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Filing: Samsung agreed to settle a patent lawsuit over wireless tech with Headwater Research following a $279M jury verdict against Samsung earlier in 2025 (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustr

Mark Rober, who has nearly 72M followers on his main YouTube channel, launches a free streaming channel on Samsung TV Plus, as the platform focuses on creators (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Mark Rober, a Top YouTube Creator, Sets FAST Channel on Samsung TV Plus (Exclusive)
Rober joins Dhar Mann, Michelle Khare and Mythical Entertainment as creators on the free streaming platform.

"First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours"
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First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours
The Swiss import most of the steel they use, including 15,800 metric tons for the watchmaking industry alone.

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Man, today's Metacurity is packed with tons of critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries,
--UK proposes new cyberattack defenses,
--UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential,
--Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks,
--China blames US gov't for $13B LuBian theft,
--Google unveils Private AI Compute,
--M…

Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries
UK proposes new cyberattack defenses, UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential, Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks, China blames US gov't for $13b LuBian theft, Google unveils Private AI Compute, MSFT issues fixes for 63 flaws, much more

Digitaler Euro: Souveränitätsdrang und ein "glitschiger Fisch" im EU-Parlament
Die EU-Abgeordneten schwanken beim geplanten digitalen Euro zwischen politischem Widerstand, der Lust an Souveränität und einer Inklusionsforderung.

Samsung rolls out its Vision AI Companion, a generative AI-powered upgrade to its Bixby assistant, across its 2025 TV lineup, with support for 10 languages (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/818355/samsung-tvs-bixby-generative-ai-con…

Samsung brings a generative AI-powered Bixby to its TVs
Samsung Vision AI Companion will let you ask Bixby questions about what’s on screen in real time, powered by Copilot and Perplexity.

heise | Jugendschutz: Der globale Konflikt um digitale Altersgrenzen
Der Ruf nach Altersverifikation wird in Deutschland lauter, doch die Lösungen werfen neue Probleme auf: Die EU kämpft mit juristischen Grauzonen.

In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.