Dutch chipmaker NXP makes China push by backing radar company Hawkeye
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has come a long way since Qualcomm’s outsize $44 billion to acquire it fell through last year. In an announcement released on...
Germany: Upload Filters Can Only Be Prevented “As Far As Possible”
On Monday, the EU Council of Ministers approved the Copyright Directive, which includes the controversial Article 17 (formerly 13). The law requires platforms like YouTube and...
Geek Trivia: Which Novel Is Stephen King’s Longest?
Which Novel Is Stephen King’s Longest? Under the Dome Insomnia It The Stand Think you know the answer? Source : Geek Trivia: Which Novel Is Stephen...
Aptiv takes its self-driving car ambitions (and tech) to China
Aptiv, the U.S. auto supplier and self-driving software company, is opening an autonomous mobility center in Shanghai to focus on the development and eventual deployment of...
Antivax Parents Sue Over Mandatory Vaccination Order in New York (Which Has a Major Measles Outbreak)
A group of five unnamed mothers are suing the city of New York, trying to get it to block a mandatory measles-mumps-rubella vaccination order city officials...
Verizon Cuts Online Upgrade and Activation Fees, Raises Its ‘Full Service’ In-Store Fee to $40
Verizon is upping the prices of in-store phone activations—though it’s also lowering the cost of ordering and activating phones using its app or online services, per...
TED raises $280M to help nonprofits battle climate change, online sex abuse and more
TED is unveiling the eight participants in the second year of The Audacious Project, a program aimed at helping nonprofits pursue their most ambitious goals. TED’s...
Student sues JD.com’s billionaire CEO Richard Liu for alleged rape
A Chinese student has filed a lawsuit against JD.com founder and chief executive Richard Liu, alleging the billionaire businessman raped her in Minnesota back in August,...
What would it mean to eradicate the mosquito?
Paul Orlando Contributor Share on Twitter Paul Orlando has operated startup accelerators on three continents and teaches entrepreneurship and runs the on-campus incubator at the University...
Google starts rolling out better AMP URLs
Publishers don’t always love Google’s AMP pages, but readers surely appreciate their speed, and while publishers are loath to give Google more power, virtually every major...
