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Otto, founded by ex-Google engineers, exits stealth to sell self-driving kits for retrofitting semi-trailers — A group of ex-Google engineers have just launched Otto, an autonomous trucking startup — Otto's first vehicle is twice as long and six times as heavy as Google's cute prototype car …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent debuts Live multichannel video streaming app for Apple TV, comes to mobile and OS X in June — BitTorrent today launched BitTorrent Live, a multichannel video streaming app for Apple TV. Think of it as the company's take on live TV, with initial coverage spanning five areas: news, sports, music, tech, and youth culture.| Shaun Walker / Guardian: |
Russian FindFace app compares photos to profile pictures on social network Vkontakte and works out identities with 70% reliability — FindFace compares photos to profile pictures on social network Vkontakte and works out identities with 70% reliability — If the founders of a new face recognition app …
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| Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney: |
Tor developer Isis Agora Lovecruft moves to Germany amid uncertainty about potential FBI subpoena — In its mission to hunt criminals, the FBI has been keen to hack Tor, the Internet browser that hides your true location. — The FBI's attempts to break into Tor are starting to manifest in strange ways.| New York Times: |
China is quietly requiring foreign tech companies to submit their products to security reviews — HONG KONG — Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple and other big foreign companies, focusing on whether they pose potential security threats … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iTunes 12.4, released Monday, is supposed to address widely reported music deletion issue — Apple rolled out a new version of iTunes this week which introduced an updated design, including modified navigation and the return of the left sidebar. However, under the hood …
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| Joe Durbin / UploadVR: |
Disney releases free VR app on Steam, puts its VR movie offerings in a single location; app works with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — Disney seems to be on a mission to take over the world. — The gargantuan media juggernaut currently owns such high profile properties as ABC, ESPN, Marvel, and Lucasfilm.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon's Lab126 hardware unit is working on an Alexa-powered device featuring a tablet-like computer screen, known internally as “Knight” — The retailer is pushing to incorporate its robotic voice assistant in daily tasks like opening garage doors| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's UK CEO says Britain should remain in the EU, cites membership as a reason for economic investment in the country — U.K. CEO says EU membership important for future investment — Company employs 5,000 people in the U.K. since opening in 1982
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Fire TV gets new Alexa voice features, including app launching and restaurant searches — Amazon is giving TV viewers a few more, not-crazy reasons to talk back to their TVs. After bringing the functionality to various properties, opening it to third-party hardware and letting developers get a crack at it …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft and SAP expand partnership: Office 365 integrations, HANA on Azure — Microsoft is announcing today that it has deepened its partnership with fellow enterprise software vendor SAP. The HANA in-memory database from SAP will become available on top of Microsoft's Azure public cloud on top of machines packed densely with RAM.| Lucas Mearian / Computerworld: |
HP is now taking orders for its first 3D printer, the Jet Fusion 3D, which starts at $130K and HP says is 10X faster than rivals; orders will ship in late 2016 — ORLANDO — Hewlett-Packard today began taking orders for its first 3D printer, the HP Jet Fusion printer, which it said will be …
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| Mark Bergen / Recode: |
Google brings shopping ads to image searches to fend off Amazon — The search giant is adding new offline perks for retailers, too. — As people use mobile phones more to shop, Google is doing more and more to make sure it's not cut out of the process. Its latest move …
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Sketchfab now supports all VR headsets for its 3D model sharing platform — You saw it coming, right? 3D model repository Sketchfab just added support for all major virtual reality headsets out there. You can now view your pretty 3D models in your VR headset.
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Sketchfab Blog, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, VRFocus and UploadVR
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
SoundHound adds Houndify virtual voice assistant to its app for music search and controls — The SoundHound mobile app, which can listen for and identify music it hears through your smartphone speakers, is getting a huge artificial intelligence upgrade. Starting today, the app …
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VentureBeat, TechHive, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Digital Trends, MacStories, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Mashable
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Blockchain announces Thunder, an alternative network for enabling fast off-blockchain transactions that settle against the bitcoin blockchain at a later date — Blockchain, the company behind the world's most popular bitcoin wallet, has been quietly working on an interesting project called Thunder.
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Blockchain Blog, NEWSBTC, CCN, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoinist.net, The Merkle, Blockchain Blog and CoinDesk
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Knight Foundation, Columbia University launch First Amendment Institute, a $60M project to help in legal fights over online privacy and free speech — Project will support litigation, research and education on threats to freedom of speech and the press, and help shape First Amendment law in digital media
| David Voreacos / Bloomberg: |
Ukrainian hacker admits stealing 150K press releases from newswire services to help criminal network make $30M from insider trading — Hacker, 28, broke into network after stealing user credentials — First hacker convicted in conspiracy to steal 150,000 releases
| Andrii Degeler / Ars Technica UK: |
Head of UK driving authority teases prototype license in Apple Wallet, says it's an add-on to the physical version — UK citizens could eventually use their iPhones as an “add-on” option for their driving licences, after a prototype was revealed by the driver and vehicle licensing agency (DVLA).
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BBC, BetaNews, Yahoo, London Evening Standard, uSwitch, v3.co.uk, Gizmodo UK, Lifehacker UK, Inquirer, Ubergizmo and Daily Mail
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter begins off-platform monetization by testing MoPub ads in Twitter Kit timelines — Twitter has begun testing out an integration that pairs its MoPub marketing offering with its Twitter Kit. Developers can now display tweet ads right into timelines featured within third-party iOS and Android apps.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside the Final Days of LendingClub CEO Renaud Laplanche — The allegations around Mr. Laplanche also raise tough questions for the fast-growing fintech industry — On April 22, LendingClub Corp. founder and Chief Executive Renaud Laplanche took the stage at a New York ceremony …
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