USA TODAY caught up with cicada expert Gene Kritsky as the double brood of periodical cicadas has started to emerge.
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft's Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft's voice-recognition technology violates IPA's patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is a subsidiary of patent-licensing company Wi-LAN, which is jointly owned by Canadian technology company Quarterhill and two investment firms.
Four years after removing the names of Confederate military leaders from two schools, Virginia's Shenandoah County School Board voted to reverse that decision.
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17 | -7 | ||
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15 | -6 | ||
15 | -5 | ||
16 | -5 | ||
13 | -4 | ||
14 | -4 | ||
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