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Tesla announces Autopilot 8.0, which relies more on radar to avoid accidents like Model S crash, available soon for cars from 2014 and on via free OTA upgrade — Today, Tesla revealed Version 8 of its Autopilot software, going live in one to two weeks. Version 8. includes updates …
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HP Inc. to acquire Samsung's printer business and some printer-related patents for $1.05B; Samsung will invest $100-$300M in HP when the deal closes — Silicon Valley company sees deal with South Korean major as bid for expansion into high-volume printer-copier device business
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Largest online DDoS service vDOS hacked, with details of customers and targets revealed; service earned $600K+ for 150K+ DDoS attacks over past two years — vDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 …
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Two Israeli men alleged to be co-owners of the recently hacked DDoS service vDOS arrested in Israel on Thursday in connection with FBI investigation — Two young Israeli men alleged to be the co-owners of a popular online attack-for-hire service were reportedly arrested in Israel on Thursday.
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Volvo Cars and auto safety group Autoliv are forming a joint venture to develop autonomous driving software, with about 200 initial staff from parent firms — Chinese-owned Volvo Car Group and auto safety group Autoliv said on Tuesday they would form a joint venture to develop autonomous driving software …
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Older workers laid off from Silicon Valley jobs are filing lawsuits or going to great lengths to appear younger for interviews — Older workers are trying lawsuits, classes, makeovers—even surgery—to keep working. — Subscribe Reprints — After Andrea Rodriguez lost her job last fall, she put away her suits.
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| Craig Cannon / The Macro: |
Interview with Shel Kaphan, Amazon's first employee, on deciding to join Jeff Bezos, developing and running the early website, building the company, IPO, more — A conversation with Shel Kaphan, Amazon's first employee. — Employee #1 is a series of interviews focused on sharing …
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Inside Microsoft's year-old program to hire autistic coders and a look at the challenges facing autistic hires and the company — Job interviews can be especially hard if you're autistic. A Microsoft effort aimed at a wider spectrum of the workforce wants to solve that.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
HashiCorp raises $24M Series B led by GGV Capital for its DevOps infrastructure software — HashiCorp, which offers a number of tools that help developers write and deploy their applications (including the popular open-source Vagrant tool for setting up development environments) …
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A week after “voluntary recall”, Galaxy Note7 owners still can't get info from Samsung or carriers about how and when their phones can be exchanged — Samsung's exchange program for Galaxy Note 7 has been a nightmare for customers so far. — A week after Samsung's “voluntary” …
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| An Xiao Mina / Fusion: |
How online platforms such as WeChat, Jindong, and Alibaba's eBay-like Taobao have boosted Shenzhen's already-thriving hardware startup ecosystem — Like most of us, Lei Gao finds exercise tedious. The 33-year-old prefers playing video games on his smartphone, where he can score points alongside …
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| Sam Shead / Business Insider: |
Takeaway.com files for €175M IPO in Amsterdam to expand its mostly Europe-based food delivery platform — Food delivery platform Takeaway.com is hoping to raise €175 million (£146 million) in a stock market listing that will take place in the coming weeks.| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
Facebook's claim that it isn't a media entity is becoming increasingly untenable as the impact of its content ranking and removal policies continues to escalate — Facebook is more than just a site where people share photos of their children or pets. It has become a crucial way in which hundreds …
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