
California DMV To Start Approving Permits For Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles, With And Without Backup Drivers, From Jan. 17, Both For Testing And Commercial Use (Matt Brown/Jalopnik)
California DMV to start approving permits for self-driving delivery vehicles, with and without backup drivers, from Jan. 17, both for testing and commercial use — Are you ready to be stuck in traffic behind armies of autonomous delivery…

An Overview Of The CCPA, Set To Go Into Effect Jan. 1, And The Confusion Surrounding It Due To Its Technical Complexity And Rushed Timeline (Sam Dean/Los Angeles Times)
An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline — A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the…

MasterCard Acquires RiskRecon, A Startup That Had Raised $40M To Make Cybersecurity Risk Assessments Of Third Party Vendors From Publicly Available Data (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
MasterCard acquires RiskRecon, a startup that had raised $40M to make cybersecurity risk assessments of third party vendors from publicly available data — MasterCard announced today that it is acquiring RiskRecon, a Salt Lake City startup that uses…

Walmart Ends Contract With Bossa Nova Robotics And Its Plan For Robots To Scan Shelves, Sources Say Amid Easier Solutions And Concerns About Shoppers’ Reactions (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)
Walmart ends contract with Bossa Nova Robotics and its plan for robots to scan shelves, sources say amid easier solutions and concerns about shoppers’ reactions — Retailer ends contract with robotics company after seeing similar results from workers…

YouTube Gives Creators More Ways To Handle Copyright Disputes With A YouTube Studio Update That Includes An Assisted Trim Tool To Edit Out Claimed Content (Julia Alexander/The Verge)
YouTube gives creators more ways to handle copyright disputes with a YouTube Studio update that includes an Assisted Trim tool to edit out claimed content — An automatic trim feature helps directly tackle the problem — YouTube’s recent…

BT Sport Ultimate Delivers Your Sport In 4K HDR With Dolby Atmos Sound
BT has been pushing to become the destination for sports, fighting back against the BBC and Sky for rights and coverage of some of the biggest sporting competitions. One of the first steps was launching BT Sport 4K UHD in 2015, which…

Adult Film Producer Bang Bros Says It Has Bought PornWikiLeaks.Com, A Forum Devoted To Doxxing And Harassing Porn Performers, And Is Shutting It Down (Samantha Cole/VICE)
Adult film producer Bang Bros says it has bought PornWikiLeaks.com, a forum devoted to doxxing and harassing porn performers, and is shutting it down — PornWikiLeaks was a forum devoted to revealing the names and personal information of…

F1 Recruitment
Brief: One of the more seasoned recruitment consultancies in marketing and communications boasting an outstanding network and reputation, f1 Recruitment has been finding jobs for people all over the world. They contacted us requesting the highest level of…

Reddit Adds Chat Rooms For Subreddits
The “front page of the internet” is bringing back one of the web’s oldest features: chat rooms. Reddit company is introducing a new chat tool, which allows Reddit users to start small group chats from within popular subreddits.Called…

BBC IPlayer For Kids: What You Need To Know About The Safe Version Of IPlayer For Children
There’s a new child-orientated version of BBC iPlayer that’s rolling out to connected TVs. It brings together the best from CBBC and CBeebies and its launch has clearly been timed to coincide with children having to be at home…