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Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action

The Verge

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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Waymo is building a hub for its autonomous trucks in Texas

The Verge

Waymo announced plans to build a hub for its autonomous semi-trailer trucks on a nine-acre site near Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The company is also working with JB Hunt Transport Services to haul freight along several interstates in Texas. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Federal Court orders Apple to pay licensing firm $308.5 million for infringing DRM patent

TechSpot

On Friday, a Texas federal court ordered Apple to pay Personalized Media Communications (PMC) $308.5 million in a patent dispute related to digital rights management software called "FairPlay." FairPlay encrypts distributed digital content such as that from iTunes, Apple Music, and the App Store. A jury reckoned that Apple's algorithms.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

He is currently licensed in Illinois and Florida. 7) Kimberly Niezgoda Kimberly Niezgoda (linkedin.com/kimberly-auctioneer) is your go to licensed auctioneer specializing in charity/benefit/gala live auctions. She’s been a licensed auctioneer in Texas since 2016 and have since called hundreds of various types of auctions.

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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

The paper also mentions physical self-harm and violence towards others as possible outcomes, both of which are represented in the Texas case. billion "licensing fee" to Character.AI, which granted the search giant access to Character.AI-collected "Please do, my king," the AI-powered character told him in response. collected data.

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Apple ordered to pay $308.5 million after jury finds it infringed on digital rights management patent

The Verge

million to Personalized Media Communications after a federal jury in Texas found the company had infringed on a technology patent related to digital rights management, Bloomberg reported. PMC, which is a patent licensing firm, originally sued Apple in 2015, claiming the tech giant had infringed seven of its patents.

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The Android-powered 5G BlackBerry phone has been scrapped

TechSpot

It was August 2020 when Texas-based OnwardMobility announced its intention to launch a new BlackBerry after it licensed the brand name. The 5G handset, which reportedly took a lot of design inspiration from the 2015 BlackBerry Priv, was due to arrive last year, but we’re still waiting.