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Uber says it will stop development of self-driving trucks and instead focus on self-driving cars; Uber Freight is unaffected by this decision — Uber is shuttering its self-driving trucks unit, a beleaguered program borne out of the company's controversial multi-million acquisition of Otto nearly two years ago.
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
Policy paper from Sen. Warner lays out 20 ways to address issues posed by big tech platforms, from putting a price on users' data to mimicking GDPR rules — In a policy paper obtained by Axios, Sen. Mark Warner's office laid out 20 different paths to address problems posed by Big Tech platforms …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Court docs: CA police have arrested a college student who allegedly was a member of OGUSERS and stole $5M+ worth of cryptocurrency by SIM swapping ~40 people — California authorities say a 20-year-old college student *hijacked* more than 40 phone numbers and stole $5 million …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
WhatsApp group calling for voice and video, announced at F8, now live globally on iOS and Android, with end-to-end encryption and support for up to four users — Up to four people can chat simultaneously — Back at Facebook's F8 developer conference in May, WhatsApp announced …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Google officially launches the Chrome browser on its Daydream VR platform, with voice search, incognito mode, and a cinema mode that optimizes web video for VR — If you're excited by the prospect of browsing the web from the comfort of your VR headset, good news: Google is bringing … | Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Following its mobile apps, YouTube now supports different aspect ratios, including vertical video, on its web player — If it were up to us, every video would be 16:9, with some exceptions made for some more cinematic footage. But because there are older videos and people unaware …
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| Eric Auchard / Reuters: |
T-Mobile US picks Nokia to supply it with $3.5B in next-generation 5G network gear, marking the world's largest 5G deal so far — LONDON (Reuters) - T-Mobile US (TMUS.O) named Nokia (NOKIA.HE) to supply it with $3.5 billion in next-generation 5G network gear, the firms said on Monday …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Twitter finishes its review of proposals for improving the health of discourse on the platform and is working with two academic teams on echo chambers, more — Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform.
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Tweets: @patyrossini, @RebekahKTromble, @seldo, @jack, @rebekahktromble, @patyrossini, @tarletong, and @twitter
| Tina Bellon / Reuters: |
Several states, including NY, PA, NJ, and MA, say they'll sue Trump administration over case settlement allowing public to download plans for 3D printable guns — (Reuters) - A group of U.S. states on Monday said it is suing the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for allowing …
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Facebook says it will shut down Partner Categories, an ad tool that allows advertisers to target users based on third-party data, by October 1 around the world — Advertisers warn of impact from closure of Facebook ad tool that integrates personal data from outside brokers
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Sources: GE is seeking a buyer for parts of its digital business, a key initiative of ex-CEO Immelt, and has hired an investment bank to auction the operations — Software development was a key initiative of former CEO Jeff Immelt — General Electric Co. GE .77% is seeking a buyer … | David Gutman / The Seattle Times: |
Seattle passes legislation that includes a $250K annual fee for dockless bike-share companies and allows for up to four companies to operate in the city — The Seattle City Council passed legislation Monday to bring more bike shares to Seattle and more bike lanes to downtown.Sponsor Posts
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