Dec 2nd 2016
Tech News Today 1653
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Nikola hydrogen-powered semi truck
A massive cybercrime cloud-hosting network called Avalanche was dismantled, with raids in five countries following a four-year investigation.
Facebook is reportedly in talks with publishers about a new feature called Collections that would bring curated content into the news feed. The feature would be separate from what your friends share, so as to pop some of your filter bubble, and could help to crack down on fake news.
Cyanogen Inc is undergoing significant changes by shuttering its Seattle office and moving some of its employees to Palo Alto. Cyanogen also confirmed that co-founder Steve Kondik, who also originally created the CyanogenMod ROM for Android, is no longer with the company.
The Human Sized Atlas Robot from Boston Dynamics just achieved a new skill -- moving quickly on uneven rough terrain. The movement is very slow at the moment, but since it's based on an algorithm, roboticists could potentially speed it up so Atlas could travel more speedily off road.
The newly announced Nikola One long haul semi is packing a zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell with an operational range of up to 1200 miles on a charge. Nikola is beginning construction of 364 hydrogen fueling stations across North America that all hydrogen-powered vehicles can use starting in late 2019.
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Links
- Legal raids in five countries seize botnet servers, sinkhole 800,000+ domains
- Check if you were hit by the massive 'Avalanche' cybercrime ring
- Facebook working on a plan to pick news from favored media partners like Snapchat
- [Updated] Steve Kondik blames Kirt McMaster for Cyanogen Inc's failure, CyanogenMod to reorganize and regroup
- Atlas robot is getting better at chasing you down
- Nikola reveals hydrogen fuel cell truck with range of 1,200 miles
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