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.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologizes for errors migrating @POTUS followers, says the issues, which affected about 560K people, have been fixed
People are a bit on edge at the moment when it comes to being forced to do things by now-President Donald Trump.
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.
Open letter signed by ~70 security experts calls for The Guardian to retract story about alleged WhatsApp backdoor vulnerability
You recently published a story with the alarming headline “WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages.” This story included the phrasing “security loophole”.
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.
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 …
Lavabit email 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 …
ASUS launches $73 Tinker Board, a Raspberry Pi competitor with 4K video, gigabit Ethernet, quad-core processor, and more, available in Europe and UK
It doesn't matter if you want a computer the size of a card, a thumb drive or dice box — there's a manufacturer out there that has you covered.
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...
Microsoft shows popup in Windows 10 to advertise its shopping extension to Chrome users
Jan Willem Aldershoff / Myce.com :
Amazon just launched virtual ‘Dash’ buttons for one-click buying from the homepage
meet Amazon's Prime Surprise Sweets David Bolton / ARC : Amazon Dash Buttons Represent The Height Of Seamless Shopping Alexandra Burlacu / Tech Times : Virtual Amazon Dash Buttons Make Shopping Easier...
President Trump reportedly trades in his Android phone, believed to be his primary tweeting device, for a Secret Service-approved device
from Obama's inauguration in 2009 Avi Selk / Washington Post : Donald Trump made it to the White House. His treasured phone may not. Michael Hafford / Refinery29 : Donald Trump Gets Secure Phone, Will...
Rocket Internet Capital Partners fund, operational since early 2016, says it reached $1B fundraising target; Rocket Internet committed $140M to the fund
If you thought the problems Rocket Internet has had bringing its portfolio of startups and its business overall into the black …
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 :
Cyprus-based Outfit7, owner of Talking Tom franchise that had 5.6B app downloads since 2010 and amassed 10.3B video views, bought for $1B by Chinese consortium
United Luck Consortium has purchased Outfit7, the maker of the wildly popular Talking Tom mobile app, for $1 billion.
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
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Researchers at Google, OpenAI, MIT, and other organizations say they are making progress on automating the development of AI software using AI software
Progress in artificial intelligence causes some people to worry that software will take jobs such as driving trucks away from humans. Tweets: @onurakpolat and @techreview Tweets: Onur Akpolat / @onura...
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 … Faultline / The Register : DirecTV Now plagued with faults, but uptake not slowing Wireless Week : AT&T Hints at Better-Than-Expected 4Q Wireless, Video Results Reu...
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy and professionally photographed travels suggest the 32-year-old billionaire may harbor political aspirations
Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair :
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 :
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