Reuters Technology Report: January 5, 2016

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Samsung urges U.S. court to overturn $120 million patent verdict for Apple WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to find that a jury in 2014 should not have made the South Korean company pay nearly $120 million to Apple Inc for infringing three patents. Automakers, not Silicon Valley, lead in driverless car patents: study LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver's seat in developing self-driving, "autonomous" cars, and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is best positioned to lead the way, according to a new report on patents for the fast-evolving technology. Apple expected to cut iPhone 6S, 6S Plus production: Nikkei (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to cut production of its latest iPhone models by about 30 percent in the January-March quarter, the Nikkei reported. Some Yahoo investors want to sell Internet business even if it triggers big tax bill (Reuters) - Several major Yahoo Inc shareholders are so concerned the company's core Internet business could fall in value that they want it sold as soon as possible. Message apps pose growing risk for China securities regulator SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A growing number of China's retail investors are opening trading accounts on messaging and social media app WeChat, and some institutional investors are even using it to instruct brokers, making it harder for regulators to monitor trades and spot illegal activity, traders and investors told Reuters. Toyota's new R&D company hires technical team (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp's research and development company, Toyota Research Institute (TRI), said it hired a team of scientists and engineers to help drive research into artificial intelligence and robots. Twitter considering 10,000-character limit for tweets: report (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, technology news website Re/code reported on Tuesday. Match Group short sellers not looking for long-term commitment SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Short sellers have been having trouble committing to Match Group Inc since the owner of the popular dating website Match.com and mobile app Tinder went public in November. Ireland says EU tax decision on Apple likely after elections DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland does not expect European Union regulators to issue a decision on the country's tax deal with Apple until after upcoming parliamentary elections, finance minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday. German publishers have filed complaint against Google: VG Media BERLIN (Reuters) - German publishers have filed a complaint against Google in a row over whether or not the search engine should pay the publishers to show their articles online, a spokesman for VG Media - a consortium of around 200 publishers - told Reuters. Related Video Hong Kong tailor replaces tape measure with 3D scanner Big gadget show gives a taste of what's to come Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook