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California passes a strong net neutrality bill, which now goes to governor; EFF has called it a “gold standard net neutrality bill” — It heads for the Governor's desk next — California's legislature has approved a bill being called the strongest net neutrality law in the US.
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Twitter's director of product management tweets pics of changes being weighed to make Twitter more “conversational”: improved reply threads, status indicators — No thanks — Sara Haider, Twitter's director of product management, tweeted a couple screenshots today showing off changes … | Renee DiResta / Wired: |
As politicians accuse search and social media firms of censorship, the real focus should be on opaque algorithms and reckless amplification of harmful content — THE ALGORITHMS THAT govern how we find information online are once again in the news—but you have to squint to find them.| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft says it is updating Skype to restore simplicity and familiarity, will kill its Stories-like feature called Highlights, which launched last year — Microsoft just announced a number of changes the company is rolling out to restore Skype's simplicity and familiarity.
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DMV report: Apple, which has 66 self-driving cars approved for road testing in CA, says one of the SUVs was rear-ended, its first self-driving collision in CA — Apple said that its first autonomous vehicle crash in California occurred last week. — The accident during …
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Amazon says Alexa now comes integrated with over 20,000 devices from 3,500 brands, up from the 4,000 devices from 1,200 brands in January — Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin's IFA tech show to share a few big numbers about Alexa.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Next major Windows update will be called Windows 10 October 2018 Update and will arrive that month — Microsoft is officially unveiling the name for its next major Windows 10 update today. Previously codenamed Redstone 5, the “Windows 10 October 2018 Update” will arrive at some point in October.
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| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
Indian regulators call for European-style rules on big tech, focused on privacy and protecting local firms from competition; sources say new rules are coming — NEW DELHI — In India, American companies dominate the internet. Facebook's WhatsApp is the most popular app on phones.
Tweets: @eastdakota, @vindugoel, and @anandwrites
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft quietly ends its Surface Plus hardware subscription program that allowed trade-in upgrades after 18 months and no-interest financing for two years — Microsoft is ending its Surface Plus financing program for consumers and students today, August 31, just a little over a year after announcing it.
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
In Q&A, Alphabet chairman John Hennessy says it's not clear to him if Chinese people are better off with a “limited version” of Google or no access to it at all — John L. Hennessy talks about the future that Silicon Valley is creating, the rise of employee activism and how Google should address censorship
Tweets: @edzitron, @stevekovach, @matthewstoller, and @jason_kint
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Russian search giant Yandex launches a trial of a free autonomous ride-hailing service in Innopolis, a small tech-focused town, with two cars — Russian internet giant Yandex has announced a new autonomous ride-hailing service in the fledgling tech-focused town of Innopolis.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Baidu launches EZDL, a platform that lets users build custom machine learning models using a drag-and-drop interface and without writing any code — Without the technical know-how and the right tools, training machine learning algorithms can be an exercise in frustration.
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