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Zenefits CEO David Sacks confirms he's stepping down, says search for new CEO has begun; one source says he's open to working in the Trump administration — David Sacks is giving up the CEO job less than a year after taking over amid a legal scandal. — David Sacks, the CEO of Zenefits …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Apple hints at autonomous vehicle ambitions in letter advising NHTSA that new auto industry entrants should get the same testing rights as incumbents — Apple last week submitted a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that suggests it's interested in testing self-driving cars.
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Pandora's stock up 16% on reports of a possible sale; sources say Sirius XM approached the company again and Pandora has reached out to other potential suitors — Board hasn't responded to new engagement from Greg Maffei — Pandora advisers have begun soliciting interest from buyers
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| Matthew Reynolds / WIRED UK: |
Mirai-based botnet tried to hijack Deutsche Telekom, UK's TalkTalk and Post Office customer routers, disrupting internet access for over 1M customers — The Mirai worm also hit the broadband, internet and TV networks of 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers — Around 100,000 Post Office …
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| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Airbnb and New York City settle suit over short-term rentals after city agrees to fine hosts and not the company for illegal listings — Airbnb has capitulated to the demands of lawmakers over its operations in New York City, the company's largest market in the United States …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Sources: Facebook is working on Collections, a feature to showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed — Facebook is working on a new feature that will showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed, according to two people familiar …
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Chrome 55 for desktop starts rolling out, blocking Flash even further by defaulting to HTML5; sites that only support Flash and top 10 sites are exempted — Over the past year, Google Chrome has been implementing a multi-phase plan to de-emphasize Adobe Flash.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC reaches preliminary conclusion that AT&T is violating net neutrality with DirecTV data cap exemption — Verizon also in trouble with FCC over charging competitors for zero-rating. — The Federal Communications Commission has reached a preliminary conclusion that AT&T …
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| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
BLU phone update prevents rogue application from sending user data to China; all new phones will use Google's OTA update utility in its place — It ain't easy being Blu right now. The Miami-based, low-cost Android phone maker has rocketed to success by selling unlocked smartphones at rock-bottom prices …
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Facebook leasing two office buildings totaling 384,000 sq. ft. and 4,100 sq. ft. of retail space in Seattle, nearly doubling its footprint in city — Social media giant Facebook is growing its presence in Seattle in a big way, leasing a pair of planned office buildings in the South Lake Union neighborhood, right in Amazon's backyard.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: key executive for Apple health initiatives, Yoky Matsuoka, has left the company after joining in May — Yoky Matsuoka joined Apple in May to help lead health projects — Previously co-founded Google X, ran technology at Nest Labs — Yoky Matsuoka, who joined Apple Inc …
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Airbnb will limit entire home rentals to 60 days a year in Amsterdam and 90 days in London, unless hosts have a license to rent for longer — Home-sharing firm Airbnb said it will for the first time impose fixed limits on the number of nights a year that hosts can rent out their homes through its site in Amsterdam and London.Sponsor Posts
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