Facebook is preparing to shutter its podcasts & Soundbites initiatives

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Facebook is giving up on podcasts after just a year, with the social network warning podcasters that it will be shuttering the audio content from June 3.Starting from early May, Facebook will be preventing podcasters from adding more podcasts to its audio platform, as part of a clearance of the service. The central audio hub it implemented in …

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Apple sues Rivos & former engineers over alleged trade secret theft

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has launched a lawsuit against “stealth” startup Rivos, claiming it poached engineers to try and steal confidential documents and trade secrets about its chip designs.Rivos, a startup focusing on designing its own system-on-chip technology, has hired over 40 former Apple employees in the last 12 months. In the case of at least two of those employees, Apple is suing over allegations they may have taken trade secrets about …

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