Apple has patented some super-strong, translucent finishes for housing electronic devices, building on speculation that an upcoming iPhone will have a reflective finish. An Apple patent application published on Tuesday depicts an “optically reflective layer,” creating a metallic-looking housing for a laptop or phone. According to the patent, a reflective layer would be combined with […]
Read moreAlphabet has officially launched Gradient Ventures, a new firm within Google that will invest in early-stage artificial intelligence start-ups. The announcement on Tuesday is the latest sign of Alphabet’s growing interest in AI, a futuristic technology that’s also gaining significance at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft. Axios reported on the new program in May, but […]
Read moreSony Music and Spotify have finally reached a licensing agreement. As first reported by Billboard and confirmed to The Verge by a source close to the situation, the deal will go into effect immediately. Sony Music, one of the biggest record companies in the world, owns RCA and Columbia and represents artists from Journey to […]
Read moreLater today, Allen & Company’s famous tech and media conclave will begin in Sun Valley, Idaho. It is perennially the spot to see the biggest tech and media moguls congregate to socialize and spark endless rumors about future possible M&A deals. Three years ago, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and AOL’s Tim Armstrong were spotted having late-night […]
Read moreUnless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve likely read a lot about ICOs (initial coin offerings) in the last few weeks. These are offerings by companies starting their own variant of blockchain-based digital currencies. This year has not only seen the explosion in the price of bitcoin itself but also the second and third most […]
Read moreThe Trump administration took its first step Monday toward potentially unraveling a government program that would have paved the way for more foreign startup founders to come to the United States. Its target is the International Entrepreneur Rule, an effort implemented by former President Barack Obama to allow foreigners who seek to build new companies […]
Read moreElon Musk was a successful internet entrepreneur long before the first Tesla Model X rolled off the assembly line and SpaceX fired its first rocket into orbit. Now, Musk has reclaimed a bit of that internet history for himself by purchasing the defunct domain name X.com from his former employer PayPal, which confirmed the purchase […]
Read moreGoogle has paid researchers and academics who have worked on projects that support the company’s positions in battles with regulators, a report in The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. Google’s practice might not sound all that different from lobbying, but The Wall Street Journal revealed that some of the professors, including a Paul Heald […]
Read moreFacebook’s plan to monetize Messenger is going global. The company said on Tuesday Messenger ads would be available around the world through an expansion of its current tests. The new image ads will appear in the home tab of the Messenger app. If a user clicks on the ad, it will direct them to an […]
Read moreSilicon Valley is supposed to be a place where a couple of guys in a garage or a dorm room can start companies that change the world. It happened with Apple and Microsoft in the 1970s, AOL in the 1980s, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google in the 1990s, and Facebook in the 2000s. But the 2010s […]
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