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Canada's telecom regulator CRTC declares internet an essential service, mandates 50Mbps down, 10Mbps up for all, creates $750M fund to subsidize rural rollout — With its declaration that high-speed Internet a basic service, Canada's telecom regulator is shifting its regulatory focus from voice to broadband.| Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company: |
NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announces plans for $250M, 254K square-foot tech hub near Union Square, which could open as early as 2020 — Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen lays out the city's vision for the new development, anchored by Civic Hall, which could open as early as 2020.| Ethan Baron / SiliconBeat: |
Employee lawsuit claims Google violated labor laws that say employees must be allowed to discuss workplace conditions; company could face up to $3.8B in fines — A Google product manager has filed suit against the company, claiming an internal spying program that relies in part …
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Raspberry Pi Foundation releases free experimental version of its desktop environment PIXEL for PCs and Macs — Our vision in establishing the Raspberry Pi Foundation was that everyone should be able to afford their own programmable general-purpose computer.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Djay Pro comes to the iPhone a year after launching on the iPad, offers many of the same features including the ability to mix four tracks at once, costs $5 — Algoriddim's goal over the past few years has been to redefine how much hardware and experience you need to be a DJ …
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Uber stops San Francisco self-driving pilot as California DMV revokes registrations on its vehicles; Uber says it will look to deploy vehicles elsewhere — Uber has confirmed that it will stop its self-driving pilot in San Francisco, following a meeting today with the California DMV and Attorney General's office.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple indefinitely extends January 1, 2017 deadline requiring App Transport Security support in all apps submitted to the App Store — Over the summer, Apple informed developers that all apps would be required to securely connect to servers by January 1st, 2017.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Baidu planning $1B IPO for iQIYI, one of China's top video streaming platforms, in either Hong Kong or US, valuing it at up to $5B — The IPO could value the video-streaming unit at up to $5 billion — HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. is planning an initial public offering …
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Zuckerberg, after saying Facebook is not a media company in August, now suggests it is a media firm, just not a “traditional” one — Mark Zuckerberg gave new insights about how he sees Facebook's role in informing the world today during a Live video one-on-one year-end chat with COO Sheryl Sandberg.
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Honda says it has entered into formal talks with Alphabet's Waymo to add self-driving tech to its cars, will provide modified vehicles initially — Honda Motor Co Ltd's R&D unit said on Wednesday it has entered into formal talks with Alphabet Inc's Waymo to add self-driving technology to its vehicles.| Cao Li / New York Times: |
Beijing and Shanghai announce that Chinese ride-sharing services can only hire local residents as drivers — BEIJING — Fresh from school with a degree in hotel management, Luo Haichao left his hometown and moved to Beijing to look for a bigger paycheck. He eventually found one in a different sector: driving cars.
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Open Whisper Systems, the developers behind Signal, use “domain fronting” for its Android app to bypass censorship in Egypt and UAE, with iOS update coming soon — Any subversive software developer knows its app has truly caught on when repressive regimes around the world start to block it.
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Tweets: @wired, @wired, @pwnallthethings, and @caseynewton
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Interview with Paul Hunt, a type designer who helped bring gender inclusive emoji to Unicode 10, on his approach and the process — At a glance, emoji are simple. Each icon visually represents something instantly recognizable — food, a happy face, a high-five. The creation of an emoji is hardly so straightforward.
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