Patent trolling, critics say, is guided by one principle alone: money. Yet tackling it remains a complex task with many angles. Today, a consortium called LOT — set up to help improve how the tech world, and the IP industry at large, handle trolling — is launching a new front in its efforts. It’s formed…
Datacenters might be the lifeblood of the modern digital economy, but for housing developers in some parts of London they could curtail building plans for the next 13 years. According to a report in today’s Financial Times, developers on the western side of the U.K. capital may be prevented from working on larger multi-tenant properties…
Spotify is building on its collaborative, friends-oriented features by generating a personalized playlist for you and your pals. Friends Mix is an extension of Blend, the Spotify feature that merges the musical tastes of two users in one shared playlist. Users are also given a Taste Match score with this feature, displaying the percentage of…
Hi. I’m Aaron Weinman. Credit Suisse wants to reduce costs at its investment bank. Competing investment bankers smell blood in the water as they circle their Swiss peer’s business. Before we dig into that, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. I stopped by CBS to talk about…
Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez in London this week. Ricky Vigil/Getty Images Jeff Bezos took a tour of Buckingham Place during a visit to London, The Sun reported. The Amazon founder later dined at a Mayfair restaurant with actor Tom Cruise. Jeff Bezos is worth an estimated $145 billion, according to the Bloomberg…
Former President Donald Trump. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Trump’s lawyers threatened to sue CNN for saying Trump was “lying” with his election-fraud claims. It did not say his claims were true, saying only that he “subjectively believes” there was fraud. It also used a Webster’s Dictionary’s definition to say Trump was not a liar. In…
Jim Farley poses next to the newly unveiled electric F-150 Lightning, May 2021. JEFF KOWALSKY / Contributor / Getty Ford CEO’s hinted that the auto-giant could cut jobs in order ramp up EV production, per Bloomberg. “We absolutely have too many people in some places,” Jim Farley said in an earnings call. Farley aims to…
Russia is choking off Europe’s natural gas supply, cutting the capacity of its Nord Stream 1 pipeline 20%. Christian Charisius/Reuters Russia is choking off Europe’s natural gas supply, cutting the flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 20%. Gas prices finally eased Thursday after 6 days of gains, but have soared 145% since the…
Payments service providers are building an array of financial services to compete with financial institutions (FIs). The surging popularity of service providers has given firms huge client bases to whom they can push financial solutions. Do you work in the Ecommerce and Retail industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and…
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns in a residential area of Chernihiv, April 22, 2022. Nicola Marfisi/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images US officials think more than 75,000 Russians were killed or injured in Ukraine, reports said. Estimates for Russian troop losses have varied, but this is one of the highest…