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Google paid $26 billion in 2021 to become the default search engine on browsers and phones — CNBC

Google paid $26.3 billion to be the default search engine on mobile phones and web browsers in 2021, according to a slide made public Friday in a federal antitrust trial against the company, writes Lauren Feiner. 

Chipmaker Qualcomm to lay off over 1200 California workers — CNN

Qualcomm will be laying off about 1258 roles in California, according to a filing with the California Employment Development Department, writes Jennifer Korn. 

Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone — The Register

Google pays Apple between $18 billion to $20 billion a year to remain the dominant search engine in the iPhone according to private wealth management firm Bernstein, writes Paul Kunert. 

Fedora Linux on M-powered Macs will be here shortly — ZDNet

Asahi founder and project lead Hector Martin, joined by Fedora Linux developers Neal Gompa and Davide Cavalca, has announced that you will soon be able...

Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Nvidia form Alliance for OpenUSD

Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and Nvidia, along with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, have jointly launched the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to advance Pixar's Universal Scene Description technology.