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Mobileye says it broke ties with Tesla because Tesla was “pushing the envelope in terms of safety” with the design of its Autopilot driver-assistance system — Mobileye (MBLY.N) broke ties with Tesla Motors (TSLA.O) because the Silicon Valley firm was “pushing the envelope in terms of safety” … | Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
John Zimmer on Lyft's self-driving vision: semi-autonomous cars on fixed routes from 2017, fully autonomous fleets from around 2022 — Expect to see semi-autonomous vehicles driving on fixed routes by 2017 in a subscription model. — Lyft — trying to keep up with its longtime ride-hailing competitor Uber …
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Profile of Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat, an ex-Wall Street exec who is overseeing a fiscal tightening of the Other Bets divisions, prompting concern among Googlers — CFO Ruth Porat is pushing Google “creatives” to bring their costs under control. — Subfreezing temperatures didn't stop Ruth Porat … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
NFL ratings: over 2M watched Thursday's game stream on Twitter, with an average of 243K at any one time, compared to 15.4M on average on TV — And 48 million watched it on regular TV. — More than two million people watched Thursday night's football game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets for free on Twitter.
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Netflix releases original short film “Meridian” as test footage for codec developers and even competitors to use, open sources tools for new video master format — A deserted cliff. Lightning appearing out of nowhere. A mysterious lady all dressed in white.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Microsoft to close Skype's London office, making close to 400 employees redundant, as part of its global restructuring — Microsoft will shut down Skype's London offices, making most of its employees redundant, and terminating the headquarters of a rare European technology champion.
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iPhone 7, 7 Plus teardowns reveal 2,915 mAh battery, 3GB RAM for Plus, bigger Taptic Engine where headphone jack used to be, Intel modem in some iPhone 7 models — As it does every year, device repair site iFixit is putting all of Apple's new devices through the teardown process.
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As Netflix asserts itself, studios and cable channels fret that the streaming company is headed for a near-monopoly in entertainment — The streaming service is spending $6 billion a year on content, choking basic cable and brusquely rattling the relationship business of the town as fears … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires Urban Engines to bring its location-based analytics to Google Maps — Google has acquired Urban Engines, a provider of location-based analytics for urban planning. The team will be joining the Google Maps team in a bid to “help organizations better understand how the world moves.”
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How Microsoft is retooling Minecraft with its Education Edition, giving free early access to 25K students and teachers and adding classroom management tools — Two years after buying the wildly popular video game, Microsoft is using Minecraft to vie for kids' brain space and schools' dollars.| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
After enabling movie ticket sales through Apple's iMessage, Fandango will start selling tickets through Facebook this weekend; sales on Snapchat coming soon — LOS ANGELES — By making it easy for people to buy movie tickets online or through a smartphone app, Fandango has experienced breakneck growth over the last two years.
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Frame.io, a cloud-based collaboration tool for video creators whose clients include Facebook and Snapchat, raises $10M Series A led by Accel — Cloud-based collaboration tool Frame.io has raised $10M in Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from SignalFire, FirstMark Capital, and Shasta Ventures.Sponsor Posts
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