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Technology Report: Apple hiring big brains in car battery space

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Apple hiring big brains in car battery space
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A year and a half ago, Apple Inc had applied for just eight patents related to auto batteries. Recently, it has hired a bevy of engineers, just one of whom had already filed for 17 in his former career, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis.
Japan Display in talks with Apple to build iPhone screen plant: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc is considering building a plant to supply smartphone screens for Apple Inc and is negotiating with the U.S. company for investment in the project, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
U.S. government urges Lenovo customers to remove Superfish software
BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday advised Lenovo Group Ltd customers to remove a software program known as "Superfish," which the agency said the world's No. 1 PC maker started installing on machines as early as 2010.
Italian privacy watchdog says to conduct inspections at Google U.S. offices
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy's data privacy watchdog said Google Inc had agreed to it conducting inspections at its Californian headquarters, the first time a European Union regulator will make checks on the company inside U.S. territory.
SEC on the prowl for cyber security cases: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are on the lookout for violations such as poor risk controls or lax disclosures relating to hacking and other cyber breaches, a top SEC official said Friday.
Russian competition watchdog opens case against Google
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's competition watchdog said on Friday it had opened a case against Google Inc over alleged violation of anti-monopoly law, following a complaint from Russia's biggest search site Yandex NV over Google's mobile platform.
YouTube to release kids app next week
(Reuters) - YouTube is releasing a new app for children next week, called YouTube Kids, which will run on smartphones and tablets and focus on kid-appropriate content.
Exclusive: Thoma Bravo seeks top-up fund amid tech LBO bonanza
(Reuters) - Thoma Bravo LLC, the private equity firm behind some of the technology sector's largest leveraged buyouts, is seeking more money from investors for deals, less than a year after it raised a $3.65 billion fund, people familiar with the matter said.
RadioShack cleared to sell leases to 1,100 abandoned stores
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - Bankrupt electronics retailer RadioShack Corp received court approval on Friday for its plan to try to sell the leases to more than 1,100 stores that it will close by the end of February.
Ex-Qualcomm executive pleads guilty to insider trading
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former director of sales for U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc pleaded guilty in San Diego on Thursday to insider trading, officials said.
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