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Apple COO Jeff Williams testifies that Qualcomm refused to sell chips for newest iPhones amid legal battle, says $7.50/iPhone fee for Qualcomm patents too high — Apple wanted to use Qualcomm's 4G LTE processors in its newest iPhones, but the chipmaker wouldn't sell to it, Apple's operating chief testified Monday.
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Trump administration proposes rules to remove waiver requirements for operating drones at night and over populated areas — (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday proposed rules that would allow drones to operate over populated areas and end a requirement for special permits for night use …
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NBCUniversal says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020 that is free for pay-TV subscribers; source: non-subscribers could pay ~$12/month — - NBC's streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service.
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| Mark Armstrong / The WordPress.com Blog: |
WordPress.com launches Newspack by WordPress.com, a publishing platform aimed at small- and medium-sized news outlets and backed by Google, ConsenSys, others — Over the past 15 years, WordPress has grown to become the world's most popular publishing platform for the open web — and it's especially true for news organizations.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it is rolling out RCS messaging support on the Google Fi network available on the Pixel phones, the Moto G6, LG V35, LG G7, and Android One Moto X — Alongside faster international LTE data — Today, Google is announcing that it's rolling out RCS Chat on the Google Fi network.
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Apple's FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record Layer, which powers CloudKit and offers schema management, indexing, and query capabilities — Apple originally acquired FoundationDB in 2015, and last April it announced that it was making the cloud database open source.| Eva Szalay / Financial Times: |
HSBC says it processed over 3M FX transactions worth ~$250B using blockchain tech in 2018 and plans to make its FX Everywhere platform commercially available — HSBC is leaning more heavily on blockchain-based tools to handle the fiddly processes behind foreign-exchange trades …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Googlers for Ending Forced Arbitration to launch awareness campaign after collaboration with other tech company staff reveals breadth of mandatory arbitration — TECH WORKERS MAY be new to labor organizing, but they're learning quickly. When a November walkout by 20,000 Google employees protesting …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will test a Stories feature for event sharing on iOS and Android for users in US, Brazil, and Mexico — Finally, a truly smart way to use Stories outside of Instagram — Facebook continues to undergo the most contentious period in its history, as it struggles with the fallout …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Source: Intel's board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates — - Board remains undecided as leadership quest passes six months — Directors trying to choose candidate before results on Jan. 24| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that let developers add recommendations, visual search, and inventory availability to their apps — The CRM giant is rolling out a series of update to Commerce Cloud that aim to expand the footprint of the platform.
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox names Intel exec Aicha Evans as CEO, making her one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company — The Senegal native will become one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company
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