From CNET: Facebook is reportedly looking to get in to the music business, but it's not gunning for Spotify.

The New York Times reports that rather than joining the crowded streaming landscape, Facebook has its sites set on music videos, a territory dominated for years by YouTube. The social...

From CNET: Uber is pulling out all the stops to rein in a major lawsuit that could change its business model.

The ride-hailing company is being sued by three former drivers who claim they should've been classified as employees rather than independent contractors. The drivers' lawyer, Shannon Liss...

From InfoWorld: IBM says it has produced the world's first 7nm (nanometer) chip, arriving well ahead of competitors, thanks to advances in its chip technology.

Chip makers are now producing 14nm processors, and the next big project for Intel and other chip makers has been the 10nm chip. IBM, in its...

From CNET: T-Mobile is opening up the borders to Mexico and Canada for its subscribers.

The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier on Thursday said it would allow customers use their smartphones -- to make calls, send text messages and browse the mobile Web -- in both countries without any...

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) appears to be experiencing a learning moment that many of its Android arch-rivals, including Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) have already painfully experienced -- you can lead customers to smartwatches, but you can't make them buy.

Indeed...

From PC World: AMD’s polishing up software support for its new Fury X and Radeon R300 series graphics cards with the release of new WHQL-certified Catalyst 15.7 drivers. This sweeping update plays nicely with Windows 10, adds the clamored-for (and oft-delayed) CrossFire multi-GPU support for...

From ComputerWorld: A federal court in Texas has ordered a new trial on damages in a patent infringement dispute between Apple and Smartflash that could modify an earlier $533 million damages award to the patent-licensing company.

District Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the...

From CNET: Microsoft is cutting more employees and restructuring its mobile phone business as it continues to struggle in the smartphone market.

The software giant announced on Wednesday that it will lay off 7,800 workers, most of them in its moribund smartphone unit, which it bought from Nokia...

From DailyTech: The Mozilla Foundation has published a blog summarizing a recent all hands meeting held at Whistler in Vancouver, BC. Among the highlights is a soft promise that Windows 10 will be a priority.

The promise is soft as Mozilla did not commit to a definitive release date for the...

From PC World: Although Microsoft has now brought Skype for Business to Windows Phone, its own business customers—those who subscribe to Office 365—may be disappointed to learn that one key feature hasn’t yet been implemented: conversation syncing.

Skype for Business has already replaced Lync on...