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By Juli Clover, MacRumors Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that he believes the search engine deal between Apple and Google has made it impossible for other search engines like Bing to compete (via The Wall Street Journal). With Google as the default search engine on Safari on all Apple devices, people become accustomed to

MORRISVILLE – Lenovo is setting up a new company within its mobile business group after acquiring Japan-based smartphone manufacturer FCNT in Japan. The company is “the successor to Fujitsu’s mobile phone business [that] went bust” in June, according to the Japan Times. It had 8% market share in Japan, the newspaper said. CrunchBase describes FCNT

RALEIGH – Fourteen counties in North Carolina are on their way to receiving more broadband access after the state of North Carolina awarded $22 million grants through the Completing Access to Broadband program. The grants involve private sector partners who are contributing funding to augment the state awards. The CAB program is administered by the N.C.

DURHAM – Infinia ML, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Duke Professor Lawrence Carin and Triangle serial entrepreneur Robbie Allen, has been sold. The buyer is Georgia-based Aspirion. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Our focus on innovation is key to Aspirion’s ability to maximize collections and accelerate revenue recovery for our healthcare system and hospital partners’

Editor’s note: Tom Snyder, executive director of rapidly growing Raleigh-based RIoT and a thought leader in the emerging Internet of Things, is the newest columnist to join WRAL TechWire’s list of top drawer contributors. His “Datafication Nation” columns will be part of WRAL TechWire’s Startup Monday package. +++ RALEIGH – I had the pleasure to speak with N.C. State

RALEIGH — Up to 57% of all the apps we use are under security attack, according to a new report from Raleigh-headquartered software development firm Digital.ai. The company debuted its new Application Security Threat Report recently;  key insights include: Across app types, gaming (63%) and FinServ (62%) were the most likely to be attacked. The

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle. Importantly, Apple said the issue is not related to the titanium frame, reports MacRumors. Contrary to a

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Internet speeds are getting even faster in the Charlotte Metro area: Google Fiber is launching 8 gigabit service. And that speed soon will be available in the Triangle. Meanwhile, the broadband provider is also offering a slower speed service (300 megabytes) at a cost of $30 a month. Through a federal

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Is your new iPhone 15 Pro overheating – getting at times too hot to hold? You’re not alone. Business Insider reports: “There’s been widespread reports from users saying the iPhone 15 Pro, which was released on September 22, has been overheating — in some cases, to the point where a customer feels

By Juli Clover, MacRumors Reddit this week announced that it will no longer allow Reddit users to opt out of ad personalization, which means that ads on the platform will be targeted based on site usage. Right now, users can choose to toggle off an option to “personalize ads based on your Reddit activity and account info,”