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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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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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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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| Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: |
Facebook's “People You May Know” recommends a relative a reporter didn't know she had, raising privacy questions; Facebook, citing privacy, won't offer details — Rebecca Porter and I were strangers, as far as I knew. Facebook, however, thought we might be connected.
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| James Redmayne / Reuters: |
Drones with AI-powered shark detection software to patrol Australian beaches; studies show humans are 20-30% accurate at spotting sharks, AI is ~90% accurate — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Drones equipped with a shark detection system powered by artificial intelligence will start patrolling …
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| Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: |
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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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Node.js forks again after a third of technical steering committee members quit over failure to remove a committee member for allegedly violating code of conduct — The tumultuous events this week in the Node.js community were a long time coming. Insiders tell ZDNet how the community is trying to repair … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
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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Facebook hires Liz Spayd, former New York Times public editor, as a consultant to help with its “transparency” efforts — She has also worked at the Washington Post and Columbia Journalism Review as a top editor. — Facebook has recently hired former New York Times public editor Liz Spayd …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cubic Telecom raises $46.5M Series C, sources say at $215M valuation, from Audi, Qualcomm, and others to build out its global connectivity service for cars — As automakers ramp up their connected car initiatives, a company that has built a solution to link vehicles up to mobile networks globally …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
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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