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Source: General Motors will pay more than $1B for Cruise Automation, which raised just over $18M from investors including Spark and YC — GM Buying Self-Driving Tech Startup for More Than $1 Billion — General Motors GM this morning announced that it will acquire Cruise Automation …
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
GM buys self-driving car kit startup Cruise, plans to use tech to make driverless cars — General Motors (GM)announced today it plans to snap up Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based startup making sensors that turn regular vehicles into ones that can drive themselves, for an undisclosed sum.| Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business: |
At SXSW, President Obama advises tech industry to compromise on encryption now instead of waiting for Congress to act — Government Can't Let Smartphones Be ‘Black Boxes,’ Obama Says — Obama advises tech industry to compromise before Congress acts — President appears at South by Southwest as FBI sues Apple Inc.
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
DOJ says it could make Apple turn over iOS source code and signature if it doesn't cooperate with court order, citing Lavabit case as precedent — FBI ‘could force Apple to hand over private key’ — A legal filing implies that Department of Justice has a plan B, which involves demanding the company's electronic signature
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Microsoft launches tool to help Evernote users on Windows move their notes to OneNote — Microsoft launches OneNote importer tool for Evernote users — Microsoft today launched a OneNote importer tool that lets Evernote users bring their content to Microsoft's note-taking tool.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Instacart cuts commissions for couriers by 50%, reduces fees per drop-off to $1.50 from $4 in SF, LA, and some other metro areas — Grocery-Delivery Startup Instacart Cuts Pay for Couriers — Instacart is the latest on-demand startup to try to contain costs in a tighter funding environment
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Adobe issues emergency patch for Flash bug — Adobe has issued an emergency patch for its Flash media player that closes loopholes in the widely used software. — In its security advisory, Adobe said one of the bugs was being actively exploited in a “limited number of targeted attacks”.
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Yahoo announces plans to kill off Games, Livetext, Boss, and more regional sites — If you can't sell them, kill them. — Yahoo today announced its Q1 2016 progress report, highlighting the closure of several products and regional sites. As shared in its last earnings call … | Sean Hollister / CNET: |
Snapchat's hiring of hardware designers, wearable experts, and former HoloLens recruiter indicates it may be working on AR or VR devices — SnapGlass? HoloChat? Snapchat is secretly hiring wearable technology experts … Sarah Tew/CNET
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Thanks:@starfire2258| Syed Zain Al-Mahmood / Wall Street Journal: |
Hackers tried to steal nearly $1B from Bangladesh's central bank, got away with $81M — Bangladesh Central Bank Found $100 Million Missing After a Weekend Break — Interviews with Bangladeshi officials depict a cyberheist spanning at least four countries
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| Mellisa Tolentino / SiliconANGLE: |
New Amazon Alexa Voice Search skill allows you to pay Capital One credit card bill from pre-linked account, check balance, review recent transactions, more — Ask Amazon Alexa to pay your bills, with new Capital One app | #SXSW — Amazon Echo is on a roll.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon eyes up education, plans a free platform for learning materials — Back in 2013, Amazon acquired (and continued to operate) online math instruction company TenMarks to gain a foothold in the online education space. Now it looks like Amazon is taking those learnings to the next level.Sponsor Posts
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