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Uber suspends self-driving car trials following fatal crash
An autonomous Uber car killed a woman in the street in Arizona, police said, in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian in the US. 0 21610
FCC scraps 2013 proposal to allow in-flight mobile calls
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has recently announced that he is planning to propose to end a 2013 regulatory proceeding that had sought to lift the ban on mobile phones on US airlines.
Twitter CEO continues to forgo compensation
According to a Reuters report, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, continued to forego direct compensation, a regulatory filing showed recently.
Vodafone, Idea agree $23 billion Indian merger
British telecoms giant Vodafone Group and Indian firm Idea Cellular today agreed to merge their Indian operations in a $23 …
Reuters report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy
The U.S. National Security Agency paid US$10 million to vendor RSA in a “secret” deal to incorporate a deliberately flawed encryption algorithm into widely used security software, according to a Reuters report that is reigniting controversy about the government’s involvement in setting security standards.
HTC signs content partnerships with four major Arabic outlets
HTC has announced new content partnerships with Al Arabiya, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and CNNArabic.com, which will see stories from all four news outlets added to HTC Blinkfeed, the new HTC experience that aggregates user-relevant content to turn the HTC One home screen into a live information stream.
Google chairman outs the Moto X accidentally on purpose
The search giant’s Executive Chairman was spotted at the Allen and Co. media conference on Thursday using a mysterious Motorola smartphone.
Dell buyout faces shareholder backlash
Michael Dell might be celebrating having agreed a buyout for his company, but $24.4 billion leveraged deal has seen a …
Apple share price decline due to fiscal cliff and capital gains tax hike
The mass sell off of Apple’s stock is being driven by the looming fiscal cliff, specifically the expiration in January …
Microsoft may bid again for Yahoo, report says
Just three years after a failed attempt to buy Yahoo, Microsoft may be considering whether to try again, Reuters reported …