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Sources: disagreements led to Apple scaling back on car project; team now focused on campus shuttle using a commercial vehicle to test autonomous driving tech — SAN FRANCISCO — As new employees were brought into Apple's secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago … | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
AccuWeather iOS app sends user's location info to data monetization firm, even with location sharing turned off — A security researcher has found that the popular weather app sends private location data without the user's explicit permission to a firm designed to monetize user locations.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
DJI announces mandatory firmware fix for Spark, says drones must be updated by September 1 or be grounded — After software malfunction sent Sparks falling out of the sky — Drone maker DJI announced yesterday that it's pushing out a firmware fix in response to a pernicious problem …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Code42 says it will end its cloud backup service Crashplan for Home on Oct 23, 2018 and focus instead on its business services — If you rely on Crashplan as a remote backup for your computer, you're going to have to find an alternative in short order. Code42 is phasing out its Crashplan …
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Verizon to start throttling video on smartphones on all unlimited data plans to 720p, with the cheapest “Go Unlimited” plan limiting video to 480p — Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there's no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymore — Well, now we know why Verizon Wireless was …
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
DoJ says DreamHost warrant was too broad, states it has no interest in records relating to 1.3M IP addresses of visitors to anti-Trump site — The US Department of Justice is rescinding its request for IP logs that would have revealed visitors to a website used to plan a protest during Donald Trump's inauguration.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
APK teardown shows Google may be developing Assistant-equipped headphones codenamed Bisto — The latest beta of the Google app is rolling out today and it reveals a great deal of new information about “Bisto.” References to a new device type emerged with version 7.0 in April and only returned earlier this month to the app.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts Chrome Enterprise subscription service for $50 per Chrome OS device per year, includes support for Microsoft Active Directory, VMware's AirWatch — Google is launching a new enterprise service for large businesses that want to adopt Chrome OS devices.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Medium will pay writers based on the number of “claps” they get, with funds from subscribers' $5/month fees, expands who can publish paywalled articles — [Jeb gif] — Medium plans to start letting more and more authors publish paywalled articles.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce beats estimates with Q2 revenue of $2.56B, up 26% YoY, on track to hit its $10B annual revenue run rate target — Earlier this year it looked as though Salesforce was starting to position itself as a company that would hit $10 billion in annual revenue run rate later this year … | Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge: |
Sony Music signs remixing deal with rights management firm Dubset; source says Dubset working on deals with Warner Music and Universal Music Group — Dubset wants to legitimize distribution for DJs and producers — Rights clearance startup Dubset has just inked a deal with Sony Music … | Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear: |
Hulu expands Live TV beta to Xbox 360, says it will unify its two iOS apps into a single app, but still no support for Roku yet — The Xbox 360 may be a thoroughly dated device at this point, but it is long from being forgotten. The previous-generation Microsoft console just got support …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to cease work on its GigJam lightweight collaboration service, before it exited preview — Microsoft is halting work on its GigJam collaboration service in September, two years after its initial launch and before it ever exited preview. — Microsoft is throwing in the towel …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Netscape co-founder Jim Clark launches CommandScape, a building management system for commercial and premium residential properties — As a creator of some of the internet's biggest brands, Jim Clark should require little introduction. But the 73-year-old Texan billionaire doesn't garner …
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