Bloomberg Elon Musk’s SpaceX won approval from the US Federal Communications Commission to offer broadband service from space, using a constellation of 4,425 satellites racing around the Earth in low orbits. The action, approved in a 5-0 vote by FCC commissioners, is the first approval of a US-licensed satellite constellation to deliver broadband, or fast internet service, the agency said ...

Bloomberg Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars for using Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices, an appeals court said, as the years-long feud between the two software giants draws near a close. Google’s use of Java shortcuts to develop Android went too far and was a violation of Oracle’s copyrights, the US ...

Bloomberg As the global auto industry vies to deploy driverless cars, some contenders may be cutting corners in a bid to get ahead, carmakers warned in the aftermath of the first pedestrian death tied to the emerging technology. “Some competitors, not by name because there are several, they’re trying to race to be the first one to show autonomous driving. ...