From the Wires

YAHOO: The British producer who signed The Beatles died at age 90.

CNBC: SolarCity and Whole Foods made a deal to install solar panel systems in stores across the nation.

BBC: The car company has branched into tech with a new gadget that helps give blind people more mobility.

NPR: Verizon Wireless settled a $1.35 million fine with the Federal Communications Commission over the misuse of ‘supercookies.’

Fox News: Nancy Reagan, the widow of President Ronald Reagan, died Sunday morning of congestive heart failure at 94, according to her spokesperson.     Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles. She’s set to be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband. Prior to the funeral, … Read more

CNN:  The military plans to invest millions of dollars in an implant to facilitate brain-computer communications.     The Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hopes the implant will allow humans to directly interface with computers, which could benefit people with aural and visual disabilities, such as veterans injured in combat. … Read more

BLOOMBERG: Club 9 Sports will handle the sale.

REGISTER GUARD: CompTIA reports that the state has 92,109 tech workers.

BLOOMBERG: Costco announced a $1.50 increase to its minimum wage.