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Apple hints at autonomous vehicle ambitions in letter advising NHTSA that new auto industry entrants should get the same testing rights as incumbents — Apple last week submitted a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that suggests it's interested in testing self-driving cars.
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| William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Zenefits CEO David Sacks confirms he's stepping down, says search for new CEO has begun; one source says he's open to working in the Trump administration — David Sacks is giving up the CEO job less than a year after taking over amid a legal scandal. — David Sacks, the CEO of Zenefits …
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| Bloomberg: |
Pandora's stock up 16% on reports of a possible sale; sources say Sirius XM approached the company again and Pandora has reached out to other potential suitors — Board hasn't responded to new engagement from Greg Maffei — Pandora advisers have begun soliciting interest from buyers
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| Matthew Reynolds / WIRED UK: |
Mirai-based botnet tried to hijack Deutsche Telekom, UK's TalkTalk and Post Office customer routers, disrupting internet access for over 1M customers — The Mirai worm also hit the broadband, internet and TV networks of 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers — Around 100,000 Post Office … | Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Airbnb and New York City settle suit over short-term rentals after city agrees to fine hosts and not the company for illegal listings — Airbnb has capitulated to the demands of lawmakers over its operations in New York City, the company's largest market in the United States …
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Facebook leasing two office buildings totaling 384,000 sq. ft. and 4,100 sq. ft. of retail space in Seattle, nearly doubling its footprint in city — Social media giant Facebook is growing its presence in Seattle in a big way, leasing a pair of planned office buildings in the South Lake Union neighborhood, right in Amazon's backyard.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome 55 for desktop starts rolling out, blocking Flash even further by defaulting to HTML5; sites that only support Flash and top 10 sites are exempted — Over the past year, Google Chrome has been implementing a multi-phase plan to de-emphasize Adobe Flash.
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| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Apple says faulty battery causes unexpected shutdowns on “a small number of iPhone 6s devices”, offers free battery replacement — Apple customers have been reporting recently that certain iPhones seem to be randomly shutting off when their batteries say they are about 30% charged.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, BetaNews, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, Mashable, HYPEBEAST, SlashGear, CIO.com, The Register, Tech Times, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Forbes, ZDNet, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, and iLounge. Thanks:@redletterdave
| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
BLU phone update prevents rogue application from sending user data to China; all new phones will use Google's OTA update utility in its place — It ain't easy being Blu right now. The Miami-based, low-cost Android phone maker has rocketed to success by selling unlocked smartphones at rock-bottom prices …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Sources: Facebook is working on Collections, a feature to showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed — Facebook is working on a new feature that will showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed, according to two people familiar …
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Digiday, VentureBeat, Social Media Today, Tech Times, Breitbart, Investor's Business Daily, Digital Trends, Engadget, Fortune, Mashable, The Verge, MobileSyrup.com, SocialTimes, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @sarahcwestwood, @alexia, @jbenton, @jessicalessin, and @stevekovach
Thanks:@lexnfx. See also Mediagazer| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC reaches preliminary conclusion that AT&T is violating net neutrality with DirecTV data cap exemption — Verizon also in trouble with FCC over charging competitors for zero-rating. — The Federal Communications Commission has reached a preliminary conclusion that AT&T …
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| April Siese / The Daily Dot: |
Jake Beckman, the creator of @SavedYouAClick, a Twitter account with 230K+ followers that aims to combat clickbait, creates @SavedYouATrick to oust fake news — For over two and a half years, Jake Beckman has been waging a war against clickbait. The flashy headlines peppered with teasers … Sponsor Posts
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