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News media film a Tesla Model S as Tesla launched the new car at their factory in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, June 22, 2012. The event marked the start of its Fremont assembly line and, the company hopes, eventual entry into the mass market with its revolutionary electric car. (Patrick Tehan/Staff)
News media film a Tesla Model S as Tesla launched the new car at their factory in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, June 22, 2012. The event marked the start of its Fremont assembly line and, the company hopes, eventual entry into the mass market with its revolutionary electric car. (Patrick Tehan/Staff)
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Here s what s going on in tech.

President Obama wants U.S. to build world s fastest supercomputer by 2025.

ICYMI: New Tesla referral program to give discounts to buyers who get their friends to buy a new Model S. Will it help reduce the need for more Tesla stores?

Speaking of cars, Uber rolls out car leases to UberX drivers.

Speaking of Uber, it denies displaying phantom cars — vehicles that are supposedly near a potential customer but aren t really there — on its app.

Amazon is now selling Dash Buttons for $4.95 to Prime members. They re physical buttons you can press to order a single product you often use, such as laundry detergent.

Trend Micro: We have discovered a vulnerability in Android that can render a phone apparently dead – silent, unable to make calls, with a lifeless screen.

Planned Parenthood hit with second cyberattack.

 

Photo of a Tesla Model S by Patrick Tehan/Mercury News archives