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US NHTSA opens investigation into fatal accident involving Tesla's Autopilot mode; Tesla says it's the first fatality in 130M+ miles driven with Autopilot — A Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated was involved in a fatal crash, the first known fatality in a Tesla where Autopilot was active.
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Sources: Apple in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, Jay Z's streaming music service; Tidal held similar talks with Rhapsody last year — Sources say talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal — Apple Inc. is in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, a streaming-music service run by rap mogul Jay Z …
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See also Mediagazer| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
In letter to Apple's general counsel, Spotify says Apple won't approve app update in move to “diminish competitiveness” of Spotify on iOS — “We cannot stand by as Apple uses the App Store approval process as a weapon.” — Spotify says Apple is making it harder …
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Zenefits cuts its valuation from $4.5B to $2B, will let Series C investors increase stake from 11% to 25% — Zenefits, the HR software startup that has accused its founder and former CEO of regulatory impropriety, is slashing its valuation to $2 billion from $4.5 billion.
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| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
Google adds WebVR and VR Shell to beta and dev versions of Chrome on Android, potentially allowing all websites to be viewed in VR — Google is working to add fully immersive browsing capability to Chrome, allowing users to browse any part of the web in VR, not just those sites that are specially built for VR.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook is shutting down its Paper newsreading app on July 29th — Facebook is shutting down Paper, a bold reimagining of the company's flagship app for iOS that impressed critics but failed to attract a large audience, the company said today. The app transformed the core Facebook experience …
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See also Mediagazer| Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Jury awards HP Enterprise $3B in damages from Oracle over 2011 Itanium case; Oracle to appeal — Legal case focused on fate of ‘Itanium’ systems — A jury in Silicon Valley on Thursday delivered a resounding victory to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. , finding that Oracle Corp. should pay …
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Brazilian judge freezes $6.07M in Facebook bank account after WhatsApp fails to turn over messages in drug case — A court in Brazil on Thursday blocked 19.5 million reais ($6.07 million) in Facebook Inc funds after the U.S-based social networking company's WhatsApp messaging service failed …
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| Kwame Opam / The Verge: |
Google reveals Android N will be named Nougat — Google announced on Snapchat today that Android N, the latest version of Android, will now go by Android Nougat. The announcement comes after the company said at I/O last month that users could submit suggestions for the name online.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: BMW, Intel, and Mobileye are working together on autonomous car technology — Intel Corp. is working with Mobileye NV to develop self-driving car technology for BMW AG, said people familiar with the matter. — Senior executives from each company will hold an event on Friday … | Queenie Wong / Mercury News: |
New Facebook feature will allow US users to create fundraisers for nonprofits, available to some users Thursday, rolling out to all in coming weeks — MENLO PARK — Looking to strike an emotional chord with potential donors, some nonprofits are turning to Facebook users to help them raise money for worthy causes.
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| Agam Shah / PCWorld: |
Dell discontinues its Android-based Venue tablet line, citing over-saturated market, won't offer OS upgrades to existing Venue tablets — Dell has discontinued Venue tablets with Android, and won't be pushing out OS upgrades to current customers — Dell has stopped selling Android devices …
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