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Ask Jeeves Bows Out, Vision Pro Faces an Uncertain Future, and Battery Recycling Surges
technology25 days ago

Ask Jeeves Bows Out, Vision Pro Faces an Uncertain Future, and Battery Recycling Surges

The May 3 Hackaday Links note the farewell to Ask Jeeves as a pioneer in natural-language Q&A, a reported winding-down of Apple’s Vision Pro development due to slow consumer uptake despite its tech merits, a seven-fold rise in battery-reuse and recycling inventions flagged by the European Patent Office, and Visible Zorker—an online platform that lets you play the Zork trilogy with a live code view.

Moderna's mRNA patent invalidated by European Patent Office in vaccine dispute with BioNTech
business2 years ago

Moderna's mRNA patent invalidated by European Patent Office in vaccine dispute with BioNTech

The European Patent Office has declared a contested mRNA patent owned by Moderna invalid, giving a victory to BioNTech and Pfizer in their patent dispute. Moderna plans to appeal the decision, while BioNTech welcomes the ruling, stating that Moderna's patents do not meet the requirements for grant. Moderna has previously sued BioNTech in multiple countries, alleging the copying of its mRNA technology.