WikiLeaks CIA docs show it’s not 2017, it’s 1984. Now what?
StandardCommentary: Even though I’m no terrorist, the unconfirmed WikiLeaks disclosures about the CIA scare me. They might scare you too. Here’s what to do.
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There’s a dating site called TrumpSingles. It’s not fake.
StandardThere are niche dating websites for everything from Star Trek fans to cat lovers and seafarers and even fans of the works of Ayn Rand. Why not a site for Trump fans, too?
John Boyega: The new face of Star Wars
StandardThe newest hero of the “Star Wars“ saga sees science fiction as a mirror of society‘s issues.
Meet Ello, the social network that wants to be the anti-Facebook
StandardThe website has only been available to the public for a little over a month, but it’s already gaining attention among tech elite.
Vexed in the city: Working in Silicon Valley tech is much more lucrative than you think
StandardAdd in the benefits, the perks, and the transportation tech workers get for free, and the value of their salaries jumps up to 20 percent.
Apple, on Defense, Slams Samsung
StandardApple Inc. is on the defensive.
Driverless Cars Move Closer to Reality
StandardDriverless cars are no longer the domain of science fiction.
Toyota, Audi Prep Self-Driving Cars
StandardToyota Motor Corp. and Audi AG are throwing their hats into the ring of potential suppliers of self-driving vehicles.
Both auto makers confirmed on Thursday that they will be demonstrating autonomous-driving features at the Consumer Electronics Show in the coming week, signaling a new effort to raise the technology’s profile among consumers.
In a preview video posted to its website on Thursday, Toyota showed a five-second clip of one of its Lexus brand cars outfitted with various sensors and the caption, “Lexus advanced active safety research vehicle is leading the industry into a new automated era.”
Price of the iPad Name: $55,000 to $2 Billion
StandardWhat’s in a name like iPad?
Apple Inc. agreed to pay Proview International Holdings Ltd. £35,000 ($55,494 at current exchange rates) for the iPad trademark, according to a cache of documents that includes emails and a contract detailing an agreement between the two companies.
The newly unearthed documents come as Apple has been battling Proview over whether it purchased rights to the iPad name from Proview in 2009—a key issue in a dispute between the companies.
Proview defended its claims to the trademark in China, and suggested on Friday that the company could be due as much as $2 billion from Apple.
Apple Asked Standards Body to Set Rules for Essential Patents
StandardSAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc. has asked a telecommunications standards body to set basic principles governing how member companies license their patents, an increasingly contentious topic for rivals in the smartphone industry.
In a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Apple said the telecommunications industry lacks consistent licensing schemes for the many patents necessary to make mobile devices, and offered suggestions for setting appropriate royalty rates that all members would follow.
Many mobile technology companies, such as Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., hold patents that became part of industrywide standards. Standards bodies often require the patent holders to offer to license their patents to any company on a basis known as Frand, or fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory. Questions about such commitments have arisen amid a flurry of patent suits between rivals in the mobile-device market.