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Sources: Apple has shuttered parts of its self-driving car project, laid off dozens of employees as it rethinks its strategy — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts.| Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian: |
In a front-page letter, Norway's largest newspaper criticizes Facebook for deleting iconic Vietnam war photo of nude “Napalm Girl” — Norway's largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company's decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
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Largest online DDoS service vDOS hacked, with details of customers and targets revealed; service earned $600K+ for 150K+ DDoS attacks over past two years — vDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 … | Ina Fried / Recode: |
US Consumer Product Safety Commission says it is working with Samsung to announce a formal Galaxy Note7 recall soon, urges consumers to stop using the phones — The Consumer Product Safety Commission says people should not use or charge the tablets, whose batteries have been linked to a fire risk.| BBC: |
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Google issues patch for critical privilege-escalation bug and Stagefright-like flaw in Android, but “large percentage” of phones ineligible to receive fix — Google releases fixes for newer devices and ejects apps following reports. — It was a bad week for millions of Android phone users.| Melissa Mittelman / Bloomberg: |
GitHub says it scrapped its bossless corporate structure because as the company grew, it was hindering the company's ability to get things done — The software maker, which once prided itself on a flat corporate environment similar to Valve and Zappos, finds that workers can benefit from a little direction.| Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford buys shuttle startup Chariot, which operates 28 crowdsourced transit routes in the Bay Area, partners with Motivate to create bike-sharing program in SF — Ford, purveyors of Built Ford Tough Ford trucks, announced today it was doing more things designed to appeal to people … | Julian Sanchez / Just Security: |
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Twitter launches Twitter Reader skill for Amazon Alexa to hear trends, top Tweets, notifications, more — Twitter has announced a new “skill” for Echo devices called Twitter Reader. The company tweeted that you can now “use the Twitter Reader to hear trends, top Tweets, notifications & more!”| Cory Doctorow / Locus Online Perspectives: |
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Source: Amazon plans to have up to 100 pop-up stores in US malls over next year, up from 16 today; effort is led by Amazon's head of devices and services — Amazon is aggressively expanding its presence in the real-world retail market, with a plan to open dozens of new pop-up stores …
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