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Qualcomm and Apple settle all worldwide litigation between the two companies, as Apple makes a payment to Qualcomm; Qualcomm's stock closes up 23% — - Apple and Qualcomm have settled a royalty and patent dispute that went to trial this week in San Diego, California.
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Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm — Intel pulls out of 5G smartphone chips as iPhone maker commits to rival — The Apple logo is seen outside an Apple store in Bordeaux, France.| Intel Newsroom: |
Intel says it is exiting the 5G smartphone modem business as “it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns” — Intel Corporation today announced its intention to exit the 5G smartphone modem business and complete an assessment …
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Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors … | Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded pointed questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience — ON TUESDAY, JACK Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, came to TED 2019 to answer for the sins of his platform.
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Sources: DOJ staffers have told T-Mobile and Sprint that their planned merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured — DOJ staff told wireless rivals deal is unlikely to be approved as structured, according to people familiar with the matter — Justice Department staffers …
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UK government announces that porn websites will have to introduce age-checks by July 15; sites failing to comply will face being blocked by ISPs — An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites will come into force on 15 July.
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| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women — A new report explores AI's ‘diversity crisis’ — The artificial intelligence industry is facing a “diversity crisis,” …
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Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers — Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [NYSE:WIT] is investigating reports that its own …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 2S, an update to the original Hub, with 50-inch 3840x2560 display, shipping in June for $9,000 — We've known Microsoft had something new and Surfacey up its sleeve for this week. Turns out the company's finally ready to unveil the long promised Surface 2S.
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Microsoft announces Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, a disc-free Xbox One S launching May 7 for $249 with a 1TB HDD and three games; preorders open now — Microsoft is preparing to sell a new Xbox unlike any it's offered before. The gadget is missing a disc drive.
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Google announces support for Signed Exchanges in Chrome, which will show the original, correct URL for a page in the address bar for AMP pages — It's only supported on Chrome right now — When you click a link on your phone with a little lightning bolt next to it in Google search, you're getting something in the AMP format.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q1 revenue surpassed $4.52B, up 22% YoY, vs $4.50B est.; net subscriptions grew 9.6M, up 16% YoY, with 1.74M in the US and 7.86M internationally — - The company reported $4.52 billion, vs. $4.50 billion expected, per Refinitiv consensus estimate.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: Sony says it made rules that limit sexual content in its games globally; sources: the effect of sexual material on Sony's brand in the US worried execs — Many have suspected that Sony was implementing strict rules on sexual content in PS4 games, and those hunches have just been validated.
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About 4,000 pages of leaked Facebook documents from 2011-2015 shed light on its approach to sharing and selling data, giving more access to friendly companies — Facebook's leaders seriously discussed selling access to user data — and privacy was an afterthought.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
CloudGenix, which provides software-defined wide area networks, raises $65M Series C from Bain Capital, Intel, and others, bringing total raised to ~$100M — CloudGenix, a San Jose, California-based provider of software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs), today announced that it's raised $65 million …
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Kickstarter says game projects on the site have brought $1B+ in donations to creators since 2009, with $236M going to video games and $21M to gaming hardware — Games represent one of the biggest categories on Kickstarter, and it looks like it'll stay that way.
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Aidoc, which uses AI to help radiologists analyze medical scans, raises $27M Series B led by Square Peg Capital, bringing its total raised to $40M — Aidoc, the Tel Aviv startup using AI to analyse medical scans, has raised $27 million in Series B funding.
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As The New York Times launches a 5G Journalism Lab to explore storytelling possibilities, a look at how speedier mobile networks could boost newsrooms — If there's one thing you can count on in modern life, one truism that will never let you down, it is this: You want more Gs.| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
A deep dive into Google Maps and its potential to become an all-encompassing, ubiquitous “super app” in the West, similar to WeChat in China — Consumers in the West reach almost reflexively for the Google Maps app as the service becomes a nearly ubiquitous utility despite a dearth of messaging and payments.Thanks:@lowrytom
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Pilot, which provides an automated accounting service, raises $40M Series B led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe — The tech industry claims “software is eating the world” and, if that's true, bookkeepers could be the next course. That will be case if startups like Pilot …
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