Do you have a friend worth $130? Inside the shopping app that puts a price tag on all your contacts

Do you have a friend worth $130? Inside the shopping app that puts a price tag on all your contacts

Want to know how much your friends are worth? Meet Flip, the shopping app that will put a price tag on every single person in your phone’s contact list. Cajole one of them into signing up for the app, and you get cash — up to $130 per person — to spend on Flip. “The…

AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms

AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms

Rajvinder Jagdev, of specialist intellectual property litigation firm Powell Gilbert, said: “The judgement does not preclude a person using an AI to devise an invention – in such a scenario, it would be possible to apply for a patent, provided that person is identified as the inventor. The judgement alludes that had this been the…

Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers. Here’s what to know.

Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers. Here’s what to know.

Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers 00:32 A security breach at Comcast-owned Xfinity has exposed the personal data of nearly all the internet provider’s customers, including account usernames, passwords and answers to their security questions.  Comcast said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office that the hack affected…

How UPS is using AI to fight against package thefts

How UPS is using AI to fight against package thefts

An estimated 260 million packages disappeared in the U.S. last year, according to Safewise, many taken right from the front door area while a camera recorded the theft. As the holiday season kicks into high gear, package thefts are a top concern, and one shipping company is using artificial intelligence to combat porch pirates. Nearly…

Teens struggle to identify misinformation about Israel-Hamas conflict — the world’s second “social media war”

Teens struggle to identify misinformation about Israel-Hamas conflict — the world’s second “social media war”

Decimated neighborhoods. Injured children. Terrorized festivalgoers running for their lives. Since the brutal war between Israel and Hamas began nearly three months ago, Maddy Miller, a 17-year-old high school senior in Dallas, Texas, has been trying to make sense of the horrific scenes unfolding daily on her phone.  “I’ll just open TikTok or Instagram and…

Apple is halting sales of its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 devices. Here’s why.

Apple is halting sales of its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 devices. Here’s why.

Apple stopping some Apple Watch sales Apple stopping some Apple Watch sales over patent dispute 03:38 Apple said it will halt sales of some of its Apple Watch products later this month because of a patent dispute over the devices’ blood oxygen monitor.  The technology giant said it is “preemptively taking steps to comply” should…

Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states for stifling competition against Android app store

Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states for stifling competition against Android app store

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. Although Google struck the deal with state attorneys general in September,…