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Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash on Mar. 23 and the driver didn't respond to several warnings to take control of the car before crash — After a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X that caught on fire after the crash came under investigation …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills — Alexa's ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it's updated its Video Skill API …
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Google is winding down URL shortener goo.gl next month and will shut it down next year; all existing links will continue to redirect to intended destination — Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer, Firebase — We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people …
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| 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 …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Drupal devs warn of remote code execution vulnerability affecting ~1M sites running Drupal 6, 7, or 8, call it “highly critical”, and urge immediate patching — A dangerous Drupal flaw could leave your site completely compromised if you don't patch the flaw immediately.| 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.| Reuters: |
Customs officers in Shenzhen arrested a gang that smuggled ~$80M worth of iPhones from Hong Kong to mainland China using drones — BEIJING (Reuters) - Customs officers in southern China's technology hub Shenzhen busted a group of criminals using drones to smuggle 500 million yuan ($79.8 million) …
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Tech Times, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, CNNMoney, BGR, SlashGear, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, TechSpot, MacRumors, Fortune, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @efeng
| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
Alibaba's mapping unit AutoNavi launches carpooling business, starting in Chengdu and Wuhan; Meituan Dianping launched its ridesharing service in February — Alibaba's mapping unit, AutoNavi Holdings Ltd. also known as Gaode Map, has launched its own carpooling business … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Latest Microsoft reorganization proves it has moved beyond Windows, with cloud and AI as the fundamental core Microsoft is betting its future on — Cloud and AI are Microsoft's future bets — “We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows.
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Cobalt Robotics raises $13M Series A from Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund for its roving robotic security guard — - Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund are among investors in a $13 million venture funding round for Cobalt Robotics.
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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 …
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Techjaja, PC Tech Magazine, and Uber Blog
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon closing online math and writing learning company TenMarks, which it acquired in 2013, after 2018-2019 school year; licenses honored through June 30, 2019 — Amazon will close its TenMarks online math and writing learning service after the 2018-2019 school year …
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