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Thursday July 27th, 2017 day edition

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A judge has ordered Apple to pay $506 million to the research arm of the University of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, sued Apple in 2014, accusing its A7, A8, and A8X chips of infringing US Patent No. 5,781,752, which claims a type of "table based data speculation circuit."

The following year after a trial, a Wisconsin jury found (PDF) that Apple had infringed the '752 patent and that it should pay $234 million in damages.

Further Reading Jury orders Apple to pay $234 million for infringing university patents Yesterday's order (PDF), signed by US District Judge William Conley, more than doubles that amount.

A second WARF lawsuit against Apple, accusing a newer generation of products, is on hold while Apple appeals the first verdict.

Further Reading Intel badgered by U of Wisconsin speculation circuit patent WARF was one of the first university institutions to dive heavily into patent litigation.

Spokespersons for both Apple and WARF declined to comment on the case. »

Lawsuit seeks Ajit Pai’s net neutrality talks with Internet providers

Authored by arstechnica.com

But American Oversight's lawsuit against the FCC says the commission hasn't complied with the requests.

The FCC repeatedly requested extensions after getting the FoIA request from American Oversight, the group's complaint says.

Since the July 24 deadline passed, "American Oversight has received no further communication from FCC regarding the processing of its FOIA requests," the complaint said. »

These college students lost access to legal pot — and started getting better grades

Authored by washingtonpost.com

The most rigorous study yet of the effects of marijuana legalization has identified a disturbing result: College students with access to recreational cannabis on average earn worse grades and fail classes at a higher rate.

Economists Olivier Marie and Ulf Zölitz took advantage of a decision by Maastricht, a city in the Netherlands, to change the rules for “cannabis cafes,” which legally sell recreational marijuana.

Other studies have tried to estimate the impact of marijuana legalization by studying those U.S. states that legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana. »

Oscar Winner Mahershala Will Star in TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3

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UPDATE (7/26/17): HBO announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour that Mahershala Ali will indeed star in the third season of True Detective and that they are currently courting directors.

The only thing True Detective fans like to do more than complain about the show’s second season is to fantasy cast a potential season three.

So now True Detective fans can stop complaining about season two so much and just focus on fantasy casting the rest of the new season. »