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Uber suspends self-driving car testing following Arizona crash involving one of its cars; police say the Uber car was not at fault, another car failed to yield — A self-driving car operated by Uber Technologies Inc. was involved in a crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest setback for a company reeling from multiple crises.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Sources shed light on Uber's self-driving car mess: slow progress on tech, haphazard public demos, and ATG talent exodus triggered by Otto acquisition — The company's self-driving division is in a “mini civil war,” according to insiders. — For Uber, the embattled ride-hail juggernaut … | Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Seoul escort bar visit by Uber CEO, Emil Michael, and others in 2014 led to HR complaint; Kalanick's ex-girlfriend says Michael asked her to lie about visit — A woman who dated Uber CEO Travis Kalanick for three years, Gabi Holzwarth, says she was with Mr. Kalanick when he and a team …
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| Tess Townsend / Recode: |
YouTube's ad mess gives advertisers leverage for what they really want: More data — Advertisers are tired of just trusting Google. — As far as advertisers are concerned, there are really only two ways to place ads online: The “open web” where you can track the ads, and “walled gardens” where you can't.| Kim Hart / Axios: |
Tech community “dumbfounded” by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's remark that AI won't supplant US jobs for “50-100 more years” — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin riled the tech community this morning when he told Axios' Mike Allen that displacement of jobs …
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google details the sunsetting of Talk, SMS removal for Hangouts, and other G Suite changes — We heard just yesterday that Google is planning to remove SMS capabilities from Hangouts, and now Google has detailed this change — as well as others — in a new post on its G Suite blog.
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| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
T-Mobile introduces Scam ID to flag scam calls, and opt-in Scam Block service to block them — T-Mobile has a new feature that will flag “known scam” calls for its wireless users, according to Grant Castle, the company's VP of engineering services. — Scam ID will pop up an indicator that a call is a … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google is working on a new social app for small groups to edit photos together — While Google continues to add more features to its two social communication apps Allo and Duo, TechCrunch has learned that it has quietly been working on least one more social app.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Chrome to immediately stop recognizing extended validation status of Symantec-issued certs and gradually nullify all currently valid certs of Symantec-owned CAs — Chrome to immediately stop recognizing EV status and gradually nullify all certs. — In a severe rebuke of one of the biggest suppliers …
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Beijing court overturns ruling that said Apple's iPhone 6 violated a defunct Chinese phone maker's design patent — Beijing Court quashes city's intellectual property bureau's ruling that US tech giant had violated defunct Shenzhen firm's design patent — A Beijing court has overturned …
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| Masashi Isawa / Nikkei: |
Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima admits Super Mario Run revenues did not meet expectations, but company still prefers “pay once” model vs. freemium — Android launch seen giving bigger boost to publicity, consoles — OSAKA — Though “Super Mario Run” …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber denied recruiters access to its demographic data, hindering its diversity efforts, and plans release of its first diversity report next week — Under pressure from harassment and sexism allegations, the ride-hailing giant is rethinking its approach to hiring. — by
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