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Tweet A list of approved testers of autonomous vehicles on the website for California’s DMV was updated on April 14th, showing that Apple now holds a permit to test autonomous vehicles in the state. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Snap has opened up a new pop-up shop for its Spectacles in Southern California. If buying things online isn’t your thing, you can always head to the shop where they will be on sale for $ 129. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber, which directly connect passengers and personal drivers, got a boost of legitimacy this week when a California regulatory body voted to authorize the services. In a 5-0 decision, the California Public Utilities Commission said the companies, which had been operating in a legal grey area, are now officially a new form of service called “transportation network companies.” The services are disrupting the traditional taxi industry…

Tweet Cox has ended the trial of its Flarewatch service, which gave customers of the ISP access to an internet-based TV subscription, just three months after its launch. Flarewatch was available to a limited number of Cox customers in Orange County, Calif., and offered 90 TV channels as well as a cloud DVR service for $ 40 a month. The shutdown was first reported by LightReading Thursday. Flarewatch was an…

Tweet A new four letter bill, the IAMA, looks to protect the Internet from other bad four letter bills like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. But will the Internet American Moratorium Act gain traction? Read more… Neowin