Google will likely ask the Supreme Court for a second time to review API copyrightability

http://www.fosspatents.com/2018/10/google-will-likely-ask-supreme-court.html

Need to fix an iPhone or Android device? You can now break DRM under new US rules

https://www.zdnet.com/article/need-to-fix-an-iphone-or-android-device-you-can-now-break-drm-under-new-us-rules/

Quick-thinking Apple intern uses Apple Watch as logging tool during in-flight emergency

https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/26/apple-watch-medical-emergency/

Report: Facebook’s Political Ad Tools Allows Users to Purchase Ads in the Name of Mike Pence, ISIS, Others

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/27/report-facebooks-political-ad-tools-allows-users-to-purchase-ads-in-the-name-of-mike-pence-isis-others/
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/27/report-facebooks-political-ad-tools-allows-users-to-purchase-ads-in-the-name-of-mike-pence-isis-others/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Microsoft Is Killing Skype Classic on November 1, and Here’s Why People Are Upset

https://www.howtogeek.com/369631/microsoft-is-killing-skype-classic-on-november-1-and-heres-why-people-are-upset/

How Does a CPU Actually Work?

https://www.howtogeek.com/367931/htg-explains-how-does-a-cpu-actually-work/

Security Updates Are Even Breaking Your Printer (On Purpose)

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/security-updates-are-even-breaking-your-printer-on-purpose/

Ubuntu 18.10 Is Out With a New Theme and Snappier Desktop Performance

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/ubuntu-18.10-is-out-with-a-new-theme-and-snappier-desktop-performance/

What is WiGig, and How Is It Different From Wi-Fi 6?

https://www.howtogeek.com/371328/what-is-wigig-and-how-is-it-different-from-wi-fi-6/

Windows 10 October 2018 Update apparently hit by another bug that could lose your files

https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-october-2018-update-apparently-hit-by-another-bug-that-could-lose-your-files

Linus Torvalds is back in charge of Linux

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-is-back-in-charge-of-linux/

Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you find all the data the company has on you

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/17/apple-launches-new-privacy-website.html?recirc=taboolainternal

Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows—it’s how it develops it

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/microsofts-problem-isnt-shipping-windows-updates-its-developing-them/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/microsofts-problem-isnt-shipping-windows-updates-its-developing-them/?amp=1

US intelligence chief says ‘no evidence’ of Chinese spy chips

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/19/bloomberg-china-surveillance-dan-coats-director-national-intelligence/

Julian Assange sues Ecuador over new rules, including Internet ban, bathroom hygiene and cat care

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/19/julian-assange-suing-ecuador-over-rules-his-london-embassy-refuge/1695064002/

5G is coming, but not everyone is happy about it

https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-is-coming-but-not-everyone-is-happy-about-it/

Google Will Charge Phone Makers to Preload Apps in Europe After Antitrust Fine

https://gizmodo.com/google-burned-by-5-billion-fine-tells-europe-that-ph-1829793120
https://gizmodo.com/google-burned-by-5-billion-fine-tells-europe-that-ph-1829793120/amp

MIT is investing $1 billion in an AI college

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17978056/mit-college-of-computing-ai-interdisciplinary-research

The new Palm is a tiny phone to keep you away from your phone

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17974850/new-palm-smartphone-android-lifemode-time-well-spent-verizon
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/10/15/17974850/new-palm-smartphone-android-lifemode-time-well-spent-verizon

Rolls-Royce is partnering with Intel to make self-driving ships a reality

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17979252/self-driving-autonomous-ships-drones-intel-rolls-royce-partnership
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/10/15/17979252/self-driving-autonomous-ships-drones-intel-rolls-royce-partnership