kimanaw shares a report: The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by Alphabet’s Google, boosting Oracle’s bid to collect more than $8 billion in royalties for Google’s use of copyrighted programming code in the Android operating system. The administration weighed in on the high-stakes case on the same day that…

Introducing Project Operations Microsoft has announced a new application, Dynamics 365 Project Operations, as well as additional AI-driven features for its Dynamics 365 range.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

With coming updates, the Energy Assist app will show charging stations in use, or if they’re offline for some reason. …read more Source:: CNet

The state’s attorney general says Google gathered the personal information from Chromebooks the company provided for free. …read more Source:: CNet

Passengers can complain about “harsh braking,” “inappropriate remarks” and other elements of their rides. Drivers fear the system may lead to fraudulent claims. …read more Source:: CNet

Today, in a room full of cybersecurity professionals, there are still more people called Steve than there are women. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Ahead of a national day of action led by digital rights group Fight for the Future, UCLA has abandoned its plans to become the first university in the United States to adopt facial recognition technology. From a report: In a statement shared with Fight for the Future’s Deputy Director Evan Greer, UCLAâ(TM)s Administrative Vice Chancellor…

What happens in Vegas… gets leaked on the internet Casino and hotel chain MGM Resorts lost almost 10.7 million guest records last summer, including the data of Jack Dorsey and Justin Bieber, which was duly posted to hacker forums.… …read more Source:: Register

Combined, the cloud companies will have revenues of approximately $3 billion and an enterprise value of $22 billion. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), a committee that maintains various JPEG image-related standards, has started exploring a way to involve AI to build a new compression standard. From a report: In a recent meeting held in Sydney, the group released a call for evidence to explore AI-based methods to find a new image compression codec….