If you’ve ever owned, borrowed, or simply looked at an iPhone, then you know the device works by responding to the user’s touch. Except when it doesn’t. And that’s apparently happening more and more for some iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners thanks in part to a flaw that can render the devices useless — or simply a $300 flat brick. [More]
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No More Petting Lion Cubs At South African Wildlife Park
By 5.12.16
If you were hoping for a South African vacation that includes petting some adorable baby wild cats, you’ll have to change those plans: tourists will be barred from touching the animals at a suburban wildlife park in Johannesburg, after “going out of fashion” due to negative publicity. [More]
AT&T Says It Can’t Be Sued By FTC Over Throttling Of Unlimited Data Plans
By 1.9.15
Last October, the Federal Trade Commission sued AT&T, alleging that the wireless company failed to adequately disclose to its “unlimited” data customers that it could throttle their network speeds and that this throttling could slow their data speeds by upwards of 90%. In a recent court filing, AT&T claims that the FTC doesn’t have the jurisdiction to bring this lawsuit in the first place. [More]
Will No One Think Of The Online Daters? N.Y. Bill Would Ban Taking Selfies With Tigers
By 6.23.14
You can snuggle up to a bear and you can fist bump a monkey, but soon it might be illegal to take a selfie with a tiger in the state of New York. So all you cat-happy love seekers on Tinder and OKCupid are out of luck. Which yes, is apparently a popular photo to post on such services. [More]
Study: Children’s Food Allergies Come With A $25 Billion A Year Price Tag
By 9.18.13
Dealing with a food allergy is no walk in the possibly peanut-filled park — any parent who has a child allergic to nuts, dairy or other foods knows it can be tough to deal with. It’s also a bit of pricy problem for the United States, as a new survey says it costs the country $25 billion a year for conditions that affect about 8% of kids. [More]
Woman Accused Of Groping TSA Agent Claims Turnabout Is Fair Play
By 6.20.12
A woman accused of groping a female Transportation Security Administration agent is claiming that she was just showing the agent the kind of aggressive treatment she herself was subject to during a security screening. And she should know, she says –Â she’s a former TSA agent herself. [More]
Wireless Carriers Band Together To Form Theft-Prevention Database
By 4.10.12
It appears someone has produced a magic ring and activated it, calling U.S. wireless carriers together to create a database that will help protect consumers against cell phone theft. And while the carriers, representing 90% of phone service subscribers, aren’t really superheroes, there are high hopes that this new database will help thwart thieves. [More]
Dutch Court Says You Can't Beat Someone Up & Steal Their Stuff, Whether It's Real Or Virtual
By 1.31.12
It’s pretty cut and dry when a kid beats up another kid and takes his sneakers, but what if the fighting results in one party having to give up his virtual possessions in an online game? The Dutch Supreme Court says it’s theft no matter what items were stolen, after a youth was beaten and threatened into surrendering his virtual property. [More]
