Fri. 01/07 – Google Infringed On Sonos

Sonos beats Google in trade court. E3 is going remote again this year. Mozilla is the latest company to suffer crypto backlash. Are foldable laptops the future? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions, this week with a profile of the programmer behind Wordle.

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Links:

• Google Infringed on Sonos Speaker Technology, Trade Court Rules (NYTimes)
• E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns (GamesBeat)
• Mozilla pauses accepting crypto donations following backlash (The Verge)
• Asus will release a 17-inch foldable OLED laptop this year (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• CES 2022 was the best auto show in years (CNET)
• Can You Really Tell the Difference Between 4K and 8K? (Gizmodo)
• The Pixel Art Revolution Will Be Televised (Wired)
• Banks Tiptoe Toward Their Cloud-Based Future (NYTimes)
• The Danger of Leaving Weather Prediction to AI (Wired)
• Wordle Is a Love Story (NYTimes)