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...Despite widespread usage by app developers, users remain unaware of this feature in Android software — a Google-designed programming interface, or API, known as the “Query All Packages”....
...In another move to match OpenAI, he added that Google would release APIs, or programming links, to LaMDA, making it possible for developers to build their own services that tap into the language AI....
...The US Supreme Court has handed Google victory in a landmark case for the technology industry, ruling that it did not break the law when it copied software interfaces owned by Oracle for use in its Android...
...A separate document, highlighted by the BBC which first reported the story on Monday, stated that “a contact tracing app may not use location-based API’s . . . and may not collect any device information...
...When a decade-long legal battle between Google and Oracle finally reaches the US Supreme Court this week, many in the tech industry will be following the proceedings with unusual interest....
...Oracle’s complaint against Google has drawn the support of the US government, which has intervened on its behalf....
...The US technology giant also proposed a monitoring trustee that will be approved by Brussels to make sure that Google remains compliant with these terms, according to these people....
...We’re also formalising our longstanding commitment to supporting other wearable manufacturers on Android and to continue to allow Fitbit users to connect to third party services via APIs if they want to....
...Google software that made it work better with their operating systems and hardware always made the most sense technically, and privacy campaigners have hailed the decision to switch to these underlying APIs...
...“Instead it became a weird fight, with some people saying, ‘we’re not going to let these tech giants push us around’. It became not about technology or doing the right thing but about politics.”...
...However, in the US, more scattershot efforts are in need of collaboration....
...Large generics manufacturers including Mylan and Teva Pharmaceutical would not comment on potential supply chain problems....
...It was formed in November from a combination of Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn unit, creating a large company focused on selling generics, particularly outside the US....
...The companies now under investigation are: Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc.; Citron Pharma, LLC; Mayne Pharma (USA), Inc.; Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA;...
...It has 200 customers, including the Standard Bank of South Africa, and Travelex, which pay CurrencyCloud a cut of all payments made via its API....
...US democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on Mylan to lower the “outrageous” price of EpiPens used to treat severe allergies....
...Mylan, which is down by about a third since Mrs Clinton’s first intervention, dropped a further 3.9 per cent....
...Mylan of the US and Lupin of India are among potential trade buyers to have been linked with one or both of the GSK and Sanofi businesses....
...After Actavis walked away from Valeant, it was approached about a deal by Mylan, but then went on to acquire Warner Chilcott for $5bn....
...Stephen Schork of the Schork report makes an excellent point regarding recent large US inventory crude draws....
...By contrast, Mylan Labs rose 2.8 per cent to $21.80 after it raised its fiscal 2007 earnings guidance, making it one of the better performing stocks in the S&P 500....
...US and European markets will likely be in restocking mode again in five to six months’ time.”...
...API rose 7.6 per cent to 84.5p after it said its decision to refocus as a manufacturer of reflective surfaced packaging materials had led to an improvement in its trading performance....
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