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Comma.ai cancels Comma One after receiving NHTSA letter asking for detailed information about the $1K self-driving kit — Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup's first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add … | Mark Walton / Ars Technica: |
AMD details the specs of Radeon Pro 450, 455, and 460 graphics cards used in 15" MacBook Pro — Spoiler: Don't expect to do much gaming on your shiny new MacBook Pro. — Following the announcement of the new Apple MacBook Pro, AMD has launched the Radeon Pro 400 series of power-efficient graphics cards for laptops.
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UK employment tribunal rules Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks, and National Living Wage — Uber drivers in the UK have won an employment tribunal case which ruled they are workers rather than self-employed. — The decision means drivers …
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ProPublica places housing ad on Facebook excluding users with “affinity” for blacks, Asian-Americans, or Hispanics, noting lack of anti-discrimination measures — Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers.
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“Celebgate” hacker Ryan Collins sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal hacking charges and admitting to a two-year phishing scam — Ryan Collins ran a two-year phishing scam to gain the passwords of more than 100 people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne
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Heads of EU country data protection authorities, Article 29 Working Party, ask Facebook to stop using WhatsApp data — Yahoo also gets warning over breach of accounts in 2014 — European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter — Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
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Facebook starts testing Snapchat-style camera effects, ephemeral private photo sharing from main app in Ireland — Prepping for battle — Facebook's war on Snapchat is entering a new stage of hostilities. Starting today, Facebook will expand testing of a new camera in its main app …
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Facebook launches election tool with information on national, state, and local candidates and issues, lets voters choose to share choices for specific races — November 8 is around the corner and we want to help you get the information you need to prepare for Election Day.
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Blackline up almost 40% on a first day of trading after raising $146M in an IPO — Blackline, a Los Angeles-based accounting software company, debuted in the U.S. markets Friday. After pricing at $17 per share, the stock closed at $23.70. — In what has been a slow year for tech IPOs … | Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Apple raises the prices of most Macs in UK, including older unchanged models, by £100 to £500, as the pound weakens after Brexit — New laptops significantly more expensive and already-existing machines have prices raised by hundreds of pounds as Apple adjusts for new US dollar-pound sterling rate
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Amazon launches Prime in China for $57 a year with free shipping for international orders above $30 — Free delivery of overseas goods for Chinese subscribers — Membership fee stands at 388 yuan a year for Chinese users — Amazon.com Inc. has started offering its Prime free-shipping service in China … Sponsor Posts
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