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October 14, 2015, 8:30 AM

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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Jury finds Apple infringes University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation patents on chip technology, faces $862M in damages  —  Apple loses patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces hefty damages  —  Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google registers two drones with the FAA that sources say are related to project Titan  —  Google Has Two New Drones in the Works — But They're for Internet Access and Data, Not Delivery  —  Earlier this month, Google filed paperwork with the Federal Aviation Administration …
Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:
Aurous sued by Universal, Sony, and Warner for copyright infringement three days after launching its Popcorn Time-like streaming music service  —  Aurous Sued By the Majors Three Days After Debut  —  Well, that didn't take long.  After launching its alpha version this past Saturday following months …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Loan Platform Kabbage Raises $135M At A $1B Valuation, Grows Credit Line to $900M  —  Kabbage — the online platform that loans money to businesses and individuals using a wide set of online data and algorithms to measure credit-worthiness — is growing once more.
Liam Tung / ZDNet:
Study of 20K Android devices finds 87% vulnerable to security bugs due to manufacturers' failure to deliver patches  —  Android security a ‘market for lemons’ that leaves 87 percent vulnerable  —  New research finds that some Android device makers need to do a lot more to protect smartphone owners from old security bugs.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Oracle wins $50M in damages against Rimini Street in copyright infringement lawsuit  —  Oracle awarded damages against Rimini Street  —  A Las Vegas jury awarded Oracle $50 million in damages in a closely watched lawsuit against Rimini Street.  —  Oracle has won $50 million in damages …
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Toshiba's new DynaPad 2-in-1 with stylus is a thinner, lighter, less powerful rival to Microsoft's Surface 4, coming to US in Q1 2016  —  Toshiba's new DynaPad is a thinner and lighter rival to Microsoft's Surface  —  Toshiba's first DynaPad, released in 1993, came at a time when touchscreen tablets were new to the tech world.
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook argues privacy regulations pursued in EU may hurt its ability to protect users against hacking and fraud  —  Facebook Goes On Privacy Offensive in Europe  —  Social-networking company faces multiple investigations from regulators  —  Facebook Inc. is gearing up to fight a cascade …

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