Computer scientist Russell A. Kirsch, the inventor of the pixel and an undisputed pioneer of digital imaging, died Tuesday at his home in Portland from complications caused by a form of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91 years old. Russell Kirsch may not be a name you recognize immediately, but his …
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Amazon can be held responsible for products sold on Marketplace, appeals court
Amazon could be held liable for defective products sold at its Marketplace in California, a higher appeal decided Thursday. The California Fourth District Court of Appeals reversed a 2019 court ruling and resubmitted claims from a woman who says she suffered from third-party fires when a defective laptop battery she …
Read More »Viewed from all sides, Ron Johnson says his probe would ‘certainly’ help Trump win re-election
Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, said in another radio interview this week at the same venue that the evidence his commission had unveiled was so “scandalous” that “Biden must be completely disqualified from being president.” The Biden campaign called the remarks explicit evidence of what Democrats have been claiming all …
Read More »Poll: Biden maintains national leadership over Trump
Democrats also have an advantage edge when it comes to the bottom half of the ticket. The Fox News poll was conducted from August 9-12 and more than half of the interviews were completed after Biden selected senior Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) As its vice president. The poll finds that 44 …
Read More »Grizzlies fight past Bucks on Jonas Valanciunas’ triple-double, after play-in tournament
6:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The first team to claim a spot in the NBA’s first-in-a-play tournament is the Memphis Grizzlies. After dropping six of her first seven games here in the NBA bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort to fall from eighth place …
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