Oculus CEO and studio chief weigh in on Palmer Luckey's apology and other top stories.

• Oculus CEO and studio chief weigh in on Palmer Luckey's apology

  Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe weighed in on Facebook about Oculus founder Palmer Luckey’s ill-considered contribution to an anti-Hillary Clinton Internet campaign. Luckey made a lot of money selling Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014. He used part of his money to make a $10,000 contribution to pay for a group of self-proclaimed “shitposters” who wanted to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election with anti-Hillary Clinton memes. Luckey had to apologize after he was outed and a bunch o..

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• Chromebooks now have an easy time running Android apps

  

  The stable version of Chrome OS includes Google Play Store access if you're using the right PC. You no longer have to be an early adopter to run Android apps on a Chromebook. Google has released a stable version of Chrome OS that includes Google Play Store access in beta, giving you the opportunity to run mobile apps on top of your usual web access. You'll have to own an Acer Chromebook R11 or an ASUS Chromebook Flip to give this update a shot, but it beats having to run a Chrome OS beta just..

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• Google's self-driving car is the victim in a serious crash

  

  Google will likely shed full detail on the collision in its self-driving car report due at the end of the month. It makes no bones about what happened in a statement, though (see below). The Lexus didn't enter the intersection until "at least" 6 seconds after its traffic light turned green. There was no question that the van driver was at fault, in other words. Google also stressed that red light violations are the "leading cause" of car crashes in US cities, and that 94 percent of those ar..

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• How will Twitter's suitors reap its value?

  

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• Firefighting: Samsung recall threatens reputation, bottom line

  

  Exploding batteries and an embarrassing recall of a flagship gadget during a controversial, closely-watched leadership transition—it's been a bad year for Samsung, and analysts warn the trouble isn't over yet. With ever-fiercer competition in the ...

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