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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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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Yahoo Answers, one of the internet's most storied Q&A sites, will be shut down on May 4 and the company says a comprehensive archive will not be provided — The end of a long and storied internet era (of bad questions and even worse answers) — Yahoo Answers, one of the longest-running …
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| Clubhouse: |
Clubhouse partners with Stripe to let its users send payments to other users without taking a cut; only selected users will be able to receive payments for now — From the earliest days of Clubhouse, a guiding principle has been to build a platform that puts the creator first.
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| Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: |
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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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
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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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
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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| 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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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
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.
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| Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: |
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 … | Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Uber says driver price-naming and destination previewing policies it introduced last year in California have hurt its business, and is considering ending both — A year ago, Uber let its California drivers see ride destinations before picking up passengers and let them set pricing in an effort …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Enjoy Technology, which runs mobile tech retail stores and is led by ex-Apple exec Ron Johnson, is in talks to go public via SPAC at a $1.6B valuation — Enjoy Technology Inc., a startup that has operated mobile retail stores for companies including Apple Inc., AT&T Inc. … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Co-founder leaves Knotel after its bankruptcy and reported $70M sale; Knotel, which used blockchain to track property listings, was once valued at $1B+ — Earlier this year, we covered the demise of flexible workspace operator Knotel. — The once high-flying startup had just announced …
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