Apple agrees to pay €318M in taxes to close the investigation into €1B of undeclared profits by its Italian subsidiary, tax office confirms
Apple to pay €318m in tax owed to Italy — US tech giant Apple has agreed to pay €318 million in tax owed to Italy's inland revenue …
LG Display, Samsung Display to supply OLED screens for iPhones - report
South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd and the panel-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple Inc's iPhones, the Electronic Times reported o...
LG's SmartThinQ smart home hub connects to your appliances and gadgets, needs smartphone to control them and play music, looks like Amazon Echo with LCD display
LG's smart home hub looks like an Amazon Echo with a screen — Amazon's Echo was one of the stars of the retail giant's …
Spotify sued over mechanical rights that cover songwriters' royalties for reproduction of a musical work
David Lowery Sues Spotify for Copyright Infringement — Spotify has been sued for copyright infringement in a case that accuses it of failing to properly license songwriting rights in the United Stat...
Sources: NSA continued to spy on some allies after Snowden leaks, also capturing communications with US lawmakers and Jewish groups
U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress — National Security Agency's targeting of Israeli leaders also swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers
Google confirms next Android version won't implement Oracle's proprietary Java APIs
Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle's Java Development Kit (JDK).
Samsung's new Tizen-based TVs will have GAIA security with pin lock for credit card and other personal info, data encryption, built-in anti-malware system, more
Samsung says its new Tizen TVs will be harder to hack — Samsung has announced that its next generation of Tizen smart TVs will be a lot harder to crack than before.
Sidecar, once an Uber and Lyft competitor, is shutting down on December 31
Sidecar has announced it's shutting down at the end of the year. Company chief executive Sunil Paul explained in a Medium post (not the company's official blog, strangely) that the move was intended ...
Flawed Chrome extension forcibly installed by AVG antivirus software could have exposed browsing history and other personal data of 9M+ users
AVG's Chrome extension exposes personal data of 9 million users — Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered a vulnerability …
Chain issues first private investor shares using Nasdaq Linq blockchain platform
Chain Issues Investor Shares on Nasdaq Blockchain Platform — Blockchain startup Chain has issued shares to a private investor using Nasdaq's recently launched private markets blockchain solution, Li...
Egypt shuts down Facebook's Free Basics internet service on telco provider Etisalat, reasons unclear
Free Internet service for over 3 million Egyptians shut down — BEIRUT (AP) — Social media site Facebook says a program that had been giving free basic Internet services to over three million Egyptia...
Instacart increases minimum grocery delivery fee from $3.99 to $5.99, ups Instacart Express subscription cost from $99 to $149
Instacart increases its minimum grocery delivery fee by 50% — Instacart, a startup that delivers grocery orders placed through its web and mobile apps …
Windows 10 disk encryption keys are uploaded to Microsoft; Home users can delete copy from account, only Pro and Enterprise users can opt out when re-encrypting
Micah Lee / The Intercept :
Samsung is adding SmartThing hubs to its 2016 HD TVs to control connected devices
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Facebook tests multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed, also tests wider rollout of Marketplace feature with its own tab
Sean O'Kane / The Verge :
Twitter cracks down on harassment by rearranging paragraphs in its terms of service
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Toshiba seeks $2.5B credit line to pay for reforms, but accounting scandal and Moody's lower rating limit choices
Bloomberg Business :
Alibaba partners with US brands like P&G and Macy's to sell their goods in China, hoping to reignite growth
Leena Rao / Fortune :
Flaming Wreckage Of Clinkle Rebuilds As A Referral Service
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Gabriel Stricker returns to Google to lead communications for Fiber after three years at Twitter as chief communications officer
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch :
Credit Karma acquires mobile notifications firm Snowball for engineering talent, will remove Snowball's Android app from Play Store, shutter service
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Facebook lawsuit against Paul Ceglia's lawyers, alleging they knew evidence was fabricated to show a 50% stake in the company, is thrown out by appeals court
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
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