Apple sues Qualcomm for ~$1B, says Qualcomm charged royalties for tech the chip giant didn't invent, retaliated for Apple's cooperation in Korean antitrust case
Apple is suing Qualcomm for roughly $1 billion, saying Qualcomm has been “charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with.”
President Trump reportedly trades in his Android phone, believed to be his primary tweeting device, for a Secret Service-approved device
While rising to our nation's highest office is an unparalleled honor, becoming President also involves many personal sacrifices.
Sources: President Trump will tap sitting GOP FCC commissioner Ajit Pai, a fierce critic of net neutrality, to lead the agency
President Donald Trump will tap Ajit Pai to lead the FCC in the new administration, elevating the sitting GOP commissioner to the top spot overseeing …
Viral selfie app Meitu requests permissions like GPS, call, and carrier info that are unrelated to core use, raising questions from security and privacy experts
You've probably seen a Meitu selfie in your Instagram or Facebook feed in the past 24 hours.
Weekly builds of CyanogenMod fork Lineage OS, supporting 80+ Android 6 and 7 devices, begin this weekend; Lineage OS to offer CyanogenMod data migration tools
CyanogenMod has long been the most popular custom ROM, covering a wide array of devices from numerous manufacturers.
Amazon just launched virtual ‘Dash’ buttons for one-click buying from the homepage
Just let me live in the warehouse already. — Another day, another attempt by Amazon to make buying something as easy as humanly possible. — The e-commerce leader just unveiled digital versions of ...
Qualcomm comments on Apple complaint, says “Apple has been actively encouraging regulatory attacks” on Qualcomm in various jurisdictions around the world
“While we are still in the process of reviewing the complaint in detail, it is quite clear that Apple's claims are baseless.
Some users claim Twitter autofollowed them to @POTUS after transition, even if they blocked/unfollowed/never followed the account before; Twitter investigates
A number of Twitter users tonight are claiming their accounts have somehow automatically followed the Twitter accounts, @POTUS …
Microsoft shows popup in Windows 10 to advertise its shopping extension to Chrome users
Microsoft has started to advertise it's Personal Shopping Assistant (PSA) extension for Chrome to Windows 10 users. Users of Microsoft's latest operating system now receive a small notification above...
Lavabit e-mail service, which shut down in 2013 to avoid court order connected to Snowden investigation, relaunches with features to thwart surveillance
In 2013, Ladar Levison, founder of the encrypted email service Lavabit, took the defiant step of shutting down the company's service rather …
Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal as SVP of Engineering
Uber's latest hire has a storied and accomplished history in Silicon Valley - Amit Singhal, former Senior Vice President of Search and employee number 176 at Google, has joined the ride-hailing compan...
Samsung and independent experts to release findings of investigation into Galaxy Note7 explosions at 10AM KST on January 23 in Seoul (8PM ET January 22)
Nick Statt / The Verge :
WSJ sources: Samsung investigation finds Galaxy Note7 fires were caused by irregularly sized batteries that didn't properly fit the phone, manufacturing issues
Samsung's official investigation into the cause of widespread faults with the Galaxy Note 7 will blame “irregularly sized” …
Twitter launches archive of Vine videos containing all posts from 2013 through 2017, with a creator spotlight section and Vines grouped by genre and year
Twitter just can't seem to let go of Vine. The company announced last fall it would close the video-sharing community site …
Norwegian newspaper: Tidal publicly claimed 3M members in March 2016, but paid music labels for just 850K subscribers a month later
Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News :
Brian Krebs accuses founder of DDoS mitigation provider ProTraf Solutions as co-author of Mirai IoT worm; founder denies involvement
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Microsoft releases Windows 10 Creators Update test build with support for ebooks and more, delays “My People” quick-access links until later this year
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
SEC filing: AT&T gained 200K+ paying video subscribers in Q4, “entirely driven by DirecTV Now”; DirecTV Now launched on November 30
For the quarter ended December 31 … Todd Haselton / TechnoBuffalo : DirecTV Now gained 200,000 subscribers in a single month Wireless Week : AT&T Hints at Better-Than-Expected 4Q Wireless, Video Resul...
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy and professionally photographed travels suggest the 32-year-old billionaire may harbor political aspirations
There's a long-running theory … Hillary Grigonis / Digital Trends : It takes a team to make Zuckerberg's Facebook page look better than yours Jonny Auping / New York Magazine : Zuck Does Dallas Charli...
Drone delivery startup Flirtey raises $16M Series A round led by Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, with Lowercase Capital, Y Combinator and more participating
TechCrunch :
Airfare prediction startup Flyr raises $8M Series A, led by Peter Thiel with participation from existing investors
Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal :
Atlassian reports a quarterly net loss of $1.7M and $148.9M in revenue, up 36% year-over-year, and expects $4M revenue from Trello in fiscal 2017
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
How WhatsApp's intimacy and immediacy have greatly increased the spread of misinformation in India, its largest market
like in India. Killer story by @PranavDixit http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Annie Gowen / @anniegowen : India has a fake news crisis of its own - viral WhatsApp hoaxes. Smart piece by @PranavDixit http://...
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