Fri. 06/05 - What If Self-Driving Cars Won’t Prevent As Many Accidents As We Hoped?

Amazon and Slack form an interesting alliance. Google outlines evidence hackers are already attacking the Presidential campaigns. What if self-driving cars won’t prevent as many accidents as we hoped? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Amazon licenses Slack for all employees, while Slack adopts AWS video-calling tech (CNBC)
• Google says Iranian, Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns (TechCrunch)
• Twitter has a record-breaking week as users looked for news of protests and COVID-19 (TechCrunch)
• Study: Autonomous vehicles won’t make roads completely safe (Associated Press)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Worst. Deal. Ever. (Forbes)
• The Font That Solves The Big Problem With Dark Mode (Forbes)
• Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games (Engadget)
• Charli D’Amelio is TikTok’s biggest star. She has no idea why. (Washington Post)
• From RealPlayer to Toshiba, Tech Companies Cash in on the Facial Recognition Gold Rush (OneZero)
• Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (Nautilus)

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