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February 2, 2017, 1:20 AM

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Polygon:
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.
Bloomberg:
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
Facebook:
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.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
GitLab says it lost six hours of data after human error took the service down, but claims the affected database doesn't include users' code  —  GitLab, a startup with $25 million in funding, is having a “very bad day,” as Interim VP of Marketing Tim Anglade put it to Business Insider …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
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.
Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
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
Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon circulating draft open letter to Trump on recent immigration order ahead of planned release this week  —  Financial, manufacturing, consumer companies also involved  —  Draft expressed concern about Trump order, offers help
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook is testing a “Discover People” feature for connecting with strangers on Facebook who share interests, employers, are attending an event, more  —  Facebook is rolling out a new section on mobile called “Discover People,” which encourages users to introduce themselves …
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.
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

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