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November 26, 2018, 6:05 PM

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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
During a hearing SCOTUS justices appeared open to letting Apple App Store antitrust lawsuit proceed; the plaintiffs have backing from 30 state attorneys general  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Hacker gains access to the repo of Event-Stream, a JS library with 2M+ weekly downloads on npm.org, to inject BitPay's wallet apps with code that steals funds  —  Users of BitPay's Copay desktop and mobile wallet apps are affected.  An update has been released earlier today that doesn't contain the malicious code.
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
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 here, and so are the deals  —  Black Friday may be over, but the deals are still going strong.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Investigation: 8 apps with a total of 2B+ downloads from Google Play, including 7 from Cheetah mobile, exploit user permissions in an ongoing ad fraud scheme  —  Eight apps with a total of more than 2 billion downloads in the Google Play store have been exploiting user permissions as part …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook's YouTube competitor Watch is pivoting to older audiences as teens tune out and the company pares down the number of shows it purchases  —  - Facebook's Watch, a hub for shows and premium video content, was intended to be its big competitor to YouTube.
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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?

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