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New Android bug could brick phones, tablets
For the second time this week, security researchers have given Android users something to worry about. On Thursday, researchers at Trend Micro announced they’ve discovered a flaw that could render an […]
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Instacart now offering workers employee status in nine cities
Instacart is rapidly expanding its worker reclassification efforts, extending the option to become a part-time employee — rather than an independent contractor — to workers today in Portland and Seattle. […]
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Groupon takes a seat at the food-delivery table
Everyone and their mother, it seems, are just dying to bring food — cooked and otherwise — to your doorstep. With companies like San Francisco-based Munchery duking it out with Postmates, […]
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Google Street View cars to track Bay Area pollution
Some of the camera-equipped Google Street View cars that map the world’s streets are getting new equipment that will also measure urban air quality. Google is partnering with San Francisco-based […]
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Pinterest sets diversity goals for 2016
Pinterest, like other Silicon Valley tech firms, has struggled to make its workforce more diverse this year, but when the company released diversity data Thursday it did something outside the norm […]
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Beyond T-shirt-gate: Yahoo bug bounty program has paid out $1 million
Yahoo has doled out more than $1 million in bug bounties in the past couple of years — since it started rewarding hackers who reported security vulnerabilities with money instead of […]
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On topic: Tech news to know now
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 […]
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Off topic: Building a bridge, ‘Star Trek’ and politics, ‘Happy Birthday’ lawsuit, new words
A video shows how the Q’eswachaka Bridge in Peru is rebuilt every year in the same way it has been built for hundreds of years. On “Star Trek” being political, […]
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GitHub raises $250 million as investors acknowledge importance of open-source software
GitHub, the hub for open-sourced software and code-sharing, has raised $250 million from investors — among the larger Silicon Valley investments so far this year. The San Francisco-based company confirmed […]
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Warriors owner helped Sri Lanka get Google’s Internet balloons
The entire island country of Sri Lanka could soon get free Internet beamed down from Google Loon balloons, and it might not have happened without one of the co-owners of […]
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