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Waymo is piloting self-driving trucks on highways in Atlanta region for carrying cargo bound for Google's data centers starting next week — Waymo's mission has always been to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. So far, the focus has mostly been on people …
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Facebook gets exclusive rights to stream 25 MLB afternoon games, Facebook's first major US sports league exclusive; sources estimate price at $30-$35M — First time a major U.S. league has given Facebook exclusivity — Most games will be on Wednesday afternoons; MLB will produce
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Research: some of the biggest ISPs in Turkey, Egypt serve redirect links to malware infected software for users downloading apps from vendors like Opera, Avast — (Photo by Nezih Durmazlar — CC2.0) — An expansive and ongoing computer espionage campaign spread across Egypt …
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| Brad Abrams / The Keyword: |
Google updates Assistant with better media playback, subscriptions for Actions, and lets third party vendors add custom Assistant commands to their devices — While I typically use my Google Assistant to play music, control my lights and set timers, it's easy to dream about what else could be possible …
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Bitcoin and ICOs are in 1999-like bubble; they'll crash but will produce the next Google and Facebook and all the great and scary things the internet gave us — The true believers won't stop until they've remade the world. Some of it will be thrilling. Some of it will keep us up at night.
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Sources: Barack and Michelle Obama are nearing a content deal with Netflix for a series of shows; Apple and Amazon also expressed interest — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is working on getting users to verify themselves; product director says it would help users spot suspicious accounts more easily — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a Periscope livestream today that the company is working to allow any user to become verified.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Report: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent a company-wide note to employees several months ago outlining goal to break even in 2018 — Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent a company-wide note to employees “several months ago” outlining a zealous goal to break even in 2018, according to The Information.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook strikes a licensing deal with Warner Music, the last major label holdout, to use Warner's music in videos and messages on Facebook — Just weeks after signing a large licensing deal with leading indy label representative ICE, Facebook has continued its march into the world of music …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Qualcomm names independent director Jeffrey Henderson as non-executive chairman, replacing executive chairman Paul Jacobs, who will stay on the board — In letter to U.S. lawmakers, Broadcom argues a combined company 'strongly supports America's national security interests'
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir and Raytheon win a decade-long $876M army contract; Palantir won a lawsuit over the army's bidding practices before the contract was awarded — Billionaire investor Peter Thiel got a fresh victory in Washington. His data-mining startup, Palantir Technologies Inc. …
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge: |
Profile of Know Your Meme, a website and video series that has been documenting viral online content and internet meme culture for over ten years — After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit — Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales; Illustrations by Garret Beard
Tweets: @kait_tiffany, @claire_mcnear, and @mikerugnetta
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