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Ohio Supreme Court Rejects State’s Plea to Enforce 6-Week Ban
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Weeks after Ohio overwhelmingly voted to enshrine a right to abortion in the state Constitution, abortion rights have secured another important win: On Friday, the state Supreme Court dismissed a demand from the state to be able to enforce its six-week ban, which has been blocked by an injunction from a lower court in… Read more...
It's a Close Race for Biggest A**Hole on the Supreme Court
On Friday, the New York Times published an investigation on how, exactly, the Supreme Court used a Mississippi law to overturn Roe v. Wade. While Justice Samuel Alito is an absolute villain in the piece, he still faces some steep competition for the title of biggest asshole on the court. Read more...
Apple Watch Sales Paused Over Masimo Patent
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Chance Miller (MacRumors, Hacker News): The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 will no longer be available to purchase from Apple starting later this week.The move comes following an ITC ruling as part of a long-running patent dispute between Apple and medical technology company Masimo around the Apple Watch’s blood oxygen sensor […]
The Case for Clipboard Managers
Jason Snell: [Over] the two decades of modern macOS, Apple has addressed most of the basic needs of the average user. At the end of that process, I ended up discovering that the most glaring feature omission in all of macOS might just be its lack of a clipboard manager.[…]Let me walk you through the […]
Contingent Pricing for App Store Subscriptions
Apple (Hacker News, MacRumors): Contingent pricing for subscriptions on the App Store — a new feature that helps you attract and retain subscribers — lets you give customers a discounted subscription price as long as they’re actively subscribed to a different subscription. It can be used for subscriptions from one developer or two different developers. […]
Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault, Harassment After Weeks of Jarring Testimony
On Monday afternoon, a six-person jury in New York City found Jonathan Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of second-degree harassment against his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, stemming from an incident in March. The jury found Majors not guilty of one other charge of intentional assault in… Read more...
The Best Books We’re Getting and Gifting This Holiday Season
One of the best emails I get every year is from a friend I’ve known for nearly a decade. We don’t see each other enough anymore but I know I’ll always hear from him in mid-December, when he sends around a list of the 10 best books he read that year. It’s to a small group of people, many of whom I’ve never actually… Read more...
Planned Parenthood Employees Say They’re ‘Left to Clean Up the Mess’ After Org's Response to Gaza Crisis
On December 5, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) released a statement that began by condemning reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Israelis. But it didn’t mention the nearly 20,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in two months until the third paragraph. The statement quickly… Read more...