IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/8/2015

LAPD officer convicted in videotaped beating of handcuffed suspect
Three LAPD officers have been charged with assault in incidents caught on video.

Apple may change its 30/70 revenue split for media on some platforms
Company wants to encourage content creators to stay with Apple by improving margins.

The post-apocalyptic dimensional space of Native video game design
First-ever summit explores how games can preserve cultural stories, languages.

Drone flies within “a few hundred feet” of descending Southwest flight
The Dallas Police Department was not able to locate the drone, nor its pilot.

Dota 2 breaks e-sports prize record with $11.5 million crowdfunded pot
With two months of fundraising left, there are still millions to come.

Kleiner Perkins says Pao is asking for $2.7 million not to appeal
The venture capital firm says Pao can't strike costs from its restitution bill.

Google self-driving car gets rear-ended in 13th accident since 2009
1.8 million miles later, turns out Google self-driving cars seem pretty safe.

Defamation suit against EFF dropped three days after it’s served
EFF is fine and still thinks Scott Horstemeyer's patent is stupid.

Skype for Web opened up in US and UK… with plugins
It looks and acts like Skype, but it's not built on open standards yet.

Lawyer who sued EFF blames Ars readers for hacking, defamation
Sanford Asman fights CaseRails and a commenter who called him "Ass man."

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/8/2015

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