IN BRIEF: TikTok hit with Texas patent case over 'effects' feature - Reuters
The video-sharing app TikTok Inc has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of infringing U.S. patents on technology for enhancing digital photography.
Pixmarx IP LLC, a patent holding company, filed an infringement case against TikTok on Friday in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas.
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'Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds - Reuters
(Reuters) - Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests.
Scientists studied data on 234 glaciers across the Arctic territory spanning 34 years through 2018
A nation still potty for snooker's enduring appeal - Reuters
(Reuters) - Park a snooker table inside Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre and weird and wonderful things can occur.
In 1985, 18 million people across Britain stayed glued to their TV screens past midnight as Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis in the most gripping World Championship final ever.
Two years earlier Canadian Cliff Thorburn made the first televised maximum 14
California posts final regulations under landmark digital privacy law impacting consumers, businesses - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under California’s new digital privacy law went into effect on Friday, marking a significant step towards giving Americans the right to request their data be deleted from e-commerce websites and social media.
The California Consumer Privacy
U.S. Postal Service watchdog investigating reports of service disruptions: senator - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General is investigating reports of service disruptions and other issues raised by lawmakers, a spokeswoman for Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday.
“We have learned that the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General is investigating all aspects of our request from August 7th and that they’ve already requested documents as part of the review,” spokeswoman Saloni Sharma said.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Postal Service Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb said the
Brazilian gaming company reaches $3 billion valuation with new investment - Reuters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian gaming company Wildlife Studios said on Friday it had raised $120 million from Vulcan Capital, a fund tied to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which now values the company at $3 billion.
Wildlife, which develops mobile games, had already become a unicorn last December with a $1 billion valuation, after raising $60 million from the US hedge fund Benchmark Capital.
Overall, Wildlife has raised $250 million.
“Wildlife has shown it has a
Mystery of the dimming of massive star Betelgeuse explained - Reuters
Facebook bashes Apple for refusing to waive commission fees, seizing on backlash - Reuters
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc ( FB.O ) said on Friday that Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) had declined its request to waive a 30% commission fee the iPhone maker charges apps listed on iOS devices, taking a shot at its fellow Big Tech peer as developers challenge the policy.
The move is the latest salvo
Cardinals to resume play Saturday after two-week COVID-19 hiatus - Reuters
(Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals will return to action this weekend after having a total of 14 games postponed while they dealt with a COVID-19 outbreak within the club, Major League Baseball said on Friday.
The Cardinals, who last competed on July 29, will end their two-week hiatus when they play a doubleheader at the Chicago White Sox on Saturday before concluding the three-game series on Sunday.
The two teams were originally supposed to open the three-game series on Thursday