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Sources: Apple has shuttered parts of its self-driving car project, laid off dozens of employees as it rethinks its strategy — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts.
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Thanks:@waqasaday| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
Facebook's claim that it isn't a media entity is becoming increasingly untenable as the impact of its content ranking and removal policies continues to escalate — Facebook is more than just a site where people share photos of their children or pets. It has become a crucial way in which hundreds …
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Largest online DDoS service vDOS hacked, with details of customers and targets revealed; service earned $600K+ for 150K+ DDoS attacks over past two years — vDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 …
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Google issues patch for critical privilege-escalation bug and Stagefright-like flaw in Android, but “large percentage” of phones ineligible to receive fix — Google releases fixes for newer devices and ejects apps following reports. — It was a bad week for millions of Android phone users.| Ina Fried / Recode: |
US Consumer Product Safety Commission says it is working with Samsung to announce a formal Galaxy Note7 recall soon, urges consumers to stop using the phones — The Consumer Product Safety Commission says people should not use or charge the tablets, whose batteries have been linked to a fire risk.
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| Melissa Mittelman / Bloomberg: |
GitHub says it scrapped its bossless corporate structure because as the company grew, it was hindering the company's ability to get things done — The software maker, which once prided itself on a flat corporate environment similar to Valve and Zappos, finds that workers can benefit from a little direction.
Tweets: @roybahat, @tfadell and @carnage4life
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Report: Google to release 7-inch Huawei-built Android tablet with 4GB RAM this year — Here's something you might not have been expecting: alongside two new phones, it possible that Google will also announce a new 7-inch Android tablet very soon. According to Evan Blass, it will be released … | Cory Doctorow / Locus Online Perspectives: |
Proliferation of the Internet of Things and unchecked data collection will escalate the privacy wars, possibly leading to a storm of class action lawsuits — It used to be that server logs were just boring utility files whose most dramatic moments came when someone forgot to write a script …
Tweets: @internetofs**t, @wolfiechristl and @dangillmor
| Julian Sanchez / Just Security: |
Sens. Feinstein and Burr are circulating proposed changes to crypto backdoor bill including narrower scope, limitation to law enforcement, and more — When it was first released back in April, a “discussion draft” of the Compliance With Court Orders Act sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein …
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Twitter launches Twitter Reader skill for Amazon Alexa to hear trends, top Tweets, notifications, more — Twitter has announced a new “skill” for Echo devices called Twitter Reader. The company tweeted that you can now “use the Twitter Reader to hear trends, top Tweets, notifications & more!”
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| Bloomberg: |
Older workers booted from Silicon Valley jobs are filing lawsuits or going to great lengths to appear younger — Older workers are trying lawsuits, classes, makeovers—even surgery—to keep working. — Subscribe Reprints — After Andrea Rodriguez lost her job last fall, she put away her suits.
Tweets: @evanepstein, @triketora, @stefanmolyneux and @rafat
| Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford buys shuttle startup Chariot, which operates 28 crowdsourced transit routes in the Bay Area, partners with Motivate to create bike-sharing program in SF — Ford, purveyors of Built Ford Tough Ford trucks, announced today it was doing more things designed to appeal to people …
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