Star Trek: Legacy: Fans wollen Fortsetzung von Picard

Eine Petition für eine neue, auf Picard aufbauende Star-Trek-Serie hat schon mehr als 30.000 Unterschriften. Auch die Produzenten registrieren die Fan-Stimmen. (Star Trek, Streaming)

Eine Petition für eine neue, auf Picard aufbauende Star-Trek-Serie hat schon mehr als 30.000 Unterschriften. Auch die Produzenten registrieren die Fan-Stimmen. (Star Trek, Streaming)

Man peddling vitamins as cancer therapy faces 5 felony counts

With allegedly fake title, Gevorkian sold unproven treatments for serious conditions.

Man peddling vitamins as cancer therapy faces 5 felony counts

Enlarge (credit: Pathways)

A man in California is facing five felony charges for allegedly posing as a licensed doctor while providing unproven medical treatments—including ones he claimed could treat cancer—to thousands of people over several years.

In a news release this week, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced charges against Stephan Gevorkian, who operated a business called "Pathways Medical" in Toluca Lake, near North Hollywood, since 2017.

Gevorkian allegedly posed as a medical doctor, despite apparently not holding a medical license of any kind in California, not even as a naturopath. Many patient testimonials on the business's website and Google reviews appear to refer to Gevorkian as "Dr. G"

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Windows 11’s limited iMessage integration has publicly launched

The limitations are harsh, but it works.

iMesage conversations on a Windows desktop

Enlarge / A promotional screenshot for the feature provided by Microsoft when it was announced in February. (credit: Microsoft)

Today, Microsoft said it is beginning to roll out support for iMessage in Windows 11 via the Phone Link app—with some major limitations.

Microsoft previously announced this feature as part of other planned Windows updates that it revealed in February, including AI built into the search bar and the addition of tabs functionality to the Notepad app. Phone Link for iPhone users was available in an early preview to Windows Insiders, but today marks the beginning of the public rollout.

Phone Link has been around for a long time, but it previously only worked with Android phones. Now it also works with iPhones, but the feature set is comparatively limited. The basics are more or less here, though—iPhone users can use their Windows PCs to make and take calls, read and respond to text messages, see notifications, and access their iOS contacts list.

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Amazon will brick all Halo health trackers on August 1

The Halo Rise sleep tracker only came out 5 months ago.

Three Amazon Halo View devices

Amazon's Halo View fitness tracker. (credit: Amazon)

Amazon is giving up on its health-focused Halo devices. The original Halo Band and the Halo View fitness trackers, as well as the Halo Rise bedside sleep tracker and the products' supporting app, will all "no longer function" on August 1, Amazon confirmed today.

Amazon's Halo devices also worked with a Halo subscription service to let users manage health insights from the gadgets. Amazon's pages for the Halo subscription and devices are no longer active.

In a blog post confirming the news, Amazon shared an email sent to Halo customers. Part of it discusses refunds for recent purchases:

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