Justine Calma

Apple filed a copyright lawsuit against Corellium in 2019, claiming the company — which created virtual iPhone environments for security testing — illegally replicated iOS. The dispute was nearly settled in 2021, but Apple went on to file an appeal against a judge’s ruling that Corellium had operated within fair use laws. Now, Apple and Corellium have finally reached an undisclosed settlement, Forbes reports.

The group of 18 youth between the ages of 8 and 17 from California say that the EPA “intentionally allows life-threatening climate pollution to be emitted by the fossil fuel sources of greenhouse gases it regulates, harming children’s health and welfare.” The suit follows a major win in Montana, where another group of young people successfully sued the state for violating their right to a clean environment.

The new Office of Critical and Emerging Technology is supposed to track developments in AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and biotech. The DOE also appointed a new Chief Artificial Intelligence, Semafor reports. Joe Biden’s October executive order on AI development established the office.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of two gene-based therapies for sickle cell disease, one of which uses the genome editing technology CRISPR. It’s a big milestone, but access to the therapies for now will still be very limited and expensive, the New York Times explains.