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Comma.ai cancels Comma One after receiving NHTSA letter asking for detailed information about the $1K self-driving kit — Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup's first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add …
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| Mark Walton / Ars Technica: |
AMD details the specs of Radeon Pro 450, 455, and 460 graphics cards used in 15" MacBook Pro — Spoiler: Don't expect to do much gaming on your shiny new MacBook Pro. — Following the announcement of the new Apple MacBook Pro, AMD has launched the Radeon Pro 400 series of power-efficient graphics cards for laptops.
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| BBC: |
UK employment tribunal rules Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks, and National Living Wage — Uber drivers in the UK have won an employment tribunal case which ruled they are workers rather than self-employed. — The decision means drivers …
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| ProPublica: |
ProPublica places housing ad on Facebook excluding users with “affinity” for blacks, Asian-Americans, or Hispanics, noting lack of anti-discrimination measures — Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers.
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| Alan Yuhas / Guardian: |
“Celebgate” hacker Ryan Collins sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal hacking charges and admitting to a two-year phishing scam — Ryan Collins ran a two-year phishing scam to gain the passwords of more than 100 people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne
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| Facebook: |
Facebook launches election tool with information on national, state, and local candidates and issues, lets voters choose to share choices for specific races — November 8 is around the corner and we want to help you get the information you need to prepare for Election Day.
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
Heads of EU country data protection authorities, Article 29 Working Party, ask Facebook to stop using WhatsApp data — Yahoo also gets warning over breach of accounts in 2014 — European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter — Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Apple raises the prices of most Macs in UK, including older unchanged models, by £100 to £500, as the pound weakens after Brexit — New laptops significantly more expensive and already-existing machines have prices raised by hundreds of pounds as Apple adjusts for new US dollar-pound sterling rate
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| Troy Hunt: |
Health data of 550K Australian blood donors made public in Red Cross data breach, believed to be Australia's largest ever leak of personal data — I don't give blood as much as I should. My wife has a much better track record than me, regularly donating not just blood but plasma and platelets as well.
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| Lulu Chen / Bloomberg: |
Amazon launches Prime in China for $57 a year with free shipping for international orders above $30 — Free delivery of overseas goods for Chinese subscribers — Membership fee stands at 388 yuan a year for Chinese users — Amazon.com Inc. has started offering its Prime free-shipping service in China … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook starts testing Snapchat-style camera effects, ephemeral private photo sharing from main app in Ireland — Prepping for battle — Facebook's war on Snapchat is entering a new stage of hostilities. Starting today, Facebook will expand testing of a new camera in its main app …
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| Henry T. Casey / Laptop Mag: |
MacBook Pro vs Surface Book: similar performance, but higher resolution and longer battery life for Surface Book, primary difference is in how touch is used — This week Apple and Microsoft revealed their latest visions for notebook computing, giving users a real choice for how they interact with their devices.
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