The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it is ending investigations into three major U.S. wireless carriers over potential violations of net neutrality rules. The FCC sent letters to Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to inform the companies that the agency’s previous investigation was over. The probes were ordered under former President Barack Obama‘s government over “zero-rate” […]
Google Branches Off ‘Waymo’ Unit as Company to Handle Self-Driving Cars
Tech giant Google announced Tuesday that its self-driving vehicle unit will now be developed under a separate independent company called Waymo. Waymo is moving from Google’s X unit, its so-called “moonshot division,” to its Alphabet unit and will be an independent company, officials said. California-based Google has been developing an autonomous vehicle for many months, and said engineers […]
Supreme Court May Favor Samsung in Legal Beef with Apple
It appears the U.S. Supreme Court could be leaning in favor of Samsung in the electronics giant’s appeal of a recent legal victory handed to competitor Apple. The high court began hearing the appeal on Tuesday, concerning a lower court’s ruling that Samsung must pay Apple $400 million for infringing on the iPhone design patent. During Tuesday’s arguments, Supreme Court […]