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Facebook will give Congress copies of Russian-purchased political ads after all

By Eric David Sep 21, 2017

Facebook Inc. has decided to give Congress copies of more than 3,000 political ads that had been bought by Russian accounts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, reversing its initial decision to withhold that information. Facebook…

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Alphabet’s Waymo wants Uber to pay $2.6B for alleged theft of self-driving tech

By Eric David Sep 21, 2017

Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, has asked for a $2.6 billion judgment in its intellectual property theft case against ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc., according to statements made by Uber’s legal team.…

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Toshiba reaches deal to sell its chip business to Bain-led group for $18B

By Eric David Sep 20, 2017

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has finally reached an $18 billion deal to sell its semiconductor business to a consortium of businesses led by Bain Capital. Toshiba has been working toward the deal since January,…

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Doubling down on hardware, Google spends $1.1B to buy part of HTC’s mobile phone business

By Eric David Sep 20, 2017

Cementing rampant speculation, Google LLC late Wednesday said it signed a $1.1 billion “cooperation agreement” with Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. Under the deal, the main subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. will acquire a team…

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YouTube extends its Twitch-like subscription model to more streamers

By Eric David Sep 19, 2017

Since first launching in 2015, YouTube Gaming has yet to achieve the same clout with livestreaming gamers as Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch, but YouTube is looking to change that today with the public launch of Sponsorships, a new way for…

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Next IT launches tools to help enterprises build their own AI solutions

By Eric David Sep 19, 2017

Veteran artificial intelligence company Next IT Corp. announced today that it’s launching a suite of development tools and data libraries for businesses that want to build their own conversational AI. Next IT has been in the conversational AI…

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Millions of PCs vulnerable as hackers compromise CCleaner’s official installer

By Eric David Sep 18, 2017

Hackers have compromised popular file cleanup tool CCleaner and may have been using it to inject malware into potentially millions of home personal computers over the last month. Piriform Ltd., the maker of CCleaner,…

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Google Chrome will ditch annoying autoplay videos in January

By Eric David Sep 15, 2017

Somehow web designers have still not learned that autoplay videos are almost universally hated by users, but Google LLC seems to have finally caught on—mostly. Google announced today that an upcoming update to Chrome…

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Facebook becomes yet another tech giant with an AI lab in Montreal

By Eric David Sep 15, 2017

Facebook Inc. today announced the launch of a new Facebook AI Research lab in Montreal, making the social media giant one more of several major tech companies to open an artificial intelligence lab in…

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Uber used ‘Greyball’ software to evade regulators in Portland

By Eric David Sep 15, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. has plenty of legal battles to go around, but this week one battle came to an end as Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman determined that the ride-hailing company used its “Greyball” software to evade regulators,…

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Facebook will give Congress copies of Russian-purchased political ads after all

Alphabet’s Waymo wants Uber to pay $2.6B for alleged theft of self-driving tech

Toshiba reaches deal to sell its chip business to Bain-led group for $18B

Doubling down on hardware, Google spends $1.1B to buy part of HTC’s mobile phone business

YouTube extends its Twitch-like subscription model to more streamers

Next IT launches tools to help enterprises build their own AI solutions

Millions of PCs vulnerable as hackers compromise CCleaner’s official installer

Google Chrome will ditch annoying autoplay videos in January

Facebook becomes yet another tech giant with an AI lab in Montreal

Uber used ‘Greyball’ software to evade regulators in Portland

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