Martin Goetz, who received the first US software patent, died on October 10 at 93; Goetz was awarded a patent for data-sorting software for mainframes in 1968 (Richard Sandomir/New York Times)

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

Martin Goetz, who received the first US software patent, died on October 10 at 93; Goetz was awarded a patent for data-sorting software for mainframes in 1968 — “I knew at some point in time the patent office would recognize” computer software, he said. It happened in 1968, helping to ignite the software market.

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Sources: the US is exploring whether it has legal authority to review Elon Musk's Twitter deal, which gives large foreign investors access to confidential data (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Sources: the US is exploring whether it has legal authority to review Elon Musk's Twitter deal, which gives large foreign investors access to confidential data — Terms of the deal give large foreign investors access to confidential information about the social media platform https://bit.ly/3TYS0ix

SK Hynix says it has started mass producing its 238-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips, promising speeds of 2400MT/s, up from last gen's 176 layers and 1600MT/s (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: SK Hynix says it has started mass producing its 238-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips, promising speeds of 2400MT/s, up from last gen's 176 layers and 1600MT/s — The new memory promises speeds of up to 2,400 MT/s. — SK hynix said late on Wednesday that it had begun mass production of its 238-layer … http://www.techmeme.com/230607/p39?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a230607p39

The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals (Marguerite Reardon/CNET)

Marguerite Reardon / CNET: The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals — Even as major players like Verizon and AT&T are rushing to roll out 5G, a little-known company is looking to build … https://bit.ly/2zFGmVA

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