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Obama proposes $4B in funding for states to expand computer science education in schools — Obama Pledges $4 Billion to Computer Science in US Schools — President Obama today pledged $4 billion in funding for computer science education in the nation's schools.
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| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Documents reveal Alphabet is testing solar-powered internet drones that use millimeter-wave transmissions — Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed — Trials at New Mexico's Spaceport Authority are using new millimetre wave technology to deliver data from drones - potentially 40 times faster than 4G| Danny Yadron / Guardian: |
Ashkan Soltani, who contributed to reporting on Snowden docs, departs White House Office of Science and Technology Policy after being denied security clearance — White House denies clearance to tech researcher with links to Snowden — Pulitzer prize-winning journalist …
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| David Segal / New York Times: |
How shady companies use Google search, AdWords, and local subcontractors to shake down people who need locksmiths — Fake Online Locksmiths May Be Out to Pick Your Pocket, Too — Odds are good that when you search Google for someone to help you get into your home or car … | Seth Weintraub / Electrek: |
Tesla hires Jim Keller, engineer behind Apple's A-series and AMD's Zen processors, as vice president of autopilot hardware engineering — The chip guru who built Apple's Ax microprocessors joins Tesla to lead the Autopilot Hardware Engineering team — Electrek has learned that Tesla … | New York Times: |
Facebook announces it is banning private, person-to-person sales of guns on its network and Instagram — Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site — Facebook is banning private sales of guns on its flagship social network and on its Instagram photo-sharing service, the company said late Friday.
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Tweets: @hshaban, @nxthompson, @nytimesbusiness, @gavinnewsom, @senbobcasey and @mikeisaac
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple's virtual and augmented reality research team includes hundreds of staff from poaching and acquisitions; Apple confirms purchase of Flyby Media — Apple builds secret team to kick-start virtual reality effort — Apple has assembled a large team of experts in virtual …
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
NSA, GCHQ used open source software to spy on Israeli, Syrian drones — Image tools unscrambled encrypted analog video feeds, documents reveal. — Documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden show new evidence of a long-running surveillance campaign …
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How the UK's 6-year Google audit ended with a tax settlement of just £130M, creating a political storm — Google tax: the 6-year audit that ended in a political storm — Murad Ahmed, Vanessa Houlder and George Parker — The Google party was one of the hot tickets in the Swiss ski resort … | Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Google Fiber is sending invitations to trusted testers for experimental telephone service called Google Fiber Phone, similar to Google Voice — Google Fiber may be looking to add phone services — Google Fiber is sending out invitations to an experimental telephone service …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick releases 51-page brief concluding T-Mobile's Binge On violates FCC's Open Internet Rules — Stanford study: T-Mobile's Binge On is ‘likely illegal’ — The debate over the potential harm of T-Mobile's Binge On continues, with a new study …
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TmoNews, Digital Trends, DSLreports, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Stanford CIS, Consumerist, Techdirt, Android Community, BGR, Gizmodo, Tech Times, Gizmodo, The Hill, PhoneDog.com and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @stanfordcis, @tonyromm and @dangillmor
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Apple fixing issue that directed users searching “abortion” to adoption and fertility centers, nearly five years after it was first identified — Apple Maps Stops Sending People Searching For “Abortion” To Adoption Centers — Apple is fixing a flaw in its algorithm …
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