Anything For You All: 10 things in tech you need to know today

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May 27, 2016

Good morning! Here's the technology news you need to know this Friday.

1. Google won its copyright lawsuit against Oracle. The jury decided that Google's use of the disputed piece of code was "fair use."

2. Snapchat raised $1.81 billion in a new funding round. A TechCrunch report suggests the company is now valued at about $20 billion.

3. Apple reportedly explored the idea of making a bid to buy Time Warner. The iPhone creator is looking to make a significant push into the content business.

4. Facebook is shutting down its video-ad exchange, LiveRail. Facebook bought LiveRail for a reported $400 million to $500 million in July 2014 to help it "make video advertising much better for everyone," but the acquisition didn't play out as expected.

5. Gawker founder and CEO Nick Denton wrote an open letter challenging the billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel to a public debate on free speech. Thiel secretly financed Hulk Hogan's high-profile lawsuit against the media company, which has seen a court award the wrestler $140 million in damages.

6. SpaceX has postponed the launch of its fifth rocket of the year. The launch was originally scheduled for Thursday at 5:40 pm EST, but at around 7 pm, SpaceX announced that it was delaying it "until no earlier than tomorrow" because of technical problems.

7. Tinder CEO Sean Rad has hired six people after matching with them on Tinder. Rad said the conversations did not lead to dates.

8. Twitter sent a woman's address to the man who was harassing her after she filed a complaint. The woman is in the tech industry and has been involved in certain political activities.

9. Magic Leap, the highly-secretive startup backed by Google that's creating some sort of augmented-reality device, has announced that it plans to work with outside app creators in the future. It could indicate that Magic Leap is moving closer to actually getting its hardware in the hands of developers.

10. Snapchat quietly added a seasoned IPO specialist to its board last year. It could be seen as a sign that the messaging app is preparing for a public-market debut.