>>Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Ban On Apple Watches
(Washington, DC) -- A ban on sales of some Apple smartwatches is being put on hold. A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of an International Trade Commission order barring Apple from selling its latest Apple Watch models in the U.S. Apple stopped selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches in response to an ITC order that found the blood oxygen sensor in the devices infringed on intellectual property from medical tech company Masimo. The ban is suspended as the court considers Apple's motion for a longer-term pause during the appeals process.
>>New York Times Sues Microsoft, OpenAI
(New York, NY) -- Microsoft and OpenAI are being sued by the New York Times for copyright infringement. The lawsuit filed Wednesday argues the companies illegally used articles from the Times to help train the artificial intelligence technology ChatGPT. The Times is the first major news publication to go after Microsoft and OpenAI. The newspaper claims Microsoft and OpenAI are responsible for "billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages."
>>Amazon Prime Video To Start Running Ads
(Arlington, WA) -- Users of Amazon Prime Video are not happy about an upcoming price hike for ad-free shows. The streaming service posted a statement on Wednesday saying that starting on January 29th, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. For an extra two-99 a month though, customers can sign up for an ad-free subscription. The post on X received negative responses from Prime users, with many threatening to cancel their service. Amazon first announced back in September that Prime would include limited advertisements starting in early 2024.
>>Tesla To Post Record Deliveries, But Fall Short Of Musk Prediction
(Austin, TX) -- Tesla is expected to hit another record for delivering electric vehicles. Financial analysts say it's likely Tesla delivered over one-point-eight million vehicles globally in 2023, with over 470-thousand units delivered in the fourth quarter. That would be a rise of 37-percent from last year. The record, however, would fall short of Elon Musk's forecast back in January, when the CEO said Tesla had the potential to reach two-million deliveries this year.
>>Smaller, Eastern Communities Dominate Most Popular Real Estate Markets
(Undated) -- Folks looking for places to live are turning to the East and thinking small. Real estate website Zillow is out with its annual list of most popular real estate markets for 2023 and eight of the top ten are in the Northeast and New England. Only one has a population over 100-thousand and most of the others are home to fewer than 50-thousand people. Topping the list is West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb with a population of about 20-thousand. It's followed by Nashua and Manchester, New Hampshire; Wethersfield and West Hartford, Connecticut; Stow, Ohio; Middletown, Connecticut; Twinsburg, Ohio; Newington, Connecticut and Concord, New Hampshire.
>>NBA Approves Mavericks Sale
(Dallas, TX) -- The NBA is approving Mark Cuban's sale of a majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks. Cuban is selling the stake to casino owner Miriam Adelson, who is also one of the richest people in the world. Forbes listed Adelson as the 35th-richest this year with an estimated net worth of 32-point-three-billion dollars. As part of the unique sale agreement, Cuban will retain control of basketball operations for the Mavericks as well as shares in the team. The deal is expected to be finalized this week.
>>Inventor Of The Glock Dies
(Deutsch-Wagram, Austria) -- The inventor of the Glock has died. The company that makes the well-known handgun announced on its website that Gaston Glock died Wednesday at age 94. No cause or details about his death were revealed. Glock founded a company in Austria in 1963 that made curtain rods, and in the '70s made knives. He invented the Glock semi-automatic pistol in the early 1980s, which became popular with law enforcement because it was lightweight and carried up to 17 rounds of ammunition.
