Lyft is trialling a subscription plans for high frequency users. Is this a potential model for other ride hailing services and could this be another alternative to private car ownership and public transit?
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- Quick Hits
- Former Qualcomm chairman Jacobs tells board he wants to take chipmaker private: Sources | cnbc
- Facebook apologises for search suggestions of child abuse videos | the guardian
- Microsoft wants to force Windows 10 Mail users to use Edge for email links | the verge
- Google Lens w/ visual search and assistance now rolling out to Google Photos for iOS | 9to5mac
- More Top Stories
- Apple to Host March 27 Event in Chicago: ‘Creative New Ideas for Teachers and Students’ | macrumors
- Alexa’s new ‘Brief Mode’ replaces verbal confirmations with chimes | tech crunch
- This City Just Passed the First Bitcoin Mining Ban in the US | motherboard
- Microsoft’s new gaming cloud division readies for a future beyond Xbox | the verge
- A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal” | mit
- Discussion
- Message of the Day
- Paul – Raspberry Pi uses
- Today’s Contributors
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US accuses Russia of hacking power grids, Plattsburgh NY imposes moratorium on bitcoin mining, Lyft tests subscription model. 
1926 – Robert Goddard conducted his first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. 
Say so long to Web 2.0 and make way for Web 3.0. It’s new, it’s fresh, and it’s already here. So what is it? Find out and what it means for your digital life. Linus Torvalds casts a critical eye on the CTS Labs security report on security flaws on AMD’s new processors and Fortune weighs the national security merits of blocking the Broadcomm/Qualcomm merger.
Google opens maps, Twitter may target Snapchat, and Linus Torvalds targets CTS’s AMD report.
YouTube adjusts and expands its content moderation initiative including limiting the amount of time moderators look at objectionable content and linking Wikipedia content but is this really the best the company can do? Plus France aims its legal sights on Google and Apple over treatment of developers.
Google bans crypotcurrency ads, France goes after Apple and Google for the way they treat developers and…. RIP Stephen Hawking.