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November 26, 2018, 12:20 PM

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CNET:
The best Cyber Monday 2018 deals on phones, fitness trackers, smart speakers, streaming devices, and more, from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and others  —  Cyber Monday is almost upon us and that means deals, deals, deals.  Some are good, some are bad — here are the best of them.
Ava Kofman / The Intercept:
AC Global Risk, a startup that touts Apple, Facebook, Palantir, and Google as clients, claims it can assess one's “risk level” via a 10 minute yes/no voice Q&A  —  Is it possible to tell whether someone is a criminal just from looking at their face or listening to the sound of their voice?
Reuters:
Sources: Russia's considering legislation that would fine tech companies up to 1% of their annual revenue in the country for failing to comply with Russian laws  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched a civil case against Google (GOOGL.O), accusing it of failing to comply with a legal requirement …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Interview with Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais on how the company has returned to profitability and paid off its debt ahead of a planned console launch in 2019  —  When Fred Chesnais took over the legendary Atari company in 2013, the new owners had about $34 million (30 million euros) in debt and about $1 million in revenue.
Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard:
How Lenny, a chatbot made in 2009 to troll telemarketers, has gained a cult following and now gets ~300 calls/day, averaging almost ten minutes per call  —  Lenny is a decade-old chatbot designed to troll telemarketers that has developed a cult following online.  It's remarkably convincing, but is it actually effective?
Joshua Tauberer / Ars Technica:
Washington DC is now using the Open Law Library, a non-profit codification contractor to publish its laws in XML format on GitHub  —  Washington DC has made GitHub the authoritative digital source for DC laws.  —  Recently, I found a typo in the District of Columbia's legal code and corrected it using GitHub.

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