The same three judges who ruled last week that a TikTok divest-or-ban law is Constitutional ruled against the company again today and declined to temporarily pause it from taking effect on January 19th.
In response, TikTok said again that it’s taking the case to the Supreme Court.
Sorry for anyone planning a quick coffee break. The Starbucks apps and website are not taking online orders due to some (presumably not Crowdstrike-related this time) outage.
There’s no word on when it might get fixed, but DownDetector shows reports starting around 11AM ET.
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After Apple announced iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 this morning, the updates are now going out widely starting at 1PM ET as they’re usually scheduled.
That also goes for new 18.2 updates for the HomePod and Apple TV, and visionOS 2.2 for the Vision Pro.
I guess “conversational” input is a feature of Google’s updated Gemini AI agents, but this step of the Project Mariner demo is where they lose me.
Maybe the bot can take some research work off my hands, but now I have to remember three steps of instructions to give it and even ask it to remember what it’s doing twice? How is this easier?
Update your systems ASAP, as Bleeping Computer points out that today’s Patch Tuesday updates include one for a zero-day flaw already exploited by attackers.
CVE-2024-49138 - Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.
[msrc.microsoft.com]
Last year, Joseph Inzerillo announced SiriusXM’s new logo (below) and plan to conquer new audiences. Now he’s out, as the company cuts spending on marketing to “high-churn” streaming audiences with plans to cut an additional $200 million in annual costs.
CEO Jennifer Witz announced it’s “doubling down” on automotive customers, using streaming as a companion in the app and in Teslas.
Two days after someone shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, police located the “distinctive” backpack the attacker was wearing. They removed it from Central Park, unopened, using an excavator.
As many people, including Peak Design CEO Pete Dering, noticed, it appears to be the company’s Everyday V1 backpack, as shown in a photo obtained by ABC News.
Whether it’s during Bandcamp Friday or not, buying music sends more money to musicians than playing a subscription stream. So, it might be worth celebrating this event where Bandcamp waives its cut of the money you spend one last time for 2024 as it continues for the next seven hours or so.
Bandcamp has changed hands twice and had significant layoffs since the pandemic tradition started; we’ll see if it continues in 2025.