Here s what s going on in tech.
Apple is opening an app-development center in Italy.
Speaking of Apple, it tells the Supreme Court in a new filing that a lower court made a legal error in its e-books ruling against Apple.
FireEye buys iSight Partners, a Dallas company that tries to spot cyberattacks before they happen, for $200 million. (WSJ)
Bad ads: Google disabled 49 percent more ads in 2015. (WSJ, Google blog post)
ACLU unveils privacy fight in 16 states — bills that address everything from student privacy to police use of Stingrays.
Researchers: Until recently, Nest thermostats leaked ZIP code data online.
Will the Hyperloop be passenger ready by 2018? That s what one of the two companies working on Elon Musk s idea says.
A trial in the long-running saga between Hewlett-Packard and Autonomy is set for 2018 in London.
And social media and the law: Judge rules woman violated restraining order by tagging her former sister-in-law on Facebook.
Photo: Apple s iBooks 2 app is demonstrated for the media on an iPad at an event in the Guggenheim Museum January 19, 2012 in New York City. (Getty Images)
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