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Friday, September 4, 2015

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BlackBerry buying Good Technology for $425 million

BlackBerry is buying Sunnyvale-based Good Technology for $425 million in cash, the Canadian company announced today.

On topic: Tech news to know now

Here’s what’s on the Friday menu.

Toyota invests $50 million in AI centers, partners with Stanford, MIT

Toyota is investing $25 million to create a new artificial intelligence research center at Stanford University.

Feds: Former Tesla engineer hacked his boss

Federal prosecutors have charged a former Tesla Motors engineer with two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of computer intrusion for hacking into private company information.

For drone vs. the US Open, it's love-30

It was the next-to-the-last game of a second-round match of the US Open featuring Italy’s Flavia Pennetta against Monica Niculescu of Romania.

Off topic: U.S. of slang, cassette factory, Taylor Swift and Socrates, puzzle time

In California, “hella” wins in this map that chose an “official” slang word for each state. “I think you could characterize our operating model as stubbornness and stupidity” — and now an audio cassette factory in Missouri says it’s making more cassettes than ever. “Must the player always play, play, play?” Taylor Swift: A Socratic Dialogue. And the annoying boxes puzzle.

Finally

Levi Sumagaysay asks: What’s in your head? Programming note: SiliconBeat/GMSV will be taking Labor Day off. We’ll return Tuesday, Sept. 8.

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