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| Clive Thompson / New York Times: |
Inside Uber's talent raid on Carnegie Mellon's robotics center, and Silicon Valley's sudden interest in the field — Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department … In the center of the lab, CHIMP stretched out one huge arm, then gracefully unfurled its three metal fingers, as if about to beckon someone.
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| Andrew Nusca / Fortune: |
HopStop, acquired by Apple in 2013, to shut down next month — “HopStop will no longer be available starting October 2015,” screams the website of the well-known transit navigation app this week in bold red type. If you've ever lived in a city, you know how useful HopStop can be. So does Apple.
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Mozilla quietly rolled out Suggested Tiles, its built-in ad product for Firefox, in early August; currently not getting paid for them — Mozilla quietly deploys built-in Firefox advertising — Firefox fans didn't want Mozilla to add ads to their favorite web browser … | Nick Summers / Engadget: |
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei apologizes for month-long shipping delay for OnePlus 2 — OnePlus: ‘We messed up the launch of the OnePlus 2’ — Once again, OnePlus has built a “flagship killer” that millions of people want, and once again, it's struggling to get the device in customers' hands.| Mary-Ann Russon / International Business Times: |
Companion: Tens of thousands using safety app that lets friends digitally walk you home at night — Tens of thousands of people around the world are now using a free personal-safety mobile app that allows friends to virtually walk you home at night. The Companion app, created by five students … | Brad Sams / Thurrott.com: |
Leaked slides suggest new Dell XPS 12 will be a Surface Pro 3 rival with a 4k screen — Dell Is Building Their Own Surface Too — Last week, Lenovo unveiled a tablet PC that one can easily argue is their version of the Surface Pro 3; yesterday we got a glimpse of Apple's take on the same style of PC too.
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Washington State Court orders $54K+ in restitution and fines in first-ever victory against a Kickstarter campaign that failed to deliver — Court orders restitution, fines in first-ever victory against a delayed Kickstarter — For the first time, a Kickstarter campaign has been ordered …
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Honda is the latest car manufacturer approved to test self-driving cars on California roads — Honda gets California approval for self-driving cars on roads — Honda Motor Co Ltd has received a permit from the state of California to drive its autonomous vehicles on public streets … | Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Microsoft quietly bought Double Labs, developer of popular Android app Echo Notification Lockscreen — Microsoft buys Android Echo Notification Lockscreen — Microsoft has bought a popular Android app called Echo Notification Lockscreen, which lets you personalize what appears on your phone or tablet when it's in lock mode.
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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Flight, a board based on the Snapdragon 801 and optimized for drones, enabling 4K video, fast charging, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth — New Qualcomm Tech Could Lead to the Ultimate Drone — In recent years, a whole lot of high-end Android phones have been built around … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook tests new temporary profile pictures to support causes that revert to original after preselected time; broader rollout expected in coming months — Rep A Cause With Facebook's New Temporary Profile Pics — Your profile picture is the message you send most.
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