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Mobile Minutes: NYT Now app shelved; Tencent overtakes Alibaba; Volvo, Uber team up; Hyundai on Alexa

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Tencent overtakes Alibaba as China’s most valuable tech company
Tencent, the owner of popular social messaging app WeChat, overtook e-commerce giant Alibaba to become China’s most valuable technology company on Thursday.
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Volvo and Uber team up to develop self-driving cars
Volvo Car Group has agreed a $300 million alliance with Uber to develop self-driving cars, the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers to team up with Silicon Valley firms seen as threats to their industry.
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Amazon’s Alexa can now boss around Hyundai Genesis cars
Hyundai announced Thursday that it has partnered with Amazon to let motorists use their home digital assistant Alexa to boss around their new Genesis luxury car.
Read more on USA Today