10 things in tech you need to know today

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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.

1. Leaked emails obtained by Business Insider reveal that Tesla knew its Model S battery had a design flaw that could lead to break downs and fires, but it sold the cars anyway. This revelation comes as Tesla is dealing with customer complaints of manufacturing defects in its new Model Y crossover vehicles, including loose seatbelts and back seats.
2. Google is revamping its privacy policies and says it will now auto-delete search and location data by default for new users. Google will now auto-delete certain data after 18 months. 
3. The Defense Department on Wednesday published a list of Chinese companies that operate in the US and have been linked to the Chinese military. The president has the authority to impose sanctions against any of the companies listed, which include telecommunications giant Huawei, and Hikvision, which was blacklisted by the US in October 2019.
4. Mark Zuckerberg this week addressed a group of top-ranking executives from agency holding companies and advertisers including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Dentsu Aegis Network, and Omnicom Media Group. The companies are part of the client council, a small-knit group of marketing heavyweights from brands and ad agencies who work closely with Facebook on product features and other feedback.
5. Amazon engineers built an internal wiki page that suggests alternatives to unconsciously racist terms like 'brown bags,' 'cake walk,' and 'master/slave'. The movement is the latest example of employee-driven change at Amazon aimed at fostering a more inclusive work environment. 
6. Apple may be the target of a new antitrust probe from the Department of Justice over its controversial App Store policies, according to Politico. The probe would come after the European Commission just announced two probes into Apple, one of which will examine how it runs its App Store.
7. Mark Zuckerberg's former mentor has invested in privacy app Jumbo, which helps you mass delete old social media posts. Roger McNamee was previousy an adviser to Facebook but is now one of its fiercest critics, and has now backed an app that would let you wipe and control your Facebook data in a more granular way.
8. A black man from Michigan was wrongly arrested after a faulty facial recognition match, according to the New York Times. Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was arrested after a facial recognition system wrongly matched his photo with surveillance footage of a shoplifter.
9. The number of US enterprise software startups expanding to Europe has collapsed 60% in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote, according to a survey by Frontline Ventures. Although Brexit primarily impacts the UK, the research suggests some US founders were "spooked" by the vote out of expanding to the continent at all.
10. Apple has acquired a startup aimed at helping businesses manage employees' Macs and iPads. The buy pushes Apple into the mobile device management industry, at a time where a vast number of employees are working remotely. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed.

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