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South Korean court finds Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee guilty of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury; Lee sentenced to five years in jail, will appeal — SEOUL, South Korea — More than two decades ago, South Korean prosecutors indicted the chairman of the powerful Samsung conglomerate on charges of bribing the president.
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UK government to test convoys of semi-automated trucks on public roads by the end of 2018, allocating £8.1M for the project — Government allocates £8.1m to trials of ‘platooning’ which proponents say could cut congestion and hauliers' fuel costs
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Uber abandons plans for new 380K square foot Oakland headquarters to cut costs and is exploring various options including a sale of the building — Uber has abandoned plans to move into a massive building in Oakland, California and is instead “exploring several options” for the site, including a sale.
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Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain interface startup, has raised $27M, SEC filing shows — Elon Musk wants to connect your brain directly to a computer, and investors are ready to make that science fiction a reality. Musk's startup Neuralink has raised the $26.96 million of a technically still-open funding round …
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Majority of donations to Marcus Hutchins' legal defense fund came from fraudulent sources, lawyer managing the fund says; all donations will be refunded — The lawyer managing fundraising for Hutchins' legal defense decided it was easier to refund all donations than figure out which ones were legitimate.
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Chrome team is experimenting with an option to permanently mute sound on specific websites — A lot of awful things can happen on the internet, but few are as terrible as landing on a website that automatically plays videos with sound. Thankfully, this is something Google is addressing in a future update to Chrome.
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Amazon Cash comes to UK as Amazon Top Up, letting users load between £5 and £250 onto their Amazon UK account at certain retailers — Amazon has added the ability for UK users to pay for products and services on its ecommerce platform using cash.
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Geospatial analytics startup Descartes Labs raises $30M Series B led by March Capital; the company uses machine learning to derive data from satellite images — Descartes Labsis announcing a $30 million Series B this morning in a large round led by March Capital.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit by a group of Uber drivers against Seattle's unionization law, lifts injunction, allowing city to proceed with implementation — Seattle's first-of-its-kind law that allows drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft to bargain collectively has survived another legal challenge and can now go into effect.
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After long ignoring many influencers, Snapchat is starting to verify and proactively engage more internet celebrities — - Snapchat is starting to warm up to the group of internet celebrities and so-called influencers that it has long ignored. — The app is starting to verify … | New York Times: |
Apple, citing US sanctions, starts removing apps from Iranian developers in the App Store; Google allows Iranian developers to publish free apps to Play Store — TEHRAN — Officially, Apple has no presence in Iran. Because of American sanctions against the country, the company's iPhones …
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Otto debuts $699, keyless smart lock, that uses Bluetooth for automatically detecting when doors need opening, available for preorder now, shipping in fall — The device echoes Apple's elegant design and functionality. Will it sell? — As lead engineer for Apple Inc.'s smart-home technology …
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