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Samsung Display and China’s BOE Technology, a supplier of OLED displays used in Apple devices, have agreed to settle a patent lawsuit concerning OLED technology. “The two companies have agreed that fair technological competition is essential for the advancement of the display industry,” and have therefore decided to withdraw all pending lawsuits, a spokesperson at Samsung Display confirmed to TechCrunch. “We [also] plan to withdraw all ongoing legal actions as part of this agreement.” Samsung Display declined to comment on reports that BOE may pay patent royalties to the Korean hardware giant as part of the settlement. BOE did not…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:55 AM ET, Thu November 20, 2025 Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group is expanding its presence on the Nile River.The company inked a contract with Egyptian shipbuilder The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.) to build a second luxury riverboat to debut on the Nile in 2028. “This second vessel represents our absolute confidence in Egypt’s enduring appeal and our commitment to setting new standards in Nile cruising,” says Cristina Levis, chief executive officer of Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group. “Having two sister ships of this caliber allows us to offer even more travellers…
Waymo has three new cities in its sights as it continues to expand around the United States: Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Tampa. The company said on Thursday that it will start manually driving its vehicles in those cities “in the coming days,” ahead of testing and validating its driverless tech, before eventually launching a commercial robotaxi service in each. These cities join a growing list of locations where Waymo has launched or plans to launch its robotaxis. The Alphabet-owned company is already offering rides on surface streets and highways in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, and is live in…
The University of California renewed its policy of annual tuition hikes Wednesday after the UC Board of Regents voted 13 to 3 to approve the measure, despite fierce opposition from undergraduates. Broadly, what undergraduates will expect to pay for tuition doesn’t change once they enroll. The model regents approved still allows the system to increase undergraduate tuition and systemwide fees by as much as 5% annually, depending on inflation, and locks in that rate for students enrolling that year for up to six years. Each cohort of incoming students pays the same tuition, but what they pay is more than…
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff is bringing in new team ownership, selling a portion of his holdings to CrowdStrike founder and CEO George Kurtz, the executives told CNBC Thursday. Kurtz’s personal acquisition expands a partnership between the auto racing team and software provider that dates to 2019. It also expands the tech industry’s push into global motorsport. The financial terms of Kurtz’s investment were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the matter told CNBC the deal values the Mercedes team at $6 billion. “You have all these new fans coming in,” Kurtz said. “The reason…
Voice AI company Wispr’s dictation app, Wispr Flow, is seeing great traction. The startup said that, after three months of usage, an average user writes more than 50% of their characters through the app. The company has also reached 270 of the Fortune 500 companies and has signed 125 companies as enterprise customers. That’s why, after just raising a $30 million round led by Menlo Ventures in June, the company has now raised an additional $25 million led by Notable Capital with participation from Steven Bartlett’s Flight Fund, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. With this influx of capital, the company has…
Tribal leaders and education advocates said the Education Department failed to meet a statutory requirement by not consulting with tribes before announcing the transfer of dozens of Native American education programs to other federal agencies.This week, the Education Department said it would break off several of its main offices and hand over their responsibilities to agencies like the Department of Labor and the Department of the Interior. Under the plan, those two agencies will run several programs that fund and oversee the education of Native American children and college students. Tribal leaders and Native education organizations said the move will…
Sign at the entrance to a Walmart in Venice, Florida(L), and a T.J. Maxx store in Pinole, California.Getty ImagesAs more major retailers post earnings, one theme is clear: Value players are winning both the wealthy and the cash-strapped.Walmart and TJX, T.J. Maxx’s parent company, stood apart from the pack this week by hiking their full-year forecasts and expressing optimism about the start of the holiday season. Both said sales have grown as they win shoppers across the income spectrum, in the same week other major U.S. retailers Home Depot, Lowe’s and Target cut their profit outlooks and said they saw…
A historic airport construction project is underway at one of the busiest airports in the United States. For the past couple years, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has been undergoing a complete, $19 billion transformation. The sweeping project includes more than 4 million square feet of new space, with two massive totally rebuilt terminals and an additional two terminals that will be refreshed and modernized. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the project is the $9.5 billion new Terminal One, which will replace the former Terminal 1, as well as the former Terminal 2 and 3. It’s scheduled…
Google is upgrading its image-generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web. Dubbed Nano Banana Pro, the new model is built on Google’s latest large language model, Gemini 3, released earlier this week. The company claims Nano Banana Pro improves on its predecessor, Nano Banana, with the ability to create more detailed images and accurate text, and generate text in different styles, fonts, and languages. Image Credits:Google The model also has web-searching capabilities, so you can do things like ask it to look up a recipe and generate flash…