"Retrial jury awards Apple $533 million in design patent and $5 million in utility patent damages from Samsung" Foss Patents 9:11 PM
"Samsung owes Apple $539M for infringing on iPhone patents, jury finds" AppleInsider 5:29 PM
"Samsung Ordered to Pay Apple $539 Million in iPhone Design Patent Retrial" MacRumors 5:30 PM
"Samsung ordered to pay Apple $539 million after an entirely too-long legal battle" BGR 7:13 PM
"Internal Documents Show Apple Knew the iPhone 6 Would Bend: Apple publicly maintained that there were no engineering issues with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but an internal review showed that engineering changes were necessary to prevent touch disease." Motherboard 1:01 PM
"Court docs reveal Apple knew about iPhone 6 'touch disease'" CNET 1:02 PM
"Apple Knew About Bendgate and Touch Disease iPhone 6 Issues Months in Advance of Repair Programs" MacRumors 1:03 PM
"Apple teams up with Volkswagen to make a fleet of self-driving passenger vans" Business Insider 8:14 AM
"Apple Inks Driverless Car Deal With Volkswagen" Investopedia 8:15 AM
"Apple reportedly partners with VW to build self-driving shuttle vans" The Next Web 8:19 AM
"Is Apple Botching Its Autonomous Driving Opportunity? If Alphabet can do it, Apple could too. But the latter's efforts in autonomous driving have been minor, to say the least. Will its deal with Volkswagen change that?" TheStreet 4:08 PM
"Apple's scrapped ideas for the car of the future sound wild" Business Insider 9:39 AM
"Google Buys 20,000 SUVs, Apple Gets Two Dozen VW Vans" Bloomberg 8:15 AM
"Is Apple Leaving Billions on the Table? Apple Inc. is trying to grow the non-iPhone services portion of its business but it could be leaving potentially billions of dollars on the table in terms of subscription revenue." Investopedia 11:36 AM
"Apple Leads The Way As Wearable Tech Charge Continues" Forbes 8:05 AM
"Apple Watch still dominates the market, but there's a surprising amount of competition" BGR 8:31 AM
"Swamped by Growth, Silicon Valley Weighs Taxing Big Employers: Cities home to Google and Apple are contending with the impact of rapid growth on housing and traffic" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:49 AM
"Apple is missing out on billions in subscription fees" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
"Apple taken to task for actions of Chinese suppliers in 'Complicit' documentary" AppleInsider 1:42 PM
"To lure millennials, Apple, Ikea and Uber are pushing branded credit cards" CNBC 8:15 AM
"Amazon and Apple engage in turf war for location of second headquarters" [Video Report] CNBC 8:50 AM
"Speaker manufacturer Leon details challenges of designing Apple Park's audio system [Video] 9to5Mac 1:03 PM
"Beware 'iCloud Breach' Phone Scam" TidBITS 8:20 AM
"In 1985, Steve Jobs made these eerily accurate predictions about the future of tech" CNBC 11:37 AM
"Foxconn smartgear unit IPO seeks to break financial addiction to Apple's iPhone" AppleInsider 8:32 AM
"Apple Maps mislabeling locations in rural Canada" AppleInsider 4:08 PM
"Vevo music platform axing iOS and Apple TV apps, shifting to YouTube only" 9to5Mac 4:01 PM
Non-Apple News
"YouTube Music Starts Rolling Out Today" Thurrott 5:30 PM
"Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact" KIRO 7 Seattle 4:02 PM
"T-Mobile bug let anyone see any customer's account details" ZDNet 3:43 PM
"Google Home Overtakes Amazon Assistant as Most Popular Speaker" Digital Trends 1:06 PM
"Mark Zuckerberg's next personal project? A 'supreme court' for Facebook" CNET 1:03 PM
"Verizon seemingly cancels its oft-delayed streaming TV service" The Verge 10:20 AM
"Samsung Gear S4 with Wear OS: Tizen is dead" SlashGear 8:49 AM
"Judge: President Trump blocking people on Twitter is unconstitutional" BetaNews 8:42 AM
"A Basic Z-Wave Hack Exposes Up To 100 Million Smart Home Devices" Forbes 8:06 AM
"The new Gmail steals some great ideas and invents some fresh ones: Gmail's redesign borrows heavily from other apps. Now it's their turn to push email forward again." PCWorld 8:05 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Intel's Mac CPU Roadmap, Network Buffer Bloat Explained -TMO Daily Observations 2018-05-24" The Mac Observer 12:58 PM
"Pioneer officially confirms new wireless CarPlay head units starting at $700" 9to5Mac 9:11 PM
"Apple rejects Steam Link app from App Store, cites breach of guidelines" AppleInsider 7:37 PM
"Apple has rejected iOS version of Steam Link app, Valve says: Denial cites 'business conflicts' despite approval of other desktop sharing apps." Ars Technica 8:33 PM
"Surprise: Next iPhone will be even faster than anything else" Computerworld 7:48 AM
"This could be the first major next-gen iPhone X leak" BGR 8:31 AM
"iPhone SE 2 stars in beautiful concept TV ad" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
"Tom's Guide Names World's Toughest Smartphone in Ultimate Drop Test" ["The iPhone X proved to be the biggest surprise in the Tom's Guide's report, as it was the toughest non-ruggedized phone. Apple's $1,000 handset suffered less damage than most of the competition after being dropped on its face from 4 feet."] PRNewswire 8:52 AM
"Siri could soon make declining phone calls more useful and personal" iDownload Blog 10:46 AM
"Apple allowing downloads of all personal data associated with Apple ID" The Apple Post 8:38 AM
"Apple's Siri could decline phone calls with context-sensitive text responses in the future" AppleInsider 8:05 AM
"Apple Files Patent Describing the Next Phase of the iOS 'Do Not Disturb' Feature" Patently Apple 8:40 AM
"Apple patent is for a 'user interface for camera effects" Apple World Today 7:46 AM
"Apple's concept ideas for a car included spherical tires, AR windshields, more" Apple World Today 12:58 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Apple Begins Selling Refurbished iMac Pro Models at 15% Discount" MacRumors 11:04 AM
"Best Buy has great deals on multiple Apple products for Memorial Day" Macworld 1:03 PM
"10" iPad Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:47 AM
"Microsoft accused of illegal data collection, spying and data theft" MSPoweruser 6:58 AM
"Windows 10 Update Wiping PC Desktops" CCM.net 7:00 AM
"Microsoft to exercise GDPR policies not just in Europe, but worldwide" Neowin 1:30 PM
"Microsoft and Publicis unveil Marcel, an AI-based productivity platform for the ad giant" TechCrunch 6:14 AM
"Microsoft to Improve Cortana With Semantic Machines Startup" Edgy Labs 6:59 AM
"Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 17134.81 with fixes for Intel and Toshiba SSDs" Neowin 6:15 AM
"Windows 10 April Update Intel And Toshiba SSD Boot Loop Issue Now Fixed" SegmentNext 7:00 AM
"Microsoft fixes Windows 10 April 2018 Update problems with Intel and Toshiba SSDs" TechRadar UK 6:59 AM
"Microsoft's Xiaoice bot can fool humans into thinking they're talking to a person: Rise of the chatty robots" The Motley Fool 6:15 AM
"Intel, Micron lag behind Toshiba in 96-layer 3D-NAND, 4bits per cell" ee News 6:35 AM
"Intel Nervana NNP-L1000 Neural Network Processor Coming in 2019" CDR Info 6:35 AM
"Intel to Spend $5 Billion on 10nm Fab in Israel" EE Times 6:35 AM
"Intel India and Consulate of Israel Bengaluru sign MoU to accelerate innovation" Deccan Herald 6:41 AM
"Intel and Micron's QLC memory could make for the perfect gaming SSDs" PCGamesN 6:41 AM
"New Spectre variant 4: Our patches cause up to 8% performance hit, warns Intel" ZDNet 7:10 AM
"Acer's stack of Predator and Nitro gaming PC come packing Intel's Coffee Lake chips and Nvidia graphics: But real eye-catching gaming tech was missing" The Inquirer 6:15 AM
"Acer launches Nitro and Predator Series gaming desktops" Hexus 6:34 AM
"Acer's Chromebook Spin 13 temps professionals to use Chrome OS at work: It's the most powerful Chromebook to join Acer's large family of Chrome OS devices." Ars Technica 8:09 AM
"Acer Announces New 13 and 15-Inch Chromebooks" ExtremeTech 10:04 AM
"HP looking to partner with the Indian government to push 3D printing dream" Times Now News 6:32 AM
"HP Omen 17: HP's 17-inch Gaming Rig" TecHLector 6:33 AM
"IBM Leads 'Call for Code' to Use Cloud, AI for Natural Disaster Relief" eWeek 5:30 PM
"IBM calls on global techies to better prepare for natural disasters" tahaul tech 6:37 AM
"IBM's Lauded Universal Blockchain Payment Solution In Final Stages" Crypto Coin Spy 6:38 AM
"IBM is calling on all companies to adhere to its responsible AI and data principles" SD Times 6:38 AM
"Oracle nemesis MariaDB tries to lure enterprise folk with TX 3.0: Release adds Big Red compatibility, migration service" The Register 7:00 AM
"Oracle plans to dump risky Java serialization: A 'horrible mistake' from 1997, the Java object serialization capability for encoding objects has serious security issues" Infoworld 6:08 PM
"Apple could hit $1 trillion within a year, Morgan Stanley says" Business Insider 1:03 PM
"Apple price target raised to $214 at Morgan Stanley on optimism about services business" MarketWatch 9:31 AM
"Morgan Stanley: Buy Apple shares on the 'emerging power' of its services" CNBC 8:49 AM
"Morgan Stanley bullish on Apple services, ups AAPL price target to $214" AppleInsider 10:20 AM
Industry News
"The fate of the S&P hangs in the balance — and these 3 factors should decide it" MarketWatch 7:13 AM
"Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Tumble After Trump Calls Off North Korea Summit: Stocks fall Thursday after Donald Trump calls off a summit meeting planned for next month with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un." TheStreet 5:22 PM
"Bitcoin value gyrates amid report of Department of Justice manipulation investigation" USA Today 5:22 PM
"Housing market in a rut - supply pinch, higher rates to blame?" FOXBusiness 5:23 PM
"US Stocks-Wall St dips after Trump cancels N.Korea summit; Netflix gains" Reuters 5:23 PM
"Among Top FANG Stocks, Here's Why Netflix Has Reached A New Buy Point" Investor's Business Daily 5:24 PM
"U.S. Stocks Fall After Trump Nixes North Korea Summit: Expectations for a market recovery are low heading into a holiday weekend" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:24 PM
"Nikkei, Kospi slide as automaker stocks tumble on new Trump tariff threat" MarketWatch 7:14 AM
"European stocks stage small comeback as jitters over Italy ease" MarketWatch 7:15 AM
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