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Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash on Mar. 23, and the driver didn't respond to warnings to take control of the car before the crash  —  After a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X that caught on fire after the crash came under investigation …
Google Devs / Google Developers Blog:
Google is shutting off URL shortener goo.gl to new users next month and will shut it down for all users next year; existing links will continue to redirect  —  Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer, Firebase  —  We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Accelerating and increasingly damaging leaks show Facebook's crumbling internal morale, which could be more pressing than threats like regulation or user exodus  —  These kinds of leaks didn't happen when I started reporting on Facebook eight years ago.  It was a tight-knit cult convinced …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Leaked Facebook employee thread about now-deleted Boz memo had ~3,000 comments, with dozens criticizing leakers, others empathizing with users
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Pr0gramm, the image hosting community behind Coinhive software that hijacks browsers to mine cryptocurrency, donates $250K+ to cancer research after exposé  —  A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive …
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
How open sourcing Netscape Communicator in 1998 and the creation of Mozilla, a gamble at the time, paved the way for the now-mainstream embrace of the practice  —  A gamble 20 years ago unleashed the source code for the browser that became Firefox.  The approach is now core to Facebook, Google and everyone else.
More: TechCrunch and InfoWorld
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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Uber launches uberBODA in Uganda, its first motorcycle service in Africa, as Taxify starts similar service in Uganda and Kenya  —  Global ride-hailing rivals Taxify and Uber have launched motorcycle passenger service in East Africa.  Customers of both companies in Uganda and Taxify riders …
CNBC:
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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Sources: the Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' publisher, EIC, and a Middle East reporter for insubordination; the publisher earlier announced his retirement

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Sources: Paramount reps are expected to meet Monday with the California AG's office to discuss a possible settlement of the antitrust suit blocking the WBD deal

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Owl & Co.: vertical video revenue is expected to hit $150B outside of China in 2026, up 42% YoY, with Meta, ByteDance, and YouTube generating 94% of the total

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Reuters:
Customs officers in Shenzhen arrested a gang that smuggled ~$80M worth of iPhones from Hong Kong to mainland China using drones

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