The retrial of Oracle's lawsuit against Google for copyright infringement is coming to a close, and investors think it won't mean much for Google's bottom line. But if the jury rules against Google, and against its more liberal interpretation of copyrighting software APIs, experts worry it could have a chilling effect on the work of software developers.
[Klint Finley | Wired]
Amazon is preparing to roll out its Fresh delivery grocery service to a group of new markets that includes Boston and the United Kingdom. Analysts are taking the move as a sign that Amazon is now all in on the delivery grocery game.
[Jason Del Rey | Recode]
Facebook responded to a letter from a Republican senator by saying (again) that not only is there no anti-conservative bias in the Trending Topics section, but that the company is revamping its Topics curation process to be extra sure.
[Kurt Wagner | Recode]
Spotify lost $189 million in 2015, and that's a good thing; losses grew only 6.7 percent year-over-year, against an 80 percent jump in revenue in the same period. But as the music streaming service gears up for its inevitable IPO, investors will want to see Spotify repeat the trick.
[Peter Kafka | Recode]
Gawker Media owner Nick Denton has a "hunch" that a Silicon Valley billionaire bankrolled Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against him, as well as new, theoretically unrelated, suits that are cropping up. The New York Times lets Denton float the theory without throwing out a name.
[Andrew Ross Sorkin | New York Times]
Google
By Mark Bergen
Ka-ching.
Transportation
By Johana Bhuiyan
For drivers, it's business as usual.
Voices
By Chris Wysopal
What good is an alarm if it only goes off after a robber has broken into your house and stolen your stuff?
Facebook
By Kurt Wagner
Facebook wants more VR content. This acquisition might help.
Culture
By Amy Keyishian
Also, some tips on hard-drive disposal.
Amazon
By Jason Del Rey
Except for TVs.
The Constitution Party numbers only around 76,000 strong, but what it lacks in bodies it makes up for in sheer contempt for the status quo. Kaleb Horton of MTV News, by far
the most compelling chronicler of the American right in 2016, went to this fringe party's Utah convention and came back with a great story about the quiet desperation of America's far-far-right.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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