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WELCOME TO THE Weird Wide Web – where we take a look at the week’s best offerings in tech and social media news.
This week we learned Google’s driverless cars will be programmed to exceed speed limits by up to 16km/h if it is deemed to be the safest option. The project’s lead software engineer told Reuters that this is designed for situations where going slower than surrounding vehicles that are over the limit could be dangerous.
A Google Street View car in Chile may have run over this dog…
People were pretty mad when Facebook forced them to download its Messenger app. It turns out it was a very effective move, though, with more than 500 million android users having now downloaded it.
Users of the anonymous sharing app Secret have started hosting dinner parties, to get to know some of the faceless people whose secrets they read. A reporter from Recode was lucky enough to get invited to one and here’s how she got on.
The creator of the intensely frustrating game Flappy Bird has released a new, equally nerve-wracking game to test your sanity, The Next Web reports.
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