FineWoven 6 months later review: I'll never need leather again (imore.com)

Hey, look at that...someone else that shares my opinion on Apple's FineWoven case and wallet. I actually like mine, and am a bit sad to see Apple abandon the material so soon after launching it (although it looks like we'll get one more round of FineWoven cases and wallets for the forthcoming iPhone 16.

Change is hard.

FTC issues warnings on 'junk' patent listings for Ozempic and other drugs (statnews.com)

I don't know what a "patent listing" is, at least in the context of "patent filings" as mentioned in this article, but I do know that we already have ways for dealing with "junk" patent applications - the patentability requirements of existing law. If those aren't met, a patent the USPTO shouldn't issue a patent. If the Office needs more resources to better analyze "patent listings" or "patent filings" (I assume both refer to "patent applications"), then give the Congress needs to increase funding for the Office.

It's a question of resources, not rules.

Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't (theregister.com)

the company "never even submitted them for testing to the [Food and Drug Administration] or National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the masks were never certified as N95."

File this under unintended consequences of the response to the pandemic. Anyone with a factory or supply chain can manufacture and ship medical equipment, devices, and supplies, right? I wonder how many people and companies shipped bogus hand sanitizer.

Apple Confirms iPhone Alarm Failure Reports - Slashdot (slashdot.org)

a software glitch caus[ed] some iPhone alarms to fail to play a sound.

This has driven me crazy more than once, making me wonder what the heck I was doing wrong (is it muted or silenced or whatever?).