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The Supreme Court is taking on Google and Oracle one last time

The Verge

Ten years after Oracle first sued Google over the code in the Android platform, the two tech giants are finally facing off in the Supreme Court. When Google first developed Android, it decided to make the mobile platform compatible with Java. Oracle is being heard by eight justices and is therefore prone to a split court. (In

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Oracle and Google’s Supreme Court showdown was a battle of metaphors

The Verge

Oracle , a decade-long war over the future of software, neared its end in the Supreme Court this week as a battle of metaphors. Oracle covers a complex question : what elements of computer code can be copyrighted, and if that code is covered by copyright, when it’s still legal to use pieces of it under fair use. Alex Castro.

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Polymath Robotics launches plug-and-play autonomy software for any industrial vehicle

TechCrunch

” To make matters more complex, robots used in warehouses, mining, agriculture and other industrial environments have hyper-specific applications that are structured and are often repeated thousands of times. Think of it as SaaS for industrial robotics. Image Credits: Polymath Robotics.

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The most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2025

Fast Company Tech

The AI industry hit a significant bend in the road toward artificial general intelligence in 2024. And all the while a small AI lab in China was quietly developing new AI models, including reasoning models, that would begin sending shockwaves through the AI industry by the end of 2024. The rest of the industry has followed its lead.

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AI-powered construction management platform Buildots lands $60M

TechCrunch

In the construction industry, managers can become disconnected from what’s happening on-site — particularly when dealing with pandemic-related disruptions. “The construction industry has been going through major transformation over the past few years,” Danon told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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Asia HR tech platform Darwinbox becomes unicorn with TCV-led $72 million funding

TechCrunch

HR tech platform Darwinbox has more than tripled its valuation to become a unicorn in a new $72 million funding round as the Indian startup leads what an investor calls the “SaaSification of Asia” trend. Darwinbox operates a cloud-based human resource management platform.

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Metaverse payment platform Tilia gets new strategic investment from J.P. Morgan

TechCrunch

“The rise of user-generated content (UGC) across gaming worlds, social platforms and beyond means that we need a way for users to pay other users, users to pay creators, and creators to pay their collaborators — even if you don’t know the real identity of the person you’re paying.”