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FILE - FEBRUARY 5: Twitter is set to announce its fourth quarter earnings on February 5, after the market close. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - FEBRUARY 05:  A sign is posted on the exterior of the Twitter headquarters on February 5, 2014 in San Francisco, California.  Twitter reported fourth quarter revenue of $242.7 million, beating analysts expectations $217.82 million in revenue in their first quarterly report. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
FILE – FEBRUARY 5: Twitter is set to announce its fourth quarter earnings on February 5, after the market close. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 05: A sign is posted on the exterior of the Twitter headquarters on February 5, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Twitter reported fourth quarter revenue of $242.7 million, beating analysts expectations $217.82 million in revenue in their first quarterly report. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Here are the stories that have Silicon Valley talking this morning:

Twitter is teaming up with the NFL to boost its audience, in a deal that means more football video highlights on Twitter, as well as better-placed ads.

Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will step down from the company s board once a full-time CEO is named, reports say.

European regulators have reportedly found no evidence of collusion regarding Apple and record labels to hurt free music-streaming services.

China has apparently been reading the private emails of many top White House officials since 2010.

Are Uber and Tesla planning a partnership with self-driving cars?

Tesla is said to be losing more than $4,000 on every Model S sold.

Facebook isn t a threat to YouTube yet — but it likely soon will be.

Nobody on Facebook says LOL anymore. Haha.

A whole lot of people are using ad-blocking software, according to a new report, resulting in the loss of $22 billion in 2015 in lost advertising revenue.

Google and Bill Gates are part of a $120 million funding round for a genome-editing company.

A $50 smartphone? Google is again trying to tap the enormous Indian market with an inexpensive phone.

Cable cord-cutting s impact: Last week, cable TV and movie stocks lost $53 billion in market value — the same amount Netflix and Amazon gained in the past month.

 

At top: Twitter headquarters, seen on February 5, 2014 in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)