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3 Ways Marijuana Is Changing the Technology Industry - TechMoran
A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong - Wired
A Major Proof Shows How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi - Wired
Amazon Says It Can Detect Fear on Your Face. You Scared - Wired
Apple's WebKit announces strict anti-tracking policy to prevent covert tracking and all cross-site tracking, credits Mozilla's policy for inspiring its approach (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
By not providing Siri users with clear control over how their data is used, Apple is at odds with the privacy doctrine that it preaches on billboards (John Gruber/Daring Fireball) - Techmeme
Can JPEG XL Become the Next Free and Open Image Format - Slashdot
Disney hires former Sky CMO for the company's new streaming platform - Itnewsafrica
Drako's GTE electric supercar will be a four-motor, 1,200HP monster - Engadget
Elon Musk Begins Selling $25 'Nuke Mars' T-Shirts - Slashdot
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Facebook has built a static analysis platform, dubbed Zoncolan, that can scan Facebook's 100M lines of code in under 30 minutes to help catch bugs (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) - Techmeme
Form Swim Goggles Review: Fitness Tracking at the Pool - Wired
Google Criticized For Vulnerability That Can Trick Its AI Into Deactivating Accounts - Slashdot
Google was so obsessed with beating Facebook that it missed an opportunity with Google+ to tackle the problems, like radicalization, plaguing social media now (Caroline McCarthy/Spectator USA) - Techmeme
Government is looking at harsher road rules after new traffic demerit system signed into law - BusinessTech
How cities like Katowice in Poland, Hangzhou in China, and Frisco, Texas are embracing esports tournaments in a bid to revive their economies (Luke Winkie/VentureBeat) - Techmeme
How low-paid Microsoft contractors train Cortana by listening to you - The Verge
How many times South Africans visit the petrol station each month - BusinessTech
How Should Schools Grade Unexpected-But-Correct Answers On Coding Tests - Slashdot
I Want a Super-Smart Chair! - Slashdot
IKEA creates a business unit devoted to smart home tech - Engadget
Inside Samsung's incredible new London store and workshop space - Samsung KX - Pocket Lint
Intel Patches Three High-Severity Vulnerabilities - Slashdot
Nintendo says there is no Switch exchange program - Engadget
Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who says the company is now working with 4,500 AI startups, compared to 2,000 in April, 2017 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) - Techmeme
Robot Coffee Tastes Great, But at What Cost' (About $5) - Wired
Runkeeper drops its Wear OS app due to a 'buggy experience - Engadget
Should South African employees always get their jobs back after being unfairly dismissed - BusinessTech
Slack isn't becoming the "central nervous system" for all the workflows of its users because it's just filling cracks left by productivity apps, not fixing them (Kevin Kwok/kwokchain) - Techmeme
Sonos' first portable Bluetooth speaker leaks in more detail - The Verge
South Africans are buying old homes to renovate ' these are the pitfalls to watch out for - BusinessTech
StarTimes ups entertainment offering with New Telenovela - TechMoran
The best smart home sensors for Alexa - Engadget
The mainstream media have still not learned the lessons of Gamergate - Techcrunch
The Poem on the Statue of Liberty Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup - Wired
This is how much it costs to have a baby in South Africa, according to Discovery - BusinessTech
Three Years Later, France's Solar Road is a Flop - Slashdot
Travis Strikes Again' comes to PC and PS4 on October 17th - Engadget
US Navy Tests WWII-ERA Messaging Tech: Dropping Bean Bags Onto Ships - Slashdot
US will reportedly give Huawei another temporary reprieve - Engadget
Week in Review: Snapchat beats a dead horse - Techcrunch
You Need A Good Dash Cam - TechMoran
YouTube's Algorithms Blamed For Brazil's Dangerous Conspiracy Video-Sharing on WhatsApp - Slashdot