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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- April 9, 2016

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A Convoy of Autonomous Trucks Just Platooned Across Europe
Reddit's Blocking Tool Balances Free Speech With Right to Ignore
White House Takes a Pass on Encryption Debate
Vivaldi Flaunts Its Plus-Size Browser Attributes
Volkswagen Picks Mirantis to Build Massive OpenStack Cloud

Today's Story Highlights

A Convoy of Autonomous Trucks Just Platooned Across Europe
A dozen trucks utilizing an autonomous driving system arrived Wednesday
in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after traveling across Europe in the European
Truck Platooning Challenge. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment, along with the Directorate General Rijkswaterstaat, the
Netherlands Vehicle Authority and the Conference of European Directors
of Roads were behind the initiative.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83345.html

Reddit's Blocking Tool Balances Free Speech With Right to Ignore
Reddit this week announced that it has extended the reach of its
blocking tool, which was introduced in 2011 to let users fight
harassment. The tool previously focused on blocking private messages;
now it can block comments to users' posts. Clicking the Block User
button while viewing a reply will hide the blocked user's profile,
comments, posts and messages without that user's knowledge.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83342.html

White House Takes a Pass on Encryption Debate
It appears that the Obama administration will refrain from giving its
outspoken support to any legislation that aims to compel high-tech
companies to help law enforcement agencies crack mobile phone
encryption. On the other hand, it won't level any outspoken opposition
either. Introduction of such a bill -- sponsored by Sens. Dianne
Feinstein and Richard Burr -- is expected soon.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83339.html

Vivaldi Flaunts Its Plus-Size Browser Attributes
Vivaldi on Wednesday launched the first release of its eponymously named
browser. Vivaldi is the brainchild of CEO Jon von Tetzchner, a cofounder
of Opera Software. Aimed at the power user, Vivaldi 1.0 packs in
features that were stripped out of Opera 12. However, "Vivaldi is not
about a single feature," von Tetzchner said. "Vivaldi is more about a
philosophy."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83336.html

Volkswagen Picks Mirantis to Build Massive OpenStack Cloud
Mirantis on Wednesday announced that Volkswagen Group has selected
Mirantis OpenStack to power its cloud applications. The selection
process involved a series of cloud-to-cloud performance trials between
Red Hat and Mirantis, one of the last pure-play OpenStack companies.
It's ideally positioned to pursue and win large-scale deals like the
Volkswagen project, analyst Charles King said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83337.html

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