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Apple Inc. declared victory in a bruising patent war over its smartwatch’s blood-oxygen sensor. The U.S. International Trade Commission shut down Masimo Corp.’s final push for an import ban on April 17. Apple’s redesigned feature—sensor data captured on the watch, processed on the iPhone—cleared the hurdle. No infringement. Case closed. This wasn’t Apple’s first dodge.

A round screen tilts. It swivels toward you. Soft beeps echo, like Wall-E stirring to life. Samsung unveiled Project Luna at Milan Design Week 2026, a desktop robot blending smart speaker and companion in one puckish form. No firm launch date. Just a concept. But one that hints at Samsung’s push for AI that roams

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shut down a last-ditch effort by eight major banks to dismantle a massive class action lawsuit accusing them of rigging interest rates on municipal bonds. Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and three others had petitioned the justices to overturn a lower court’s certification of the

Jon Favreau stares down the limitations of traditional monitors. He’s directing an IMAX epic. Yet there he is, peering at footage on a TV screen. No matter the size, it falls short. Flat. Constrained. So his team at Disney built custom software for the Apple Vision Pro. Pop on the headset. Suddenly, you’re front row

OpenAI plans to launch a new image-generation model within weeks, positioning it directly against Google’s latest offerings in a race for supremacy in AI visuals. The model promises sharp gains in photorealism, intricate diagrams, and legible text—areas where rivals have gained ground. The Information broke the news, citing sources familiar with the matter. Stephanie Palazzolo,

Mexico’s economy crawls through mild stagflation in 2026. Growth stalls below 2%. Inflation hugs the central bank’s upper limit. A Reuters poll of 35 economists, conducted April 13-17, pins the blame on USMCA trade fog. Latin America’s second-largest economy faces its longest such slump since 2001-2003. Third year running. Gross domestic product expands just 1.5%

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a blunt message for U.S. banks. They will collect citizenship data on customers. No exceptions. “If Treasury and the banking regulators say it’s their job, it’s their job,” Bessent told CNBC at the Invest in America Forum in Washington. An executive order mandating this change sits “in process,” he confirmed.

Spirit Airlines hangs by a thread. Jet fuel prices have doubled, smashing the budget carrier’s bankruptcy escape plan. Creditors circle. Liquidation looms. The ultra-low-cost pioneer filed for Chapter 11 twice in under two years—first in November 2024, emerging in March 2025 after slashing $800 million in debt, then again in August 2025 with $7.4 billion

A bear gorges on late-summer berries. Fat layers build fast. Winter looms. Survival demands it. Humans sip soda year-round. No famine follows. Yet fat accumulates anyway. A new review in Nature Metabolism argues fructose, the sugar in those drinks, doesn’t just add calories. It sends a survival signal straight to the liver: store fat now.