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Tesla Automatic Driving Under Scrutiny by US Regulators

{$inline_image} The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation about Tesla’s automatic driving features (PDF), claiming to have identified 11 accidents that are of concern. In particular, they are looking at the feature Tesla calls “Autopilot” or traffic-aware cruise control” while approaching stopped responder vehicles like fire trucks or ambulances.

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Tinder says it will bring its optional ID Verification feature, which has been available in Japan since 2019, to all members globally "in the coming quarters" (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

Kim Lyons / The Verge: Tinder says it will bring its optional ID Verification feature, which has been available in Japan since 2019, to all members globally “in the coming quarters”  —  The feature has been active in Japan since 2019  —  Tinder said on Monday that it will make its ID Verification feature available

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Independent research firm sued by Apple now wants to help vet the phone maker’s child sexual abuse scanning system

Corellium, a security research firm that was sued by Apple in a recently-settled lawsuit, announced it would offer $5,000 grants to security researchers to help analyze Apple’s new software that scans iPhones for child sexual abuse material. The Corellium grants, which came two days after an Apple executive called on security researchers to hold the

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Roblox reports Q2 bookings of $665.5M, up 35% YoY, vs. $689.2M est., revenue of $454.1M, up 127% YoY, net loss of $140.1M, and average DAUs of 43.2M, up 29% YoY (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Roblox reports Q2 bookings of $665.5M, up 35% YoY, vs. $689.2M est., revenue of $454.1M, up 127% YoY, net loss of $140.1M, and average DAUs of 43.2M, up 29% YoY  —  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $665.5 million

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