TECHNOLOGY

Australia’s privacy watchdog has launched an inquiry into how TikTok harvests personal data and whether it is being done with consent. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will examine whether the social media platform has breached the online privacy of Australians through the use of marketing pixels, which track people’s online habits. This … Read more

Two higher end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute. The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Apple from using specific technologies underpinning a blood-oxygen measurement system in … Read more

(NewsNation) — Californians will gain enhanced control over their online personal data with the implementation of the new Delete Act, effective Jan. 1. The legislation allows consumers to request the deletion of their personal information from all data brokers and mandates these brokers to cease selling such information.  “We need to understand that every time … Read more

You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again in some physical Apple stores starting today, with wider availability expected by Saturday. Online sales will resume tomorrow by 3PM ET, Apple spokesperson Nikki Rothberg told The Verge. The appeals court … Read more

(NewsNation) — Apple will be able to continue selling two of its newest Apple Watch models after a federal court on Wednesday temporarily halted an import ban on the products. The import ban took effect earlier this week in a dispute over a patent. The Biden administration had said it would not intervene in the … Read more

Samsung has a smart fridge in the works for the new year that includes some interesting AI features, including an internal camera that can identify individual food items and a connected app that can suggest recipes based what you have in stock. The company plans to unveil the 2024 Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI … Read more

The Freewrite Alpha is the follow-up to the original $649 Freewrite and the $499 portable Freewrite Traveler from 2020. Like its predecessors, the Wi-Fi-enabled typewriter is free of distractions like web browsers and emails to help you focus on writing. After you’re finished, the gadget wirelessly syncs documents with software services like Google Drive and … Read more

Gaston Glock, the Austrian developer of the handgun that bears his name, died on Wednesday. He was 94. The Glock company announced his death, the Austria Press Agency reported. Glock, a reclusive engineer, founded the company in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, near Vienna. It has since expanded around the world, including a U.S. subsidiary founded in … Read more

(NewsNation) — Fewer American adults say they would support a national TikTok ban as more people report feeling unsure about the measure. The share of U.S. adults who say they would support a ban declined from 50% in March to 38%, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Declining support was recorded among both Republican … Read more

Even though the most interesting thing about Disney Plus’ What If…? series is the way it’s positioned to showcase the expansiveness of Marvel’s multiverse, in its first season, the show felt like it was playing things safe by focusing mainly on a handful of slightly remixed characters and stories we’d already been introduced to on … Read more