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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
After multiple user reports of video throttling, Verizon admits it is testing a new video optimization system — Verizon Wireless customers this week noticed that Netflix's speed test tool appears to be capped at 10Mbps, raising fears that the carrier is throttling video streaming on its mobile network.
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Lyft announces it is opening Level 5 Engineering Center in Palo Alto to develop its own “open self-driving system” — Lyft is betting the future of the road centers on sharing autonomous vehicles. It aims to be at the forefront of that technology with a new self-driving division …
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| Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal: |
Sizmek to acquire fellow ad tech company Rocket Fuel, whose market valuation peaked at around $2B, for $125M — The deal takes Rocket Fuel private and values the company at $2.60 per share — Sizmek, an advertising technology company owned by private-equity firm Vector Capital … | Steven Musil / CNET: |
Intel files a public statement with ITC accusing Qualcomm of anticompetitive practices in Qualcomm vs Apple case — Intel says Qualcomm's patent spat with Apple is really about quashing competition from Intel. — Intel has jumped into the fray surrounding the Apple-Qualcomm patent spat …
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| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
AngelList co-founder Babak Nivi has also left the board; sources describe an incident leading to a contractor and Nivi signing a nondisparagement agreement — Often used at tech companies, nondisparagement agreements are increasingly included in employment contracts and legal settlements.
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| Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast: |
Microsoft using a trademark suit to seize control of domain names like livemicrosoft.net, to cut off Fancy Bear's malware-controlling servers from their victims — A new offensive by Microsoft has been making inroads against the Russian government hackers behind last year's election meddling …
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| Haseeb Qureshi / freeCodeCamp: |
Recent $30M+ hack of Parity wallets shows programmers need to rethink the “move fast and break things” mindset when it comes to blockchain and security — Yesterday, a hacker pulled off the second biggest heist in the history of digital currencies.| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
China unveils official policy to build a domestic AI industry worth ~$150B by 2030, calling for AI companies and R&D to be at US levels of innovation by 2020 — SHANGHAI — If Beijing has its way, the future of artificial intelligence will be made in China.| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Delta SkyMiles customers who are enrolled in CLEAR can now use fingerprint as boarding pass at Reagan Washington National Airport — But only at DCA for now — Customers flying Delta can now board using just their fingerprints at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) if they wish.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Shyp ends Chicago, LA, and New York service, leaves San Francisco Bay Area as its only market, refocuses on small businesses, lays off employees — The company is leaving most of its markets and retooling its service to serve small businesses rather than consumers—tough decisions that it hopes will lead to profitability.| Axios: |
Sources: Y Combinator raising up to $1B for second Continuity fund, which will merge with early-stage investment program, and won't be limited to YC companies — Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator is raising up to $1 billion for a new venture capital fund, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
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| Richard Gao / Android Police: |
YouTube to shutter Video Editor and photo slideshow tools Sep. 20; Enhancements feature, which lets users trim, blur, and filter uploaded videos, will live on — YouTube has been the biggest video-sharing site out there for many years, but that doesn't mean that everything about it is very good.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood: for the first time, Microsoft got more revenue from Office 365 subscriptions than from traditional Office software licensing — Shares of Microsoft hit record territory in after-hours trading on Thursday, topping $75 a share, after the software giant's better-than-expected financial results.
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