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ZeniMax awarded $500M damages in breach of NDA lawsuit against Oculus; Oculus to pay $300M, co-founder Iribe to pay $150M, co-founder Luckey to pay $50M — A Dallas, Texas jury today awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.
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Facebook Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016. — “Our mission to connect the world is more important now than ever,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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Sources: Apple began developing a new low-power ARM-based chip last year for Macs, which will work alongside Intel's chipset and handle “Power Nap” duties, more — A part built with ARM Holdings is used in keyboard's Touch Bar — New design could help improve battery life in MacBook laptops
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Waymo says disengagement rate per 1K miles driven autonomously dropped from 0.8 in 2015 to 0.2 in 2016, even while miles driven rose to 635K overall — Waymo's self-driving software had far fewer disengagements in 2016 than it did in 2015 in the state of California, despite a big increase in the number of miles driven overall.
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Tesla has been testing four autonomous cars on California roads, totaling 550 miles between October and December, reporting 0.33 disengagements per mile — State DMV publishes ‘disengagement’ reports from 11 companies — Tesla had four autonomous vehicles that covered 550 miles| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Report: Snap Inc. is working on adding lenses that can recognize and interact with landscapes, an extension of the current lenses that recognize faces — Snap, Inc. is working on an updated version of its in-app Snapchat lenses that would be able to recognize landscapes as well as faces …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter acquires video streaming startup Huzza and opens a Vancouver office — Couple of pieces of news out of Kickstarter headquarters this morning. First, the crowdfunding service has announced the acquisition of Canadian video streaming startup Huzza.
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GoPro's Karma drones are back on sale, three months after they were recalled due to a design flaw that made them lose power mid-flight — Grounded no more — GoPro's Karma drone is returning to store shelves after a three-month-long recall. The company announced in a press release …
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Amazon plans to spend $1.49B to create its first worldwide air cargo hub in Hebron, Kentucky, says the hub will create up to 2.7K new full- and part-time jobs — The investment, which could create over 2,000 new jobs, points to Amazon's continued ambitions to expand in shipping and logistics.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple stock is up 6%+ after record Q1 results, nearing all-time high of $135 — Update: The stock continues to climb as the day progresses, now up 6.5% at around $129, which values the company at more than 670 billion dollars in market cap. It is also nearing Apple stock's all time high of $135.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
EU announces deal to end all wireless roaming charges starting June 2017 — The European Union took a big step toward creating a Digital Single Market today with the announcement of a deal that would end roaming charges for mobile consumers across the continent.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower report finds Pokémon Go has grossed over $1B in revenue on mobile devices since July 2016 launch — Pokémon Go has grossed over $1 billion in revenue since it was launched on July 6 last year, according to measurement firm Sensor Tower.
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