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September 30, 2018, 11:25 AM

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Javier E. David / CNBC:
Elon Musk and SEC settle; Musk admits no guilt, will remain Tesla CEO, has to resign as Chairman for 3 years, appoint 2 new independent directors, pay $20M fine  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to court documents filed on Saturday …
Tim Berners-Lee:
Tim Berners-Lee unveils Solid, an open source project to decentralize the web and give users control of their data, and Inrupt, a startup to guide the project  —  I've always believed the web is for everyone.  That's why I and others fight fiercely to protect it.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
NYC's 1,600 LinkNYC kiosks, which replaced aging city payphones and provide free Wi-Fi and US phone calls, are now seeing 5M users and 500K phone calls a month  —  In 2014, in a bid to replace the more than 11,000 aging payphones scattered across New York City's pedestrian walkways …
Wired:
How the security breach that made 50M Facebook accounts vulnerable to takeover worked and what information may have been accessed  —  FACEBOOK'S PRIVACY PROBLEMS severely escalated Friday when the social network disclosed that an unprecedented security issue, discovered September 25, impacted almost 50 million user accounts.
Matt Roush / TechCentury:
Guardhat, a Detroit-based developer of a smart hard hat that monitors worker safety and health in industrial settings, raises $20M Series A  —  DETROIT — Guardhat, developer of a smart hard hat that monitors worker safety and health in industrial settings, announced it had closed a $20 million Series A funding round.
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Estonia sues Gemalto for €152M over security flaw that made the country's citizen ID cards vulnerable to hacking last year  —  Estonian police are seeking to recover 152 million euros ($178 mln) in a lawsuit filed on Thursday against digital security firm Gemalto, following a recall …
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