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Top stories today:
- Apple Watch could be unbanned with Masimo deal
- Blue Origin launches its New Shepard suborbital rocket
- CyberRunner AI beats Labyrinth world record
- Google's Gemini Pro slightly worse than GPT 3.5 Turbo: paper
- Cargo ships forced to go around Africa, given Houthi attacks
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1. Apple Watch could be unbanned with deal, Masimo CEO says, but “it takes 2 to tango”
A software workaround won't work, Masimo CEO Joe Kiani said.
Apple will halt sales of their most advanced Watches starting Dec. 25, due to an ITC ruling that Apple violated Masimo's patent rights with regards to blood-oxygen sensing.
Watches will still be available with resellers such as Best Buy or Target.
Biden could veto the ITC ruling, but that is extraordinarily rare.
2. Blue Origin launches its New Shepard suborbital rocket, 1st since Sep. 2022
33 payloads were carried for several customers, including NASA.
The capsule returned to Earth after 10 minutes.
Blue Origin lags behind SpaceX, which has been doing successful orbital launches since 2010.
Q3 2024: when Blue Origin expects to launch its orbital New Glenn.
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