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Internal docs: Uber's 43 self-driving cars drove 20,365 miles last week with human intervention every 0.8 miles and “critical interventions” every 200 miles — A first look at Uber's progress. — Some of Uber's self-driving cars aren't driving as smoothly as the company hoped they would.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Netflix to replace star ratings with thumbs up and thumbs down in coming weeks after A/B testing showed thumbs got 200% more ratings — Get ready to say good-bye to star ratings on Netflix: The company is getting ready to replace stars with Pandora-like thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs in the coming weeks.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Some users report Google Home playing a promo for “Beauty and the Beast”; Google says it “wasn't intended” to be an ad, will keep experimenting — Google Assistant now does advertising — Today some Google Home owners are hearing something extra when they ask …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
MuleSoft prices IPO at $17/share, above proposed $14-$16 range, raising $221M and giving it initial market cap of about $2.14B — SaaS integration company MuleSoft tonight raised $221 million in its IPO, pricing shares at $17 a piece. That's a tick above the top of its proposed $14-$16 range …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: iMessage App Store has 5K apps six months after launch, with games topping category list at 25.9%, but dev interest is waning — When the iMessage App Store first launched, it was touted as the next big platform for apps - a new way for developers to gain users and make money …
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| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Snapdragon processors rebranded as “Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform”; lower-end Snapdragon 200 series SoCs will now just be “Qualcomm Mobile Platform” — While all eyes are on Qualcomm for the impending release of devices containing their high-end Snapdragon 835 SoC … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Gmail now lets desktop users stream video attachments rather than downloading them — Google's making a small but helpful change to desktop Gmail today that'll be useful for anyone who sends or receives video attachments: from now on, you'll be able to stream them on the page, rather than having to download the file first.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Amazon says Alexa is coming to its iPhone app next week, with the ability to shop, track packages, tell jokes, check the weather, more — Starting today and available to all iPhone users next week, you can talk to Amazon's intelligent assistant Alexa while using the Amazon app.
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| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, Otto founder and ex-head of Google's LiDAR team, who's at the heart of Waymo's Uber lawsuit after allegedly taking designs — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., says he needs leadership help.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Spotify is negotiating with music labels to decrease royalty fees ahead of future IPO, possibly by limiting some releases to paid users for a period — Spotify is considering a move that would mean some of its biggest new releases will be restricted to paid users, according to a new report from Financial Times.
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Galaxy S8 will allow Samsung Pay authorization via facial recognition, building on authorization via fingerprint and iris scans — It's counting on features to differentiate its flagship phone — Phone to feature digital assistant, all-screen front as well| Corinne Gretler / Bloomberg: |
Swatch CEO Nick Hayek says the firm is developing a smartwatch operating system focused on battery life, to compete with iOS and Android, debuting in late 2018 — First product with new system to be Tissot in late 2018 — Swiss watchmaker says technology can be used in small objects
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia partners with trucking giant PACCAR to put its autonomous technology into trucks — Nvidia's already going deeper down the self-driving vehicle rabbit hole in partnership with Bosch, but it's also moving further into autonomous trucking with a newpartnership with PACCAR, one of the world's largest makers of transport trucks.Sponsor Posts
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