Uber refuses to apply for autonomous vehicle testing permit, asks DMV to clarify how self-driving Ubers in SF are different from Teslas with autopilot
Your move, California — Uber is sticking to its guns in refusing to apply for a $150 permit that the California Department of Motor Vehicles …
App download trackers show 2.8M-5M+ Super Mario Run downloads on its first day; App Annie says Mario is top downloaded app in 49 countries, top grossing in 8
Pokémon Go, step aside. In the first 24 hours, Nintendo's Super Mario Run has beaten the record-breaking Pokémon game in terms of day one downloads.
BAMTech, owned by MLB and Disney, buys rights to stream League of Legends competitions through 2023, reportedly in a $300M+ deal
BAMTech, the Major League Baseball- and Disney-owned streaming tech company, has signed a deal with Riot Games for the rights to League of Legends tournaments.
The US Election Assistance Commission, which oversees security of voting systems, was hacked around the time of the election, allegedly by a Russian hacker
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which is responsible for testing and certifying voting systems, among other things …
Vine won't be removed from app stores, will instead relaunch as “Vine Camera” in January
In October, Twitter announced it was shutting down Vine, its app that let users create and share 6-second looping videos. Today, the company says it won't actually pull the Vine app …
Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter, Microsoft, Uber, Lyft, Automattic, and Medium have now said they'll refuse to help build a Muslim registry
Apple, Google, and Uber have all broken their respective silences on whether they would participate in helping build a Muslim registry for the incoming Trump administration, BuzzFeed reports.
NTSB says Facebook's Aquila drone crashed because its autopilot failed to compensate for unexpectedly high winds during landing
Dec 16, 2016, 8:00 amDec 16, 2016, 8:37 am — The right wing of Facebook's solar-powered drone Aquila failed, causing a crash landing of its first test flight …
Facebook underreported iPhone traffic to Instant Articles tracked by comScore from Sept. 30 to Nov. 30; report says some publishers' numbers affected by 10-20%
Facebook announced on Friday that it had made another measurement error, this time affecting publishers that use its Instant Articles content platform.
‘Ok Google’ hotword support in Android Auto is now enabled for all
Following a major update that added a phone optimized experience, Android Auto's next major feature is hotword detection for distraction-free driving. Some users began spotting the feature earlier in...
Hopper flight booking app raises $61M Series C after raising $12M in March and growing sales 23X in the past year, to about $1M in gross bookings a day
Pictured are representations of Hopper's apps. Hopper enables consumers to track flights, and counsels them whether to wait or buy now for the best deal.
Evernote backtracks, will no longer change its privacy policy in January after user backlash, will not let employees read notes unless users opt-in
The stolen details … Rob Price / Business Insider : Evernote did a U-turn on a plan to let employees read users' notes that caused people to ditch the app in outrage Eric Ravenscraft / Lifehacker : Ev...
Mercedes-Benz starts testing Croove, a pure peer-to-peer car rental service in Munich; owners can rent out cars in good condition from any brand
It's become a well-trod refrain, but carmakers are looking at what comes after ownership, and car-sharing between individual owners and renters is one of those models.
Source: Apple to begin selling AirPods in its retail stores on Monday, December 19
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Amazon Fire TV interface update starts rolling out, changes include new top bar navigation, video snippets on home screen, customizable “Your Apps & Games” row
Ready for your Fire TV to get a makeover? Amazon says it will today begin to roll out an update that will bring …
Federal jury finds Apple infringes on wireless patents, awards Core Wireless $7.3M, as Apple settles suit with retail employees wanting timely breaks for $2M
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Google Maps now shows when locations are wheelchair-friendly, thanks to a group of employees who worked on it in their “20% time”
Rob Price / Business Insider :
Trivago closes up 7.73% on its first day of trading, valuing company around $4B after raising $287M in an IPO
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Inside Trump's tech summit: Nadella talks immigration, Sandberg brings up STEM, and Bezos raises China; execs say Trump's kids involvement was inappropriate
Tech and the tech industry continue … Brian Feldman / New York Magazine : Trump's Relationship With the Tech Industry Won't Be Determined by Awkward Meetings Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Tech Tod...
Oculus launches Parties voice chat system and Rooms — “virtual living spaces” for Gear VR
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Oracle reports $9B Q2 revenue, with SaaS and PaaS revenue up 81% YoY to $878M, IaaS up 6% YoY to $175M; firm says it beats Salesforce in cloud computing revenue
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Audio syncing app AmpMe updated to support music streaming across multiple Bluetooth speakers using almost any phone
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Plex will stop supporting Amazon Cloud Drive after December 31st
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Sources: Snap Inc. is exploring acquisitions of startups building drones, wearable cameras, and AR/VR applications to further its mission as a camera company
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