In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 21st August 2016 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Info Edge, Times Internet, HP and E2E for their support. - Uber to launch a fleet of autonomous cars in the US Online cab aggregator Uber will launch its self-driving cars as soon as this month in Pittsburgh, US, reports TechCrunch. The company said it would deploy around 100 modified Volvo XC90s outfitted with self-driving equipment to kick off the project. Read it here. - Twitter has taken down 235,000 accounts which promote terrorism Twitter has taken additional steps to curb users who promote violent extremism and has suspended 235,000 accounts in the past six months, the company said in a blog post. The company added that it has significantly made progress in disrupting these users from returning to the platform. Read it here. - Times Group’s Brand Capital invests Rs 130 crore in Quikr Times Groups’s Brand Capital, its private treaty arm, has invested Rs 130 crore ($19.4 million) in online classifieds company Quikr through convertible debentures. Brand Capital has subscribed to 143,000 convertible debentures at Rs 9,038.32 and has bought one share priced at Rs 9,038.32 crore. The private placement offer was circulated on April, 2016. Read it here. - Hathway’s board approves IPO for subsidiary GTPL Hathway Cable’s board of directors has approved an IPO for its subsidiary GTPL (Gujarat Telelink Pvt Ltd), the company informed the BSE. The IPO for GTPL will…
