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Internal docs: Uber's 43 self-driving cars drove 20,365 miles last week with human intervention every 0.8 miles and “critical interventions” every 200 miles — A first look at Uber's progress. — Some of Uber's self-driving cars aren't driving as smoothly as the company hoped they would.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Netflix to replace star ratings with thumbs up and thumbs down in coming weeks after A/B testing showed thumbs got 200% more ratings — Get ready to say good-bye to star ratings on Netflix: The company is getting ready to replace stars with Pandora-like thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs in the coming weeks.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Google open-sources new JPEG encoder that reduces file sizes by around 35%, and is compatible with existing browsers, photo editing apps, and the JPEG standard — New algorithm is based on human psychovisual system. Images look better, too. — Google has developed and open-sourced …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
MuleSoft prices IPO at $17/share, above proposed $14-$16 range, raising $221M and giving it initial market cap of about $2.14B — SaaS integration company MuleSoft tonight raised $221 million in its IPO, pricing shares at $17 a piece. That's a tick above the top of its proposed $14-$16 range … | Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily: |
MuleSoft opens up 43% after pricing its stock at $17 and raising $221M in an IPO — Tech unicorn MuleSoft (MULE) popped 43% on its first day of trading Friday, drawing more attention to initial public offerings that are increasing after being historically weak since the second half of 2015.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: iMessage App Store has 5K apps six months after launch, with games topping category list at 25.9%, but dev interest is waning — When the iMessage App Store first launched, it was touted as the next big platform for apps - a new way for developers to gain users and make money …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Some users report Google Home playing a promo for “Beauty and the Beast”; Google says it “wasn't intended” to be an ad, will keep experimenting — Google Assistant now does advertising — Today some Google Home owners are hearing something extra when they ask …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Gmail now lets desktop users stream video attachments rather than downloading them — Google's making a small but helpful change to desktop Gmail today that'll be useful for anyone who sends or receives video attachments: from now on, you'll be able to stream them on the page, rather than having to download the file first.| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Snapdragon processors rebranded as “Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform”; lower-end Snapdragon 200 series SoCs will now just be “Qualcomm Mobile Platform” — While all eyes are on Qualcomm for the impending release of devices containing their high-end Snapdragon 835 SoC … | Matt Burgess / WIRED UK: |
Hands-on: TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 smartwatch can swap digital, mechanical watch heads; Intel-powered, Android Wear 2.0-based touchscreen is responsive — The watch's lugs, strap, buckle, digital face, and physical module can be swapped out. WIRED tested the watch in Switzerland
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Spotify is negotiating with music labels to decrease royalty fees ahead of future IPO, possibly by limiting some releases to paid users for a period — Spotify is considering a move that would mean some of its biggest new releases will be restricted to paid users, according to a new report from Financial Times.
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
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