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Uber suspends self-driving car testing following Arizona crash involving one of its cars; police say the Uber car was not at fault, another car failed to yield — A self-driving car operated by Uber Technologies Inc. was involved in a crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest setback for a company reeling from multiple crises.
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Sources shed light on Uber's self-driving car mess: slow progress on tech, haphazard public demos, and ATG talent exodus triggered by Otto acquisition — The company's self-driving division is in a “mini civil war,” according to insiders. — For Uber, the embattled ride-hail juggernaut … | Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Seoul escort bar visit by Uber CEO, Emil Michael, and others in 2014 led to HR complaint; Kalanick's ex-girlfriend says Michael asked her to lie about visit — A woman who dated Uber CEO Travis Kalanick for three years, Gabi Holzwarth, says she was with Mr. Kalanick when he and a team …
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Tech community “dumbfounded” by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's remark that AI won't supplant US jobs for “50-100 more years” — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin riled the tech community this morning when he told Axios' Mike Allen that displacement of jobs …
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Google details the sunsetting of Talk, SMS removal for Hangouts, and other G Suite changes — We heard just yesterday that Google is planning to remove SMS capabilities from Hangouts, and now Google has detailed this change — as well as others — in a new post on its G Suite blog.
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T-Mobile introduces Scam ID to flag scam calls, and opt-in Scam Block service to block them — T-Mobile has a new feature that will flag “known scam” calls for its wireless users, according to Grant Castle, the company's VP of engineering services. — Scam ID will pop up an indicator that a call is a … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Chrome to immediately stop recognizing extended validation status of Symantec-issued certs and gradually nullify all currently valid certs of Symantec-owned CAs — Chrome to immediately stop recognizing EV status and gradually nullify all certs. — In a severe rebuke of one of the biggest suppliers …
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Sources: Uber denied recruiters access to its demographic data, hindering its diversity efforts, and plans release of its first diversity report next week — Under pressure from harassment and sexism allegations, the ride-hailing giant is rethinking its approach to hiring. — by
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Amazon will collect sales taxes from all states that impose the taxes by April 1 — Amazon, the online merchandise juggernaut, will collect sales taxes from all states with a sales tax starting April 1. — Tax-free shopping will be over as of next month in Hawaii, Idaho, Maine and New Mexico, the four remaining holdouts.
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Facebook says it will soon start testing the ability to add GIFs to comments — Mar 24, 2017, 9:02 amMar 24, 2017, 1:30 pm — After years of stubborn caution, Facebook is finally embracing the animated GIF. Next week Facebook will begin testing a GIF button that lets users post GIFs … | South China Morning Post: |
Beijing court overturns ruling that said Apple's iPhone 6 violated a defunct Chinese phone maker's design patent — Beijing Court quashes city's intellectual property bureau's ruling that US tech giant had violated defunct Shenzhen firm's design patent — A Beijing court has overturned …
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Sources: Grab, Uber's largest rival in Southeast Asia, raising $1.5B+ led by SoftBank — SoftBank said to back $1 billion investment to help expansion — Grab racing against Go-Jek for ride, payment dominance — Grab, Uber Technologies Inc.'s largest rival in Southeast Asia … Sponsor Posts
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