Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.
Developments on the Apple car front: It hires former Fiat executive, the latest move in its stocking up of auto industry veterans, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Facebook, Google and other Silicon Valley companies filed brief siding with Samsung over Apple in the two companies patent fight. They say that if Samsung is ordered to turn over profit from its devices over design elements copied from Apple, it will open the tech industry up to mass patent lawsuits.
Twitter launches Safety Center that houses its various initiatives to fight abuse.
Hillary Clinton had a Facebook Q&A yesterday, talked a bit more about Uber economy.
Google is discontinuing Google+ Photos to make way for its recently unveiled Google Photos service.
Google continues to dominate lobbying by Internet companies. Facebook and Amazon increased their lobbying in the second quarter.
ICYMI: There s reportedly a secret spreadsheet where Google employees share their salaries.
Apple reportedly leases space in Seattle office tower, joining other tech companies expanding in that city.
Last month s SpaceX explosion blamed on weak strut and, according to Elon Musk, complacency on the company s part as it has gotten used to successful missions.
Microsoft releases emergency patch for critical bug present on almost every version of Windows.
Qualcomm said to be laying off thousands of employees, or more than 10 percent of its workforce, according to the Information.
They cooked the books, now they re toast: Toshiba CEO and other executives quit over massive accounting scandal.
Co-founder of Grooveshark, the streaming-music website that shut down in April, is found dead in his home. Josh Greenberg was 28.
Photo of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk by Nhat V. Meyer/Mercury News archives
