Monthly Archives: October 2020

Cough analysis app could detect COVID-19 by sound alone

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Researchers at MIT have used machine learning to create software capable of detecting whether a person has caught COVID-19 by analyzing their cough, a development that could eventually result in an iPhone app for daily checks.The UK’s NHS COVID-19 app for iPhone uses the Apple-Google exposure notification API to help combat the coronavirus. So far, the iPhone has lent itself to helping users determine if they are at risk of the …

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Review: Infinacore Pandora Portable Power is a compact battery pack fit for your everyday carry

By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) The Infinacore Pandora Portable Power (P3) battery pack is a portable power source, wireless charging puck, and multi-port wall adapter rolled into one.The Infinicore Pandora Portable Power charger (P3)This single device does everything in threes just as its name suggests. It has three ports, three methods of charging, and takes on the role of three usually-separate devices….

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Month-long COVID-19 lockdown to close Apple Stores in England

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced England will enter a second national lockdown lasting four weeks, with the closure of non-essential shops and travel restrictions effectively forcing the closure of all Apple Store locations in the country throughout most of November.Apple Store in Covent Garden, LondonAnnounced on Saturday, Johnson outlined the plan, which is set to start from Thursday and run until December 2. For the four-week period, stores, shops, and other hospitality-based services will be required to close, with exceptions for schools and colleges, and places that serve food in a takeaway or delivery capacity….

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Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $503M for infringing patents

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) A federal jury on Friday calculated Apple owes VirnetX $502.8 million for infringing on the patent holdings company’s intellectual property, the latest in a string of verdicts related to the serial filer.The most recent verdict in Apple’s long-running legal war with VirnetX was handed down by a jury hearing the case in the patent holder-friendly U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.VirnetX is brandishing VPN on Demand IP, claiming Apple’s FaceTime protocol infringed on the invention. The firm initially asked for $700 million, while Apple argued a more reasonable royalty rate of 19 cents per unit would produce $113 million, …

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