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Waymo drops 3 of 4 patent infringement claims against Uber, says Uber no longer uses infringing tech; bulk of the case related to trade secrets theft remains — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car division, dropped three of four patent infringement claims in its lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc …
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Samsung Electronics forecasts record quarterly profit of ~$12B in Q2, up 72% year-over-year — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip prices helped widen margins.
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Facebook proposes Willow Campus, “mixed-use village” expansion to its Menlo Park campus with office buildings, housing, retail space, and a grocery store — The proposed village includes offices, home, a grocery store, and parks and plazas — MENLO PARK — Aiming …
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Amid Unprecedented Controversy, W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web — Early today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body publicly announced its intention to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)—a DRM standard for web video—with no safeguards whatsoever for accessibility …
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Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois departs amid layoffs; Kurt DelBene named chief digital officer — Microsoft's Chief Information Officer Jim DuBois has left his post, the company confirmed Friday. — DuBois was on sabbatical and decided to leave Microsoft as part of the reorganization of its global sales staff …
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Comma.ai announces Panda, an $88 OBDII dongle that records car performance data, cloud dashcam app Chffr, and Cabana software to interpret collected data — George Hotz, aka geohot, is fidgeting in his living room, wearing dark shades and a giant comma on his t-shirt as he shows … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Qualcomm asks US ITC to ban imports of certain iPhone models using Intel components due to infringement of 6 patents that it claims are not standard-essential — Chipmaker claims infringement by some models and seeks ‘cease and desist’ order — Read next
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| Reed Albergotti / The Information: |
Source: Jawbone to be liquidated, as founder Hosain Rahman moves to his new startup, Jawbone Health Hub, providing health-related hardware and software services — Jawbone, the consumer electronics firm once valued at $3 billion, is going out of business. The company has begun liquidation proceedings …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Dark web market AlphaBay down since Tuesday, prompting fears of law enforcement action or theft of user funds; admins claim the site is down for maintenance — SAN FRANCISCO — The largest online black market for drugs, AlphaBay, has been down for nearly two days, raising questions about whether …
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Google and Facebook confirm they will join other companies in a July 12 “day of action” opposing the FCC's plan to change net neutrality rules — The fight over net neutrality just got more interesting as two tech giants said they will step off the sidelines and join a so-called …
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Amazon Prime now has 85M US subscribers, up 35% YoY and double two years ago, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners study finds — Amazon continues to add more Prime members who end up spending more with the site, on average, than regular customers. — The latest analysis …
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Xiaomi shipped 23.16M smartphones in Q2 2017, up 70% from Q1, says CEO in letter to employees; sales in India increased 328% YoY in first six months of the year — After a rough 2016 during which Xiaomi stopped disclosing data about smartphone shipments, the company today revealed numbers … Sponsor Posts
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