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Tim Cook says Apple is focusing on autonomous systems, which he sees as “the mother of all AI projects” and can be used for developing self-driving cars — For the first time, CEO elaborates on Apple's car plans — The company's automotive program has experienced turmoil
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Verizon officially closes the $4.5B Yahoo deal; combined assets form a Verizon unit called Oath led by Tim Armstrong, and Marissa Mayer steps down — Combined assets form Verizon unit called Oath led by Armstrong — Yahoo is renamed Altaba with Thomas McInerney named CEO
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Travis Kalanick says that he is taking leave from Uber for an undetermined time to deal with family tragedy, in email to employees — Travis Kalanick will hand off some duties to COO, chair — He plans to take a leave without disclosing return date — Uber Technologies Inc. Chief …
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When an Uber employee sells stock back to the company under a repurchase program, Travis Kalanick gets voting rights to all of that employee's shares — SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, already wields plenty of control over the company because it is structured to favor its founders.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Bill Gurley favors leave for Uber CEO, Arianna Huffington thinks Kalanick should decide, while Uber co-founder Garrett Camp opposes leave — Only hours before the Holder report is released and an all-hands meeting that paints an ugly picture of the car-hailing company under his leadership, the CEO mulls his own fate.| Bloomberg: |
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Source: Russia's cyberattack on the US electoral system hit voter databases and software systems in a total of 39 states, twice as many as previously reported — Hackers said to take measure of voting systems, databases — A ‘red phone’ warning to the Kremlin from Obama White House
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Sources: Google hires Manu Gulati, who led Apple's chip development for almost eight years, as Lead SoC Architect — Google has hired a veteran chip architect away from Apple and is now looking to build its own chips for future versions of its flagship Pixel phone, Variety has learned from sources familiar with the hire.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Eero upgrades its mesh router with more power and tri-band WiFi and launches Eero Plus, a $9.99 per month subscription service for parental control and security — A smaller Eero that can hide in more places is also coming — Eero is back: a little over a year after kickstarting …
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Microsoft Surface Laptop review: balances power and thinness well, has a beautiful touchscreen, but few apps on Windows 10 S, and Alcantara fabric requires care — Windows heir — Finally. It's a word that's famously overused in tech, and it's understandable.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Instagram launches out of beta its Archive feature that hides old posts without deleting them — Instagram is releasing its Archive feature to all users today, after testing it with a smaller group of people last month. — The feature lets anyone on Instagram hide their old posts without deleting them.| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Twitter now lets brands add up to 3 action buttons to Direct Messages; actions include following another Twitter account, visiting a web page, tweeting, more — Twitter just souped up Direct Messages, in the process making them more useful for brands when it comes to customer service and growing engagement.| Emma Lee / TechNode: |
Chinese cloud computing company QingCloud raises about $160M Series D as it prepares for IPO — Just a few years ago, billion-level funding would be beyond the imagination of Chinese cloud computing companies. But now it is becoming more and more tangible as the market matures.
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Amazon rolling out update to Alexa app that allows users of its voice-calling feature to block specific contacts — Amazon is rolling out an update to its Alexa app that lets users of its voice-calling feature block specific people from calling them using the company's voice-activated assistant.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Online finance startup SoFi has applied for a new-bank charter under the name of SoFi Bank to offer FDIC-insured account and credit-card product — In May, SoFi CEO Michael Cagney told TechCrunch the company would be applying for a bank charter “in the next month.”
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