11 tech stories you don't want to miss

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  • Automotive
    Tesla introduces fee for lazy owners who leave their cars at Supercharger stations

    Tesla introduces fee for lazy owners who leave their cars at Supercharger stations

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    There’s nothing like driving your nearly-empty Tesla up to a Supercharger station for a top-up and finding every spot taken by other cars — probably all charged up and ready to go. Where are their drivers? How dare they? Tesla shares your anger and will soothe it by giving those drivers a different kind of charge. You know, the money kind. Read More

  • Weekly Roundup: Trump meets with tech leaders, Yahoo suffers another massive hack

    Weekly Roundup: Trump meets with tech leaders, Yahoo suffers another massive hack

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    This week, one could play Super Mario Run on iOS in a self-driving Uber if you lived in San Francisco. You could have also broadcast it live on Instagram or Snapchatted it to a group for the first time. These are the top stories in tech from this week, all in one place. Read More

  • Apps
    Google Maps now notes if a location is wheelchair accessible

    Google Maps now notes if a location is wheelchair accessible

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    “Can I get in the building?” It might not be a question you find yourself asking regularly — but for the 3 million+ wheelchair users in the U.S., it’s a question that has to be considered. And starting now, it’s one that Google Maps is trying to help answer. “Wheelchair accessible entrance” will now be noted in a location’s… Read More

  • Automotive
    Uber continues self-driving vehicle testing in SF in defiance of DMV

    Uber continues self-driving vehicle testing in SF in defiance of DMV

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    Uber won’t stop operating self-driving vehicles in San Francisco, despite an order from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to do just that. The DMV says Uber needs a permit to test its autonomous vehicles, but Uber argues that its vehicles aren’t autonomous at all and therefore it doesn’t need a permit. “We respectfully disagree with the California Department… Read More

  • Collaborative Consumption
    Airbnb authorizes $153 million more funding

    Airbnb authorizes $153 million more funding

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    A new Delaware filing for Airbnb, identified by CB Insights, suggests that the travel service has authorized another $153 million in Series F shares. This implies that they might be raising an extension to their financing $555 million round from a few months back. The filing prices the shares at $105, consistent with the latest round, which was said to be about a $30 billion valuation. Uber is… Read More

  • Media
    The relevance of media-streaming startups Crunch Network

    The relevance of media-streaming startups

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    Times have changed, but public demand for innovative new access to entertainment hasn’t. Internet access and social networks have given consumers more options. Consumers, in turn, have started to play a bigger role in shaping the market. Now that we’re at a point where the entertainment/media market is saturated with streaming offerings, the next logical question is: Where do we… Read More

  • Hardware
    Motorola’s hackathon-winning Moto Mods include a gamepad and skin-care monitor

    Motorola’s hackathon-winning Moto Mods include a gamepad and skin-care monitor

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    You’ve got to hand it to Motorola, the smartphone maker does appear committed to its nascent modular smartphone offering. The company launched the Moto Z back in July, alongside four magnetic backings — a projector, a set of JBL speakers, a battery pack and protective casing. Since then, the company has launched a Hasselblad zoom lens, a Mophie-branded battery and a car dock… Read More

  • Media
    ‘Rogue One’ transports viewers to a bigger Star Wars universe

    ‘Rogue One’ transports viewers to a bigger Star Wars universe

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    For months, I insisted that I wasn’t going to see Rogue One. I was kind of a whiner about it: Yes, I did see The Force Awakens, and yes, I mostly liked it, but I kept telling friends that I didn’t need to buy a ticket to a new Star Wars movie every year for the rest of my life. I repeated that speech right up until I found out that a certain TechCrunch editor had… Read More

  • eCommerce
    Trivago closes up 8% in public debut

    Trivago closes up 8% in public debut

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    Hotel search site Trivago went public on Friday, after separating from Expedia. The company priced its shares at $11 and closed the day at $11.85, up 7.73 percent. But this was after pricing at $11 per share, below the $13 to $15 range that had been forecast. The company raised $287 million in the offering and plans to use the capital to focus on growth and potentially make strategic… Read More

  • Apps
    Facebook Messenger strikes at Skype with desktop group voice calling

    Facebook Messenger strikes at Skype with desktop group voice calling

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    We might finally get to stop asking, “Wait, what’s your Skype name?” thanks to a test of new Facebook group audio calling on desktop. Facebook launched group voice calls on its mobile Messenger app in April, and now it’s working out the kinks to bring the feature to your home and office. It could become a useful alternative to traditional conference calls by… Read More

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