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NHTSA closes probe into June 2016 Tesla crash, clearing Autopilot of fault and praising its safety features, including a ~40% drop in crashes since introduction — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its full findings following the investigation …
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @alexroy144, @tsrandall, @briandunning, and @lebeaucarnews
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 Creators Update test build with support for ebooks and more, delays “My People” quick-access links until later this year — Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Creators Update test build: Ebook support is in. My People sharing is out until later this year.
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Windows Blog, The Verge, Engadget, Thurrott.com, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Softpedia News, PCWorld, The Tech Portal, Digital Trends, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, and Neowin. Tweets: @roddrury
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung and independent experts to release findings of investigation into Galaxy Note7 explosions at 10AM KST on January 23 in Seoul (8PM ET January 22) — The press conference takes place in Seoul — Samsung announced today that it would reveal its investigative findings on the recalled Galaxy Note 7 this Sunday evening.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung investigation finds Galaxy Note7 fires were caused by irregularly sized batteries that didn't properly fit the phone and manufacturing issues — An investigation into the cause of faulty batteries that led Samsung Electronics to pull all of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis finds Google placed ads for its own products atop 91% of 25K searches for related items; after Google was told, only 19% had Google product ads atop — A Wall Street Journal analysis found that Google often pushes its growing list of hardware products, from Pixel phones to Nest smart thermostats …
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| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber agrees to pay $20M fine to settle FTC suit alleging the company overstated potential driver earnings in 20 cities — Uber Technologies agreed Thursday to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it misled drivers about potential earnings and vehicle financing.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Brian Krebs accuses founder of DDoS mitigation provider ProTraf Solutions as co-author of Mirai IoT worm; founder denies involvement — On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with “Mirai,” a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Atlassian reports a quarterly net loss of $1.7M and $148.9M in revenue, up 36% year-over-year, and expects $4M revenue from Trello in fiscal 2017 — For fiscal 2017, Atlassian projected revenue between $611 million to $615 million as it integrates Trello. — Atlassian's active customer count …
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GlobeNewswire News Room, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @thufirhawat
| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed: |
How WhatsApp's intimacy and immediacy have greatly increased the spread of misinformation in India, its largest market — At 8 PM on November 8, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly banned 86% of the country's legal tender from circulation. The goal was to wipe out “black money” … | Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
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| 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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Tweets: @cfair1, @justinpulitzer, @twitterwomen, @jguynn, @jack, and @melaniehannah
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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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LinkedIn Newsroom, Pocket-lint, Social Media Today, Marketing Land, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada Blog, Socialnomics, Dealerscope, Official LinkedIn Blog, ZDNet, Seeking Alpha, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Fast Company, Mashable, The Next Web, Engadget, On MSFT, SocialTimes, Computerworld, CNET, Fortune, and Business Insider. Tweets: @ingridlunden
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