtesy of a federal appeals court.Also: The best smartwatches you can buy: Apple, Samsung, Google, and more comparedFollowing the lifting of the ban, the Apple Watch Series 9are up for sale in some physical…

Today, Apple received some good news, at least for a little while, on selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S.: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit accepted an interim stay, which will allow the company to resume selling two of its most popular watches. According to MacRumors, Apple had filed an appeal, which was “an emergency request to the United States Court of Appeals” after President Biden refused to veto the sales ban. When Biden failed to take action on the sales ban, the ban…

A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of an International Trade Commission (ITC) order barring Apple from selling its latest Apple Watch models in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted Apple an interim stay while it considers granting the iPhone maker a longer-term stay as it appeals the ITC’s decision. Apple filed an emergency motion with the appeals court Tuesday after the import ban officially went into effect. The tech giant had…

Some holiday misery for Apple: It will soon pause sales of its latest Apple Watches in the US due to an International Trade Commission (ITC) ban. The company will suspend sales online this week and at Apple retail locations after December 24. Ho ho ho.It’s all down to a patent dispute over the wearables’ blood oxygen sensor. Cast your minds back: Medical tech company Masimo sued Apple in 2021 for alleged violations of light-based blood-oxygen monitoring patents. In October, the ITC upheld a judge’s ruling from earlier…

NASA has paused all of the Hubble space telescope’s current science missions due to a gyro glitch, the space agency has shared. The issue first appeared on November 19, when the telescope entered safe mode after one of its three gyroscopes returned faulty readings.The team quickly resumed operations after solving the issue, but the unstable gyro caused the system to enter safe mode twice more, on November 21 and November 23. The agency was able to recover operations after the incident on November 21. However, the…