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Microsoft was an early player in AR, thanks to HoloLens, but is being superseded by Apple and Google, who focus on adding AR to software over expensive hardware (Peter Bright/Ars Technica) אסף מגידש

California DMV website shows Samsung has secured a permit to test self-driving cars (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

After documenting botnet attack on ProPublica, DFR Lab faced its own attack from bots and impersonators, who use follows, likes, retweets to intimidate users (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) אסף מגידש

Crowdsourced same-day delivery platform Deliv expands to 33 markets and 1,400 cities, says it has 4,000 retail partners including Best Buy, UPS, and Macy's (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Lenovo debuts $1,330+ Yoga 920 with 4K display, $649 Yoga 720, $1K+ Miix 520 detachable, $349 Lenovo Explore AR headset, $80 pack that adds Alexa to its tablets (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Hands-on with the midrange Moto X4, which has 5.2" 1080p display, 12MP and 8MP dual cameras, IP68, Snapdragon 630, 3000mAh battery; ships September for €399 (Dan Seifert/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Amazon debuts first Alexa skills for children alongside new parental verification feature, to comply with government data protection regulations (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Microsoft brings its Mixer Create app to iOS and Android, letting users stream and broadcast games, pair with PC or Xbox, more (Nat Levy/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Andy Rubin apologizes for email, misconfigured as a group message, sent to Essential customers requesting personal info, like DOB, which ~70 replied to (Dieter Bohn/The Verge) אסף מגידש

How YouTube started using Google Brain's AI to improve video recommendations in 2015, which now drive 70% of videos' watch time (Casey Newton/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Instagram says some high-profile accounts have been breached, exposing phone numbers and email addresses via a bug in the API, now fixed (Todd Spangler/Variety) אסף מגידש

Sequoia's Ascent program, which pairs technical women with mentors from other portfolio companies, is increasing number of participants from 50 to 200 this year (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune) אסף מגידש

Expedia names CFO Mark Okerstrom as its new CEO, replacing Dara Khosrowshahi, who left for Uber (Expedia, Inc.) אסף מגידש

Box reports Q2 revenue of $122.9M, up 28% YoY, vs. $124.3M expected, on operating loss of $39M, or 32% of revenue, compared to 40% a year ago (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

In first appearance before Uber staff, Khosrowshahi says timeline for Uber IPO is 18-36 months, and he wants to bring in a chairman to be his partner on board (Greg Bensinger/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Judge sends Benchmark's lawsuit against Travis Kalanick to arbitration, allowing the former Uber CEO to avoid a potentially damaging deposition (Theodore Schleifer/Recode) אסף מגידש

Sources: 17 automotive engineers left Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox after Apple pared back its autonomous car ambitions (Alex Webb/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

PayPal debuts physical credit card that offers 2% cash back on purchases redeemable online via PayPal account (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Dropbox updates Paper with new design tool integrations and API for third-party developers to create and edit Paper documents in their apps (Dropbox Business) אסף מגידש

Hands-on with Samsung's Gear Sport, which is rated waterproof to 50M, has a rotatable bezel and a slim, ergonomic design, but lacks cellular connectivity (Vlad Savov/The Verge) אסף מגידש

FDA recalls some pacemaker models from St. Jude Medical, estimated at 465K units, for firmware update patching vulnerabilities; St. Jude first planned OTA fix (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Samsung debuts $199 Gear Fit 2 Pro fitness tracker with built-in GPS and Gear Sport smartwatch with round 1.2" AMOLED screen and Tizen UI, pricing TBD (Joe Maring/9to5Google) אסף מגידש

Over 21M comments have been submitted to FCC on its proposed neutrality roll-back as it closes submissions, although many are duplicates or created by spambots (The Guardian) אסף מגידש

Google Assistant coming to new speakers from Anker, Mobvoi, and Panasonic, will be integrated with LG home appliances (Greg Sterling/Search Engine Land) אסף מגידש

Asus unveils 13.9mm thick ZenBook Flip 14 with discrete Nvidia graphics weighing 3.08 pounds; all Flip laptops updated with Intel's latest quad-core processors (Steve Dent/Engadget) אסף מגידש

Concerns raised after New America Foundation, a think tank funded by Google, fired Barry Lynn, a scholar who praised EU's antitrust fine against Google (Kenneth P. Vogel/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Acer launches fanless Switch 7 hybrid tablet with discrete Nvidia graphics and Intel's 8th-generation Core i7 processor, available in December for $1,699 (Jon Fingas/Engadget) אסף מגידש

Interview with Alexa executives on the digital assistant's personality, history, and smart home capabilities (Ben Fox Rubin/CNET) אסף מגידש

Sources: next iPhone to have a software bar with new gesture controls to replace home button; notch area at the top will not be hidden (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Amazon and Microsoft partner to integrate Alexa and Cortana, allowing people to summon Cortana using Alexa, and vice versa, by the end of the year (Nick Wingfield/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Skype previews Interviews feature in browser for testing candidates with a real-time code editor that supports seven programming languages (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Dara Khosrowshahi's email to Expedia employees expresses optimism about his new role as Uber CEO but acknowledges that he's scared (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Dara Khosrowshahi is officially Uber CEO, according to an email from company's board to employees; Travis Kalanick says he "couldn't be happier" (Dan Primack/Axios) אסף מגידש

Okta adds two-factor authentication for all single sign-on customers, strengthens security features for its cloud-based Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Taiwanese AI startup Appier, which makes tools to aid marketing decisions, raises $33M Series C from SoftBank, Line, others to grow engineering team, R&D, more (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Sources detail Uber CEO process: Immelt withdrew early, Whitman overplayed her hand by negotiating for more control, then board went decisively to Khosrowshahi (Mike Isaac/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Analysis of 100+ products at Whole Foods in Princeton, NJ shows avg. price has dropped just ~1% since merger, with 78% of item prices unchanged from last week (Lisa Baertlein/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Apple, continuing its fight with media partners, will likely only succeed with TV when it brings its original shows to market (Peter Kafka/Recode) אסף מגידש

Google Maps rolls out "parking difficulty" icon to 25 more cities worldwide and adds a "find parking" option on Google Maps for Android in select cities (Nick Summers/Engadget) אסף מגידש

WhatsApp pilots verifying businesses, indicated by adding green check mark, and code analysis shows work on standalone app for companies to chat with customers (Alex Heath/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Sources: DoJ opens preliminary probe into whether Uber executives breached Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Uber says it's working with DoJ on the probe (Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Kik raises $50M through private sale of its Kin token to institutional investors and plans to raise $75M more in ICO (Jonathan Keane/CoinDesk) אסף מגידש

Researcher uncovers open server with 711M email addresses and other credentials, including passwords and email server info, used by a spambot to send malware (Zack Whittaker/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Preview of six AR apps coming to iOS 11 using ARKit, from GIPHY, Walking Dead, Ikea, Food Network, and more, and thoughts on AR controls and other conventions (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google says it's sharing a plan to comply with EU shopping search demands today; the search giant had initially said it "respectfully disagreed" with the ruling (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he plans to accept Uber CEO job and that the contact is still being finalized (Chris Kirkham/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Sources: Whisper loses board members, including Roelof Botha of Sequoia and Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed, as co-founders try to plan a buyout of early investors (Paresh Dave/Los Angeles Times) אסף מגידש

YouTube gets a redesign, including easier access to navigation tabs, new Library and Account tabs, variable speed playback on mobile, and a new logo (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Cyberprivacy platform startup Anonyome Labs raises $20.4M Series B, with Symantec CEO Greg Clark and Lifelock founder Todd Davis among investors (Eric David/SiliconANGLE) אסף מגידש

Source: Uber's HR chief informally told company employees that Dara Khosrowshahi is CEO; Khosrowshahi accepted the job hours after being offered it on Sunday (Yahoo! Finance) אסף מגידש