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Tech News Flash: Monday -- July 6, 2015

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Musk Donates $10 Million to Keep AI From Going Rogue
Rick Perry and the Texas vs. California Tech War
Microsoft Anchors Minecraft Strategy to Education
The Tour de France's Tech Transformation
FBI Hunts SF Bay Area Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

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Today's Story Highlights

Musk Donates $10 Million to Keep AI From Going Rogue
The Future of Life Institute on Monday announced 37 winners of grant
funding provided by Elon Musk and the Open Philanthropy Project. Musk
contributed $10 million toward the effort. A total of $7 million will be
awarded to fund the research teams for up to three years, most starting
in September. Another $4 million is available to support research grants
for areas that emerge as most promising.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82239.html

Rick Perry and the Texas vs. California Tech War
A couple of weeks ago, I was waiting to do a CNBC slot on what to expect
from the Apple Watch in Asia -- the entire smartwatch class is having a
lot of issues for a variety of reason -- and I ran into Rick Perry,
former governor of Texas, as he was coming out of the same studio I was
about to enter. For some reason, I thought he was going to be a typical
entitled stuck-up jerk, but he wasn't.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82238.html

Microsoft Anchors Minecraft Strategy to Education
Microsoft wants to find ways to assist the pioneering teachers who have
taught pupils through the sandbox construction game Minecraft . The
company earlier this week launched its Minecraft in Education initiative
to turn the pioneers into pillars. There was puzzlement over Microsoft's
end game last September, when it purchased Mojang, the studio behind the
multiplatform hit.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82237.html

The Tour de France's Tech Transformation
The 102nd running of the longest sporting event in the world, the Tour
de France, begins Saturday. The race first took place in 1903, and it
has continued every year since, except during WWI and WWII. In the 112
years since that first race, the technology utilized by the riders has
changed dramatically. Today, the racers ride bikes with frames made of
advanced carbon fiber.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82235.html

FBI Hunts SF Bay Area Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters
The FBI for the past year has been on the hunt for people slashing
fiber-optic cables throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The FBI called
for the public's assistance in June, after 10 attacks had taken place.
The 11th occurred on Tuesday, when someone severed cables used by Wave
Broadband. "We have been in consultation with the FBI," said Wave
Broadband spokesperson Mark Petersen.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82236.html

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