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As the legal disputes between Apple and Qualcomm continue, the latest chapter falls in Apple’s favor, as a federal judge has ruled Apple cannot be held liable for patent infringements prior to the lawsuit’s filing date, reports Bloomberg Quint. The decision comes following a request by Apple to dismiss Qualcomm’s attempts at seeking prior damages. Currently, the trial is set to begin next month at a San Diego federal court, hometown of chipmaker Qualcomm....

In case you want to protect your $349 HomePod from accidental damage, you’ll be able to get AppleCare+ coverage for $39. That’s what we found in a document distributed to Apple Stores, which shows that the cost of AppleCare+ for HomePod in the US will be $39. The coverage includes AirPort products and “adds up to two incidents of accidental damage from handling for HomePod, each subject to a $39 service fee”....

NASCAR stock car racing is a case in point. The fabulously successful business model that propelled this sport to be the most popular auto racing series in America at the turn of the century was fueled back then by TV advertising eyeballs and 200 mph billboard race cars. Today it is no secret that sponsors are deserting the sport, and that track attendance figures and TV and internet streaming numbers are declining for some races, despite NASCAR’s increasingly sophisticated audio visual presentation....

AT&T today announced a pair of new promotions for existing DirecTV Now subscribers. Starting this month, subscribers will receive either a $5 off credit for 6 months or free HBO for 12 months. The company made the announcement on its Community Forums website this afternoon. Here’s it works: If you subscribe to DirecTV Now’s “Go Big” or “Gotta Have It” plans, you will receive free HBO for 12 months. If you already pay for HBO, however, the $5 per month charge will automatically be credited at the end of each payment period....

Hackers are employing tactics used to target other industries, like banking and retail, to hit gaming firms and players online. Last year, the Steam online video game platform publicly admitted that 77,000 of its gamer accounts are hacked every month. The news shocked the gaming industry, for the first time a major video game company admitted to being a cybercrime target. This year, the Kaspersky Lab researcher Santiago Pontiroli launched an investigation into how many gamers are being exploited by cybercriminals....

Aussie Broadband said buying the 300-employee company would boost its offerings in the cloud, enterprise, security, and government spaces. Over the Wire currently has over 16,000 business, government, and wholesale customers, owns five data centres, and leases 99% of its fibre network. By contrast, Aussie Broadband is connected to all NBN points of interconnect, and has 1,200kms of its fibre in the ground or under construction. Aussie Broadband said if the deal was completed, it would be able to move its third-party supplied voice services onto Over the Wire’s NetSIP voice network that has over 700,000 active numbers....

Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra introduced viewers to a new generation of Team Avatar in this beloved franchise, starring the hot-headed but brave Korra, the pro bender brothers Mako and Bolin, and the inventive and kind Asami Sato. And like Avatar Aang before her, Korra learned to bend the elements from many masters, and none of them feature as prominently as Tenzin, son of Avatar Aang. The air bender master Tenzin stands at an interesting point in the franchise....

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The 1980s were a magnificent time for horror movies. Slasher films, inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, thrived. In fact, they were all the rage for a while. That led to some very popular works, like the Friday the 13th series, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, and Slumber Party Massacre. The problem with slasher flicks, though, was that a lot of them started to feel more or less the same after a while....

An appeals court has ruled that Apple must pay retail staff for the time they spend waiting for their bags to be searched before they leave the store. If this sounds like history repeating itself, it is: incredibly, Apple has been fighting the bag search case for seven years now. When Apple Store staff completed their shift, they were required to wait in line for a possible search of any bag they brought into the store with them....

A Chinese company that has accused Apple of patent infringement wants to ban Siri in China until the case is finally decided. It is asking the court for an injunction of the sale of all products which include Siri – which is almost everything Apple makes. The application follows an earlier court victory in which Xiao-i (whose full name is Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology Co) was awarded a Chinese patent for a virtual intelligent assistant …...

As the most controversial comic book movie in history, the debates over Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice rage on even years later. The online discussion divided audiences into either loving or hating Zack Snyder’s take on DC’s heroes, instead of discussing it as fans–a problem the Batman v Superman: By The Minute Podcast hopes to change. The questions posed by the movie itself–What does “the American Way” mean today? When does a hero become a villain?...

After a change of heart, Belkin has now officially announced that it will bring HomeKit support to its ecosystem of Wemo smart home accessories later this year with the unveiling of a new HomeKit Wemo Bridge. The bridge will enable all Wemo devices currently on the market to interact with an Apple user’s HomeKit setup. This will allow voice control of Wemo lights, plugs and switches via Siri as well as manual control through the iOS 10 Apple Home app....

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Thomas Edison drama, The Current War, has been picked up and re-scheduled for an October release date. The film was actually shot in 2016, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival the year after. However, because it was backed by The Weinstein Company at the time, it wound up being shelved when the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal broke in Fall 2017. Following TWC’s bankruptcy, the movie was acquired by a couple new distributors and had its eye on a 2018 release, before the deal fell through and it was subsequently purchased by the newly-formed 101 Studios for $3 million last month....

Update: Reuters has now issued a correction, stating that it made a data error, and that Berkshire Hathaway remains #3: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway recently disclosed that it had increased its stake in AAPL to 240.3M shares, worth more than $42B at the time … A regulatory filing by the company yesterday reveals that this makes the conglomerate Apple’s second-largest shareholder. Reuters reports that its data showed Berkshire’s 5% stake in the company meant it had overtaken BlackRock Inc to move from #3 to #2 in the shareholder ranking....

From 9to5Toys.com: It doesn’t get much bigger than Best Buy on Black Friday for a tech lover. And with a little over 2 weeks to go before Black Friday 2014, we’ve got the holy grail in our hands. Just like Target, Best Buy has beat the Black Friday ad leakers to the punch by releasing its biggest deals of the holiday season right on the front page of its website....

Windows 10 Microsoft Store Over time, the company has added new features to the Microsoft Store – some good and some not so great. For example, a great new feature is remote installation of apps to multiple PCs. On the other hand, it introduced auto-play promo videos to an app’s description page which isn’t a benefit for users on a slow or limited connection. And it’s generally annoying for most people....

To date there are few Hollywood films in which an action packed, high intensity plot features a badass female lead. Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga immediately springs to mind as one of the greats of this sub-genre, but upcoming titles like Wonder Woman as well as Ghost in the Shell could also potentially reach similar heights and even give new life to the concept. And while Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has a diverse list of roles she’s played – many of which involve high stakes action or fantasy – in this summer’s Atomic Blonde, she’ll play an undercover agent with no shortage of butt kicking ability....

Shodan CLI Shodan is a search engine that provides intelligence about the assets exposed over the internet. Shodan has servers located around the world that crawl the Internet 24/7 to provide the latest Internet intelligence. Shodan by its definition is a search engine that can be used from a web browser. However, it also comes with a command line client that can be used to achieve the same from the command line....

In publishing its Robotics and Automation on Earth and in Space Roadmap [PDF] on Monday, the ASA detailed that these six areas are remote operations, interoperability, analogue facilities and services, robotic platforms, in-situ resource utilisation services (ISRU), and terrestrial foundation services, such as materials handling and transport. Specifically, the roadmap describes how Australia could leverage its existing expertise in robotics technology and systems, provide solutions in the global marketplace to support the sustainable build-up of space assets and infrastructure, and enable international collaboration with industry....