Google could owe Oracle $8.8 billion in Android fight — Bloomberg Technology
Google could owe Oracle billions of dollars for using Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system, writes Susan Decker of Bloomberg Technology. Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-27/oracle-wins-revival-of-billion-dollar-case-against-google
Google pledges $300 million to clean up false news — The New York Times
Google is pledging to spend $300 million over the next three years to support authoritative journalism, The New York Times' Kevin Rose writes. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/business/media/google-false-news.html
Cisco, HPE, Microsoft, SAP, SUSE, CA Technologies sign open source licensing initiative
CA Technologies, Cisco, HPE, Microsoft, SAP, and SUSE – have committed to extending additional rights to work in open source license noncompliance - Red Hat announced in a statement.
Waymo early riders can hail actual driverless minivans now — Fortune
Self-driving taxis are (finally) here! Fortune's Kirsten Korosec writes about Waymo shuttling a group of early riders in self-driving vehicles without a human test driver behind the wheel. Here is the link: http://fortune.com/2018/03/13/waymo-driverless-minivans-phoenix/
Pentagon Drone Program Is Using Google AI — Bloomberg Technology
Google’s artificial intelligence technology is being used by the U.S. Department of Defense to analyze drone footage, Mark Bergen of Bloomberg Technology writes.
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