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Source: The Verge | Sentiment: Mixed (0.159) | Confidence: Medium

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents.

Executive Summary

10 headlines were curated for this category. Overall sentiment is mixed (0.159). Top story: Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents.

Key Themes

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’ Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Why These Headlines Matter

Why does "Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents" matter? [Opportunity]

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, "The lawsuit centered around…

Why does "Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song" matter? [Opportunity]

I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX. But his fingerprints are all over tracks from them, as well…

Why does "Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat" matter? [Opportunity]

Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life…

Why does "OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’" matter? [Opportunity]

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made afte…

Why does "Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?" matter? [Opportunity]

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought…

Why does "Control Resonant is a great game — it’s even better when you read everything" matter? [Opportunity]

In Control Resonant, the entire world is at stake. But that didn't stop the diligent employees of the Federal Bureau of Control from filing reams of paperwork, and it didn't stop me from reading everything I could find, …

Why does "Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport" matter? [Opportunity]

Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger collection community. In the now-deleted video, Roush shows off two premium bo…

Why does "Can ‘eSUV’ e-bikes really go from trail to town?" matter? [Opportunity]

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel and dirt? That's what a subclass of so-called "electric SUV" (eSUV) e-bikes claims to do, with thei…

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  • Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
  • Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song
  • Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
  • OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

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All Headlines

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Published: — via The Verge

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, "The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both involve vibration-based, tactile transducer technology that helps users feel a […]

Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite song

Published: — via The Verge

I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX. But his fingerprints are all over tracks from them, as well as many other artists, including Freddie Gibbs, Bad Bunny, Mac Miller, BTS, and even Ludwig Göransson's score […]

Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat

Published: — via The Verge

Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life, host Ira Glass digs into how the kids landed there and why. But it mostly boils down to kids […]

OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

Published: — via The Verge

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made after a model being tested within a sandbox exploited a loophole to gain internet access. The incident happened on September […]

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Published: — via The Verge

Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought then was a wild pivot point for the internet — and now it […]

Control Resonant is a great game — it’s even better when you read everything

Published: — via The Verge

In Control Resonant, the entire world is at stake. But that didn't stop the diligent employees of the Federal Bureau of Control from filing reams of paperwork, and it didn't stop me from reading everything I could find, either. Reading is often optional in Resonant, but it's where some of the game's best details - […]

Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport

Published: — via The Verge

Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger collection community. In the now-deleted video, Roush shows off two premium boxes of cards that had not yet been officially released, and implores viewers not to be mad. But they were; other creators […]

Can ‘eSUV’ e-bikes really go from trail to town?

Published: — via The Verge

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel and dirt? That's what a subclass of so-called "electric SUV" (eSUV) e-bikes claims to do, with their wide, all-terrain tires and front and rear suspension, plus practical accessories like fenders and racks. So, that's what […]

Roku’s first OLED TVs are up to $400 off, starting at $699

Published: — via The Verge

Roku recently launched its first-ever OLED TVs. The $999 starting price was already impressive for the 55-inch Pro Series model that has a 120Hz refresh rate OLED panel (with four HDMI 2.1 ports and support for Dolby Vision and HDR 10 Plus). The price is even lower right now at Amazon when you enter the […]

Phones don’t have lights

Published: — via The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg has a new defense of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses: They're actually doing more to signal they're taking a photo than phones do. He's brought this up in at least two recent interviews, noting that the glasses have a light that comes on to signal when a photo is being taken, while phones do […]

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