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Tesla engineer joins Apple's growing team of automated car experts — Consumer electronics company Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has hired a senior engineer from electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O), according to a LinkedIn posting, as part of Apple's effort to build a team of experts in automated driving.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Ashley Madison hackers: we still have 300GB of employee emails, internal docs, some user chats and pictures, more, but will not dump all of it — Ashley Madison Hackers Speak Out: ‘Nobody Was Watching’ — For the past week, international media has reported on the hack of extramarital site Ashley Madison …
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Apple launches replacement program for rear-facing camera in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices that produce blurry photos — iSight Camera Replacement Program for iPhone 6 Plus — Apple has determined that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft no longer provides full release notes in cumulative updates to Windows — Microsoft has no plans to tell us what's in Windows patches — Each update is a black box, and they're going to stay that way. — Microsoft has now released three cumulative updates for Windows 10.| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Google integrates Twitter into its desktop search results — Google and Twitter are getting a little friendlier; you can now view tweet feeds from various accounts and hashtags right from Google.com on the desktop. — You can search something like “The Next Web Twitter” and Google will pull up a feed of our latest tweets.| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Report: NYC tech sector employs 40 percent women, 21 percent minorities — Report on 2014 data also breaks down employment by borough, age. — Companies like Google, Apple, Intel, and Yahoo have been relatively forthright about their diversity hiring numbers, particularly in the form … | Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Uber partners with Bharti Airtel to provide free in-car WiFi, offer discounted phone plans for drivers, accept payments through Airtel Money in India — Uber to Provide Free In-Car Wi-Fi in India — HONG KONG — In India, a country notorious for city-snarling traffic jams … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Comcast releases its livestreaming app, Xfinity Share, allowing all Xfinity subscribers to broadcast to other subscribers' TVs and smartphones — Comcast releases its livestreaming app to all subscribers — Comcast says its livestreaming app did very well during its limited release …
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Amazon's new Alexa Lighting API opens up Echo voice control for smart lighting to developers — Amazon gives smart bulb devs the keys to Alexa's voice — Amazon is further opening up its Alexa voice-control system, the engine at the heart of the Echo speaker, to smart lighting companies.
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The Lenovo-Backed ZUK Z1 Will Be Sold Internationally With Cyanogen OS Starting Mid-October — Lenovo's ZUK smartphone brand got off to a great start in China when the recently announced Z1 managed over 2 million pre-orders in a week, but surprisingly, they aren't stopping in China.| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Apple stock falls more than 5% as markets correct over slowing global growth concerns — Dow falls 350 points as global growth concerns weigh — Market rout continues: How to play the dip — Portfolio managers Chad Morganlander of Stifel, and Jim Lacamp of UBS, discuss Thursday's market selloff …
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