This Week in Tech 521

Windows 10 FUD, VR Neck, Obama’s supercomputer, Hitchbot, and more.

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• Nvidia recalls Shield Android tablets over battery fire fears
• Windows 10 – The First 24 Hours
• Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi With Contacts
• Windows 10 is spying on almost everything you do – here’s how to opt out
• Microsoft's HoloLens will ship to developers 'within the next year'
• Nokia reveals Ozo, a futuristic new camera for filming virtual reality
• Google Quietly Distributes New Version of Glass Aimed at Workplaces
• Everything in its right place
• Inside the failure of Google+, a very expensive attempt to unseat Facebook
• Google+ Is Alive and Well Despite Persistent Media Reports
• Moto G hands-on: Motorola's most popular phone gets a premium upgrade
• OnePlus 2 hands-on: the flagship killer grows
• Amazon’s crazy Dash Buttons on sale for all Prime members
• Sources: Apple to debut new Apple TV with App Store, SDK, Siri support, and touch remote during September iPhone event
• Android Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk
• Researcher says he can hack GM’s OnStar app, open vehicle, start engine
• Facebook Beats In Q2 With $4.04B Revenue, User Growth Slows To 3.47% QOQ To Hit 1.49B
• Twitter reports better-than-expected Q2 revenue of $502M with just 316M MAUs, a number that includes “SMS Fast Followers
• Sources say Twitter's list of outside CEO candidates is lacking, pointing to Dorsey or Bain, with Bain in lead because of Dorsey
• NBCUniversal Poised to Make Big Investments in BuzzFeed and Vox Media
• Georgia sues Carl Malamud, calls publishing state laws "terrorism"
• Obama's New Executive Order Says the US Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer
• "Happy Birthday" Lawsuit: "Smoking Gun" Emerges in Bid to Free World's Most Popular Song
• Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible
• Man shoots down drone hovering over house