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Changes are coming to the Play Store in spite of a concerted effort from Google to maintain the status quo. The company asked the US Supreme Court to freeze parts of the Play Store antitrust ruling while it pursued an appeal, but the high court has rejected that petition. That means the first elements of the antitrust remedies won by …

After years of legal battles, Google’s long dispute with Fortnite creator Epic Games has reached a major turning point, and this time, it is not in Google’s favor. The conflict began in 2023 when a California jury found that Google was operating its Play Store as an unfair monopoly, limiting competition and charging developers excessive fees. US District Judge James …

Getty Images Week 5 in the NFL ended with an absolute thriller, as the Jacksonville Jaguars upset the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-28. Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence led a seven-play, 60-yard game-winning drive, which included one of the most wild game-wining touchdowns you’ll ever see. On first-and-goal from the Chiefs’ 1-yard line with 23 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, one …

PHILADELPHIA — Even Dodgers fans steeped in the lore of Kirk Gibson might not remember the name of Mel Didier. Didier was the scout who had issued this warning to the 1988 Dodgers: If you’re facing Dennis Eckersley, the mighty closer for the Oakland Athletics, and the count runs full, he’s going to throw a backdoor slider. Eckersley threw it, Gibson hit …

OpenAI’s flood of announcements are getting hard to keep up with. A selection — not exhaustive! — from just the last month: The last two announcements just dropped yesterday, and actually bring clarity and coherence to the entire list. In short, OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI. For nearly two decades smartphones, and in particular …

The Dodgers had Game 2 of the National League Division Series until they didn’t, and right at a point when it looked like the Phillies’ ultimate comeback was inevitable, the Dodgers got a lifeline thanks to some quick thinking and terrific defense. “It was a lot tougher — they made it look easier than it was,” manager Dave Roberts told …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store that’s designed to unleash more competition against a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly. The rebuff delivered in a one-sentence decision by the Supreme Court means Google will soon have to start an overhaul of …

Cardinals coach issues apology after hitting his own play over mistake  talkSPORT Cardinals’ Gannon apologizes to Demercado for sideline spat  ESPN NFL fumbling: Seriously, just carry the damn ball into the end zone  Yahoo Sports Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon apologizes to Emari Demercado following heated sideline exchange  NFL.com Silly mistakes, costly blunders and head-scratching decisions led to sloppy football  AP News Source link

Fragments of DNA left by viruses that infected our distant ancestors may be ‘firestarters’ for new human life, new research finds. “Our results illustrate how recently emerged… genes can confer developmentally essential functions in humans,” Stanford University biologist Raquel Fueyo and colleagues write in their paper. Fueyo and her team used a ball of stem cells induced to mimic a …

Three weeks ago, the Cardinals were 2-0 and flying high. On Sunday against the winless Titans, the Cardinals flew into a plate-glass window. Leading 21-6 and facing third and one, running back Emari Demercado broke loose for what would have been a 72-yard touchdown run. After review, it became a 71-yard gain and a fumble at the goal line, with …