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The current conflict began the day of the riots in Washington, DC when a Jewish employee told co-workers: “stay safe homies, nazis are about.” Some colleagues took offense to the language, although neo-Nazi organizations were, in fact, present at the riots. One engineer responded: “This is untasteful conduct for workplace [in my opinion], people have the right to protest period.” … [Read more...] about GitHub still won’t explain if it fired someone for saying ‘Nazi,’ and employees are pissed

Cable channels over-the-airLast year a company called Edge Networks launched the Evoca TV service in Boise, Idaho. Its intention is to fill the gap between free over-the-air content and paid cable service, specifically in markets underserved by both types of TV broadcasting. They do this by using the bandwidth potential of NextGenTV. The hope to expand to other small markets in the future. For now, though, they have over 60 channels, now including the 24h 4K channel Insight TV. … [Read more...] about Watch free 4K TV broadcasts with an antenna: NextGen TV comes to more cities in 2021

At first, Mulan's release on Disney Plus didn't seem to pave the way for more live-action, big-budget flicks to follow the same route. Less than three weeks after Mulan's release, Disney delayed Marvel's Black Widow from Nov. 6 until May 7 -- a sign that the rest of its biggest movies would wait until cinemas reopened and audiences might be ready to return to theaters again. But then Disney announced that Pixar's latest animated film, Soul, would skip theaters entirely and stream on Disney Plus on Dec. 25 without any added fee. … [Read more...] about Disney Plus to stream Pinocchio, Cruella, sequels to Enchanted, Sister Act — skipping theaters

A federal judge denied Apple Inc's bid to set aside or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp, and awarded interest and royalties that could boost Apple's total payout in two lawsuits above $1.1 billion. In a decision issued, U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder in Tyler, Texas rejected Apple's request for a new trial and several other claims. These included that VirnetX's award should not exceed $113.7 million, and that jurors should have been told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had deemed VirnetX's claims "unpatentable." Jurors in October found that Apple infringed two VirnetX patents related to secure networks, known as virtual private networks, to which owners of various iPhones and iPads may connect. Schroeder also awarded royalties of 84 cents per unit for future infringements, mirroring the rate set by the jury. Apple had said future royalties should be zero, or else no more than 19 cents per unit. Apple and VirnetX did … [Read more...] about Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion

"We are proud that this competition is able to demonstrate the true power of scientific imaging and its relevance to both the scientific communities as well as the general public," Eric Flem, communications manager of Nikon Instruments, said in a statement. … [Read more...] about Winning Photos Bring World of the Itsy-Bitsy to Life