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SpO2-Messung mit Apple Watches: Patentinhaber fordert neues US-Importverbot
Im Einvernehmen mit dem US-Zoll dürfen Apple Watches die Blutsauerstoffsättigung wieder erfassen. Das ist rechtswidrig, meint Medizingerätehersteller Masimo.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says NBC, Apple, and ESPN are the bidders for the league's Sunday Night Baseball package; ESPN initially opted out of it (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/cnbc-sport-mlb…

CNBC Sport: MLB Commissioner says Sunday media rights could go to NBC, Apple — or back to ESPN
Manfred said he plans to choose a winner for those rights within the month and that they could be split up between two bidders.

Sources: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a ~33% stake in exchange for giving up future profit rights, and seeks to revise its exclusive cloud deal with Microsoft (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/opena…

OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder
Negotiations between Microsoft and OpenAI over the startup’s plan to restructure its for-profit unit, which requires Microsoft’s approval, have entered their eighth month with no end in sight and new conflicts emerging. OpenAI wants Microsoft, the startup’s biggest outside shareholder, to have a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the
USNS Harvey Milk,
a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor during the Korean War.
The change was laid out in an internal memo that officials said defended the action as a move to align with Trump and Hegseth’s objectives to
“re-establish the warrior culture

Pete Hegseth orders Harvey Milk's name scrubbed from US Navy ship
U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move. The ship was named after the slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor during the Korean War. The officials say Navy Secretary John Phelan put together a small team to rename the replenishment oiler, and that a new name is expected this month. It marks the latest move by Hegseth to purge diversity, equity and inclusion references, and it comes during Pride Month. T…

Ars Technica author Ashley Belanger presents both consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen's position against the use of AI in toys, and toy maker Mattel's and Open AI's. Public Citizen's tone is baselessly alarmist, given that "Both companies [have] emphasized that safety, privacy, and age-appropriateness would be front of mind in designing Mattel's AI products."
"Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning 'reckless' AI social experiment on k…

Koobaatoo Asparagus – Trinity of Wisdom
#noise

#Anthropic apparently claimed «it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits».

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

When Donald Trump deployed more than 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines into Los Angeles earlier this month,
he did so without the consent of California Gov. Gavin Newsom or Mayor Karen Bass.
Not only that, but Trump’s justification
— that LA is “war zone” under siege by “foreign invaders”
— is a preposterous lie.
The suspected undocumented immigrants that masked ICE agents are rounding up at Home Depot
don’t have weapons of mass destruction,

What happened to "states' rights"?
Federalism for me, MAGA dictatorship for thee.

Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B led by a16z at a $10B valuation; Murati will hold board voting rights that outweigh all other directors (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/9edc67e6-96a9-4d2b-820d-57bc1279e358

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising
Six-month-old secretive AI start-up in one of the largest initial funding rounds in Silicon Valley’s history

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them
Israel’s Foreign Ministry published a photo on social media of Thunberg after disembarking.
The 12 activists were expected to be held at a detention facility in Ramle before being deported, according to Adalah, a legal rights group representing them

Israeli forces detain Greta Thunberg after halting Freedom Flotilla aid boat
Israeli forces have seized a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists on board, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which had organized the voyage to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and protest Israel’s blockade and wartime conduct, said the activists had been “kidnapped by Israeli forces.” Israel said the passengers would return to their home…