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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- May 18, 2016

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Otto Kits Out Big Rigs With Aftermarket Self-Driving Tech
Motorola Shows Off New Moto G Collection
Google to Dim Flash Player in Chrome Browser
Forked Debian Beta Is Rough Around the Edges
Facebook Looks Into Bias Claims
Could the Next Disruptive Consumer Product Be a Flip Phone?

Today's Story Highlights

Otto Kits Out Big Rigs With Aftermarket Self-Driving Tech
Otto on Monday introduced a self-driving kit designed to help those
behind the wheel of big rigs drive more safely and efficiently. The
company is developing a suite of sensors, software and other truck-
related enhancements that could be retrofitted into existing vehicles.
The technology has been tested in Otto's research fleet, and the company
completed an autonomous demo on public highways.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83519.html

Motorola Shows Off New Moto G Collection
Motorola on Tuesday unveiled three new smartphones: the fourth-
generation Moto G, the Moto G Plus and the Moto G Play. The Moto G and
Moto G Plus can be customized using Moto Maker, while the Moto G Play
can not. All three run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. The Moto G and Moto G
Plus became available Tuesday in Brazil and India. They will be rolled
out elsewhere over time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83517.html

Google to Dim Flash Player in Chrome Browser
Google last week announced that it would minimize use of Adobe's Flash
Player in its Chrome Web browser by the end of the year by turning off
its default status. When Chrome encounters a Web page, it will report
the presence of Flash Player only if a user has indicated that the
domain should execute Flash or if the site is in one of the top 10
domains using Flash, ‎Google's Anthony LaForge said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83512.html

Forked Debian Beta Is Rough Around the Edges
The Devuan GNU/Linux community's much-awaited Devuan Linux Jessie 1.0
beta release is available. It took two years for disgruntled Debian
community members to make good on their promise of a systemd-free Debian
distro. They rejected a Linux-wide trend to replace older init processes
such as Upstart and System V with systemd. The process of forking Debian
into Devuan took much longer than expected.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83514.html

Facebook Looks Into Bias Claims
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week announced that the company would
investigate allegations that its Trending Topics feature had an
anticonservative bias. "We have found no evidence that this report is
true," he said, referring to a news report that kicked off the storm.
"If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that
we will take additional steps to address it."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83511.html

Could the Next Disruptive Consumer Product Be a Flip Phone?
Smartphones appear to be losing their luster, and the king of
smartphones -- Apple -- clearly is not having a good year. Suddenly, I'm
hearing that there is an upswing in flip phones, making this feel a bit
like a Game of Thrones episode, when a believed-dead king returns to
seize the throne by surprise. Clearly, the market is looking for the
next big thing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83494.html

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