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Supreme Court rules 6-2 in Google's favor in copyright dispute with Oracle over Java APIs, overturning Oracle's win — - The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over the software used in Android. — The court's decision was 6-2.
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On a podcast, Tim Cook says he's “not focused on Facebook”, Apple is confident in its case against Epic Games, AR is critically important for Apple, and more — In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times' Kara Swisher, on her podcast “Sway,” Apple CEO Tim Cook talks …
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LG Electronics says it is terminating its smartphone business, which has lost money for years — South Korea group faced lack of in-house chip supply and rise of Chinese rivals — SEOUL — LG Electronics said Monday that its board decided to terminate the company's loss-making smartphone business …
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The National Labor Relations Board finds Amazon illegally retaliated against two prominent internal critics when it fired them last year — The two employees had publicly pushed the company to reduce its impact on climate change and address concerns about its warehouse workers.
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SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas argues social media platforms are “sufficiently akin” to common carriers and can be regulated “in much the same way” — Last fall, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that it was time to rein in Section 230 immunity.| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
SCOTUS vacates lower court ruling that Trump's Twitter blocks violated 1A; Justice Thomas says he is wary of social platforms' “unprecedented” power over speech — The Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling that found former President Trump violated the First Amendment … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's acquires Aakash Educational Services, which operates 200+ physical coaching centers in India, for “close to $1B” in cash and equity — Why did Byju's raise over $1 billion last year and is already inching closer to securing another half a billion dollars? We are getting some answers today.
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Documents show the US is pressing ahead with plans to impose retaliatory tariffs totaling ~$1B annually on six countries that tax internet-based companies — - U.S. plans duties that will collect value equal to tax levied — U.K., Spain, Austria, India, Italy and Turkey may be affected
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A look at The News Alerts of Beaver County, a 43,000-member Facebook Group in PA that fills the local news void but often hosts exaggerations and falsehoods — The day after Thanksgiving 2019, residents of Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, watched from their windows as state … | Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Profile of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are building on their successes with crypto investments and the Gemini exchange with Nifty Gateway, Block-Fi, more — After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley …
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say parents posting their kid shaming or kid punishment videos as a joke on platforms like TikTok have the potential to cause actual harm — Joke or no joke, child-punishment videos are a growing genre online, and child-safety experts say it's not OK| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Records show Facebook donated $50K to a GOP group in Feb. via direct corporate contribution; FB said in Jan. it would suspend donations from its PAC for Q1 — On January 11, Facebook announced that “following last week's awful violence” it was suspending donations from its political committee …
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