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The relationship between Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. is one of the most prominent examples of the so-called coopetition that has permeated the tech industry. Apple competes with the online retail giant in a growing number of markets, while also hosting a …
Reports: FTC may hold Zuckerberg accountable for Facebook’s privacy problems
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering a plan to hold Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accountable for the company’s privacy blunders, according to two new reports. The Washington Post and NBC News today cited sources as saying that FTC officials are …
Mozilla launches its WebThings smart home platform from incubation
In addition to developing Firefox and Thunderbird, the Mozilla Foundation runs a raft of other, lesser-known technology projects. Among the more technically ambitious of these is WebThings, an open-source smart home platform that launched from incubation on Thursday. WebThings provides software modules …
Microsoft acquires IoT operating system maker Express Logic
Microsoft Corp. has acquired Express Logic Inc., a relatively low-profile but influential software maker whose technology helps power a big chunk of the world’s internet-connected devices. The terms of the deal, which the companies announced today, weren’t disclosed. But it’s reasonable to assume …
Facebook says it ‘unintentionally’ harvested 1.5M users’ email contacts
Another month, another Facebook Inc. privacy scandal. Following an exposé from Business Insider, the social networking giant today said that it has “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million users to its systems. The affected group includes people who signed up for …
Report: Facebook is developing an AI voice assistant
Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa and Google LLC’s Home voice assistants may soon face some new competition. CNBC reported today that Facebook Inc. has been quietly working on a rival voice assistant since early 2018. The network’s sources said that development is being carried …
Stripe picks up biometric authentication startup Touchtech
The highly publicized online copyright and privacy laws currently being implemented by the European Union are only part of the regulatory changes facing the tech industry in the region. There’s also PSD2, an upcoming directive that will enforce increased security for e-commerce …
Harvard spinoff Zapata Computing raises $21M to develop quantum software
A consortium of venture investors is making a moonshot bet on Zapata Computing Inc., a startup developing software for quantum computers. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zapata today said that it has raised a $21 million funding round co-led by the startup investment division of …
Surprise! Apple and Qualcomm settle multibillion-dollar legal dispute
Taking the industry completely off-guard, Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. today announced that they have settled their cross-border, multibillion-dollar legal dispute over mobile modem chip technology. The agreement will see the companies drop all legal action against one another in the numerous jurisdictions …
Samsung advances Moore’s Law with new 5-nanometer chips
New engineering challenges are making it difficult for chipmakers to keep up with Moore’s Law, the prediction that the density of transistors in processors will double every two years. But Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is pressing ahead nonetheless. The company, which not …