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Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford in 2003 as a 19-year-old to start Theranos, a company now poised to disrupt the medical diagnostic test market. She spoke about the company's vision at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday afternoon July 3, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford in 2003 as a 19-year-old to start Theranos, a company now poised to disrupt the medical diagnostic test market. She spoke about the company’s vision at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday afternoon July 3, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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Here s what s on the Thursday menu.

ICYMI: Federal regulators are proposing banning CEO Elizabeth Holmes from working at embattled Theranos for two years, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Google exec Regina Dugan poached by Facebook, where she will head a new DARPA-inspired team.

Motor Trend takes Apple car speculation to the next level by getting some experts to imagine what an Apple car might be like.

European parliament approves tougher data-privacy rules.

Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys sentenced to two years for helping Anonymous hack Los Angeles Times.

Twitter having a heck of a time keeping ISIS off its service. The Wall Street Journal reports that supporters open new accounts almost as quickly as the social network deletes them.

Email Privacy Act advances in Congress; the House will take it up at the end of the month. It would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to require authorities to get a warrant to access digital communications that are older than 180 days.

Oracle commits $200 million to President Obama s computer science program for schools.

ICYMI: Technology helps paralyzed man use his thoughts to move his hand. (More from NYT)

Woman from Ohio charged with live-streaming a rape on Periscope.

 

Photo: Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos, in 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

 

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