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Apple slapped with $506 million in patent dispute damages

A judge ordered the company to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison for infringing on patents describing a "predictor circuit."

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<p>Details on Amazon's Prime Now launch in Singapore have been revealed through an early release of its app in the city-state.&nbsp;</p>

Amazon adds Singapore to its same-day delivery empire

The giant online retailer makes its Prime Now service available in the city-state, with a possible eye on other markets in the region to follow.

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Uber considering Meg Whitman for CEO role, says report

The embattled ride-share company needs a new CEO, and one of the most well-known women in the business world is reportedly on the list.

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Amazon wants to hire you, and 49,999 others, to pack stuff

The company will hold what it calls "the nation's largest job fair" at 10 fulfillment centers across the US.

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Flash on its death bed, Nielsen to track Hulu, YouTube TV

The major tech headlines of the day include Adobe ending Flash support in 2020, Facebook offering 4K livestreaming and Nielsen's announcement that the company will now track YouTube TV and Hulu viewership.

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Twitter still has a lot to show and prove

Between the ongoing troll issue and the newest redesign, can Twitter’s second-quarter earnings beat expectations?

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<p>Snopes.com asks for donations to stay in business.</p>

Not fake news: Snopes is in danger of shutting down

Amid a legal battle between its owners, the venerable online fact checker raises $582,273 in an attempt to stay in business.

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<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook listens to US President Donald Trump during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House on June 19.</p>

Trump says Apple's Cook has promised 'big, big, big' US plants

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president says Apple will bring jobs to the US.

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Who needs an ID badge? Wisconsin company institutes chip implants

Three Square Market hopes to have its entire workforce outfitted with implanted RFID chips in the near future as a way of providing access to building amenities and services.

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Fines, schmines! Google is still minting cash (The 3:59, Ep. 256)

Also, the Musk-Zuck AI tussle, implantable RFID chips, and Snopes call for donations.

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<p>Because it's not like Facebook is in your life enough already, amiright?</p>

Now Facebook is making a speaker too?

That's right, yet another tech giant is reportedly working on a home speaker. Because we don't have enough of those yet, clearly.

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Employees offered RFID chip implants... it's voluntary, for now

A Wisconsin company is the first in the US to offer implanted chips for opening doors and logging in to computers.

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