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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closes investigation into June 2016 Tesla crash, clearing Autopilot of any fault and praising its safety features — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its full findings following the investigation …
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LinkedIn unveils new desktop site with simpler, app-like look, pop-up messaging window with chatbots, and updated universal search — After a short preview in September last year, and the small matter of getting acquired for $26.2 billion by Microsoft, today LinkedIn …
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Obama's tech teams are optimistic publicly but quietly fear for their programs' future after Trump inauguration; Matt Cutts in line to be interim head of USDS — The While House imported Silicon Valley's best to transform government. Will Trump undo it all?
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EU says Amazon's Audible subsidiary and Apple will scrap all exclusivity obligations in supply and distribution of audiobooks — A decision by Amazon and Apple to scrap all exclusivity obligations in the supply and distribution of audiobooks will likely boost competition, EU antitrust regulators said on Thursday.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter says it beat “many” internal workplace diversity targets in 2016, including promoting minorities and women to leadership positions — Twitter's workforce is a little more diverse, but still predominantly white and male. — Most Silicon Valley tech companies have workforces …
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Oracle to buy API development firm Apiary for an undisclosed sum, says it will continue to offer Apiary's products to other companies — Apiary provides a front-end platform for designing, creating and governing APIs. — Oracle has announced that it plans to acquire Apiary …
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In an effort to avoid governments shutting off access, encrypted email service ProtonMail now supports Tor — Encrypted email service ProtonMail is doubling down on its privacy credentials today with the news that it will now allow users to connect their email accounts through the Tor network.
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Snap to enable ad targeting using 3rd-party data from offline purchases, after signing deal with Oracle Data Cloud, following lead of Google, Facebook, Twitter — Mobile app company follows lead of Google, Facebook and Twitter by working with Oracle Data Cloud
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Mithril Capital Management, led by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan, raises $850M — Peter Thiel being suddenly cast into the center of U.S. politics in 2016 isn't something that either Thiel or his longtime friend and colleague Ajay Royan could have anticipated in 2014, when they founded Mithril Capital Management.
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Sources: Minecraft Pocket Edition will no longer receive updates for Windows mobile devices — We received a tip earlier today that Minecraft Pocket Edition will no longer be supported on Windows mobile devices. — Since receiving the tip, we have confirmed with sources familiar … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft game-streaming platform Beam comes out of beta with faster video player, Xbox Live sign-in, and redesigned home page — Microsoft has been making notable improvements to the experiences on its Twitch competitor, Beam, since it purchased the startup this past August.| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
IDG, owner of PCWorld and IDC, to be acquired by Chinese investor group Oceanwide, headed by IDG Greater China chairman Hugo Shong — International Data Group, the owner of PCWorld magazine and market researcher IDC, on Thursday said it was being acquired by China Oceanwide Holdings Group and IDG Capital …
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