Microsoft, Google agree to dismiss all pending patent infringement lawsuits

Rivals Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. agreed to dismiss patent-related lawsuits between the two companies, in a sign of the cooling intellectual-property wars among technology giants.

Toyota To Sell Cars That Communicate With Each Other And Roadways By Year End

Toyota aims to become the first automaker to mass market vehicles that can receive and share data transmitted by external infrastructure and by other vehicles.

Cancer Vaccines Make a Comeback, as Third Rock Pumps $55M into Neon Therapeutics

Cancer vaccines got a bad name years ago. First, they don’t prevent cancer—they are supposed to stimulate the immune system to fight existing tumors. Early-generation cancer vaccines that made it to clinical trials couldn't stimulate enough immune firepower to kill tumors, cost too much to manufacture, or failed for other reasons.

Complaining About Yesterday Won't Make Tomorrow Better

“Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.” -unknown

Asia Markets: Shares in Japan, Australia recover from steep losses

Resource companies regain their footing in Australia, a day after renewed worries about the spillover of China’s slowing demand battered prices of several commodities and related sectors

Exo-Earths Around Low-Mass Stars Likely Shielded By Magnetic Fields

Do earth-like planets in close orbits around low-mass stars have magnetic fields strong enough to shield them from both their own star’s incoming radiation and galactic cosmic rays?

Trump's Plan Inverts Traditional Tax Planning Makes Carried Interest Moot

The Donald Trump tax plan is out. Big picture it seems like people who don't pay much now will pay nothing and everybody will pay a lot less, but it is revenue neutral. I'll save the scoring part for the people who do that sort of thing. I'll be very surprised if it turns out to revenue neutral. Here are the high points

1. If you are single and earn less than $25,000, or married and jointly earn less than $50,000, you will not owe any income tax. That removes nearly 75 million households – over 50% – from the income tax rolls. They get a new one page form to send the IRS saying, “I win,” those who would otherwise owe income taxes will save an average of nearly $1,000 each.

The Wall Street Journal: Yahoo throws caution to wind with Alibaba spinoff

Yahoo Inc.’s bold plan to spin off more than $20 billion worth of shares in Alibaba Holding Group Ltd. without incurring a tax bill just got riskier. The Internet company said in a filing Monday it will move forward with a spinoff despite not having the explicit blessing of tax regulators.

Planets Outside Of Our Solar System

Planets Outside Of Our Solar System

Volkswagen's Biggest Long Term Problem--Loss Of Competitive Advantage

For years, Volkswagen (OTC:VLKAY) enjoyed a reputation for high performance vehicles -- efficiency, acceleration, and handling. That was a great selling point for the company brand, especially in the green-sensitive US market, and it helped the company become the world's second largest automobile company (in vehicle sales), behind Toyota. The recent emissions scandal revealed that there was a little dirty secret behind this performance. A software which helped the company circumvent emission rules, rather than undergo the necessary engine modifications which would have added to production costs, and possibly compromise performance. Now, Volkswagen has to play by the rules. And its advantage may be compromised. Modifications to the vehicles will add to production costs, and perhaps undermine vehicle performance. Compounding the problem, Volkswagen already lags behind other auto companies in key economic metrics, and most notably its closest competitor, Toyota. See table.

Think VW’s stock can make you rich on a rebound? Think again

The eventual value of fines and lawsuits is unknown, making the German car company a risky proposition for investors, says Phil van Doorn.

Giant Magellan Telescope To Image Nearby Rocky Exoplanets; Detect Cosmos' First Stars

In this era of telescopic behemoths, what will the Giant Magellan telescope (GMT) offer to exceed its forthcoming ground-based rivals?

Mark Zuckerberg Versus The President Of The United States Of America

Mark Zuckerberg is more aware of his power than you are.

Chuck Jaffe: Fantasy sports can destroy your finances — and your marriage

It might not legally be gambling, but the effects can be the same, says Chuck Jaffe.

Scientists Now Know Why Rosetta's Comet Is Shaped Like A Rubber Duck

Scientists reckon they’ve figured out from Rosetta images just why the orbiter’s comet is shaped like a rubber duck.

Meet The Sharks Of ABC's Shark Tank

Meet The Sharks Of ABC's Shark Tank

Meet The Sharks Of ABC's Shark Tank

Meet The Sharks Of ABC's Shark Tank

Don't Silence Your Team - Nurture Your Employees To Become Thought Leaders

Thought leadership isn’t just about writing articles or speaking at conferences — it’s the fundamental act of communicating ideas, whether that’s to an audience of one or 1 million. The truth is that every person on your team is a thought leader.

Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates Q3 Update, 2015

The global SaaS market is projected to grow from $49B in 2015 to $67B in 2018, attaining a CAGR of 8.14%. Global spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is expected to reach $16.5B this year, an increase of 32.8% from 2014. Cloud applications will account for 90% of worldwide mobile data traffic by 2019, compared to 81% at the end of last year.

Residual Value Insurance Scores Big Win In U.S. Tax Court

"Is it live, or is it Memorex?", the commercial used to say in the days of cassette tapes and reel-to-reel recorders, long before digital recording entered our lexicon. We here consider an Opinion from the U.S. Tax Court where a taxpayer has taken the position that a certain type of insurance it sells is insurance for tax purposes (the real deal), but the Service contends that it is not really insurance but more in the way of a financial hedging contract.

Marijuana in the Workplace: A Hazy Issue for Employers

This Week In Credit Card News: Thieves Test Cards On Charity Sites; Why Your Chip Card Is Safer

What's the Chip in Your New Credit Card Do?

Slide Show: Coolest new robot technology: Hotel helpers and warehouse pickers

Watson was the star at a robotics conference in San Jose this week, but plenty of other new robotics products were displayed as well.

Why Prime Minister Modi Is Visiting Silicon Valley

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is back in the United States this week, his second visit to the U.S. in twelve months. The highlight of his trip will undoubtedly be a high-profile weekend tour of Silicon Valley, which kicks off tomorrow.

U.K. Financial Services: Waking Up (Slowly) To Impact Of FinTech

It is becoming clear with each passing day that the financial services industry does not know what has hit it - these are changing times, and possibly felt more so where the profits have to date been easiest via an established old business model.

The Top Paying STEM Jobs For Recent Grads

The Top Paying STEM Jobs For Recent Grads

The Margin: How to watch the rare supermoon eclipse this weekend

For the first time in more than 30 years, you’ll see a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse.

The High-Def Screen That Turns Home Into An Art Museum

Electric Objects puts art onto walls via the Internet

Are LinkedIn Recommendations and Endorsements Reliable?

The Next Globally Cool Tech Tool From Taiwan, And It's About Babies

With smartphone maker HTC hitting a new off-button every month or two because of market share losses, this blog asked experts what’s the next new, globally cool thing to come from its home Taiwan. High-tech makes up about one fifth of Taiwan’s annual GDP. HTC had been that cool thing with its robustly designed, own-brand Android handsets.

The Wall Street Journal: Microsoft signs search pact with Baidu in China

Microsoft Corp. and Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. sign a deal to make Baidu.com the default search engine and home page for Web surfers in China who are using Microsoft’s Edge browser.

iPhone 6S Review Round-Up: 3D Touch Is Killer Feature

Reviews are in for Apple’s flagship device, mostly forgiving the new iPhone’s extra heft and praising the efficiency that comes with its peek and pop gestures. The main problem is battery life.

10 Insights To Ensure Repeatable Business Success

Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up, rather than down. Encores are tough, especially in the high-risk world of startups, yet every entrepreneur I know can’t wait to start over and do it again. Sometimes their haste or ego causes them to ignore basics, and they fall hard.

The Wall Street Journal: Google warms up to Wall Street, thanks to new CFO

Google Inc. has long ignored most Wall Street conventions, but that is changing under new Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat.

Being Number One In Trademarks Owned Didn't Save Scott Walker; Donald Trump Is Number Two

There are at least five new trademark applications filed for “Trump” since April alone, using Trump in some political way.

Was Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson An Inspirational Leader Or Just A Brilliant Manager?

Since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in May 2013, the former Manchester United manager has issued his autobiography and spent time as a fellow to the executive education programme at Harvard Business School.

Market Extra: Brutal session for biotech, health-care stocks in 3 charts

It was a tough day for biotech and other health-care stocks Monday. Blame it on presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, who said she would unveil a plan to put an end to what she described as “price gouging” by specialty drug makers.