China bans exports of key high-tech materials, hitting back at US chip sanctions from ABC
China has announced a ban on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium and other key high-tech materials with potential military applicationsRead More
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Apple Home support for robot vacuums has been delayed to 2025 from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple has quietly delayed its plans to support robot vacuums in HomeKit. After announcing earlier this year that Apple Home would finally support robot vacuums with iOS 18, MacRumors has spotted that Apple has updated its HomeKit website to note that the robot vacuum integration won’t be available until…
Woman admits drink-driving crash that killed bride from the BBC
Samantha Miller was fatally hit while travelling in a golf cart and still wearing her wedding dress.Read More
Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates from the BBC
The women were found when police raided a villa near the capital Phnom Penh in September.Read More
Bank boss takes pay cut after employee ‘tried to kill clients’ from the BBC
The bank apologised after the former worker was charged with robbery of clients, attempted murder and arson.Read More
Meta says it’s mistakenly moderating too much from the Verge Alex Heath
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is mistakenly removing too much content across its apps, according to a top executive. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, told reporters on Monday that the company’s moderation “error rates are still too high” and pledged to “improve the precision and accuracy with which we act on…
Afghan women ‘banned from midwife courses’ in latest blow to rights from the BBC
Women at training colleges across the country were told they are not allowed to return to class.Read More
Musk’s record $56bn pay deal rejected for second time from the BBC
The judge upheld her previous decision, saying board members who set the pay were too heavily influenced by Mr Musk.Read More
Intel announces $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570 ‘Battlemage’ graphics cards from the Verge Sean Hollister
Image: Intel Intel’s next — and possibly last — desktop graphics cards will begin arriving in just 10 days. Right on cue, the company has announced the budget $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570, shipping December 13th and January 16th, respectively, as the “best-in-class performance per dollar” options in the GPU market. They’re based…
Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal over world’s biggest bank fraud from the BBC
She is now in a race for her life – if she can pay back 75% of what she took, she could be spared.Read More