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Apple Podcasts and Spotify podcasts are available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo speakers in the US, starting today — Sad for HomePod — Starting today, Apple Podcasts is available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo speakers.
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Microsoft's next-gen Xbox, once-codenamed Project Scarlett, is officially called Xbox Series X, and looks more like a PC than past consoles — Xbox now looks like a PC — Microsoft's next-generation Xbox is officially called Xbox Series X. Microsoft revealed the name and console design on stage at the Game Awards today.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Unencrypted hard drives with payroll data, including names, bank account numbers, compensation info of 29,000 Facebook employees, stolen in a car break-in — - Some 29,000 current, former employees impacted by theft — Unencrypted hard drives were stolen from payroll worker's car
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple buys Spectral Edge, a UK startup whose tech improves the colors in photos by taking infrared shots and blending them with standard photos — - Spectral Edge technology improves colors in smartphone photos — Photograph is a key differentiator in the smartphone market
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| Polina Marinova / Fortune: |
WeWork sells SEO startup Conductor, which it bought for $113.6M, back to its management team, shuts down Spacious, which it acquired for $42.5M four months ago — As WeWork looks to sort out its future, the flashy startups it acquired are also seeking a new path forward.| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google says it has captured more than 10M miles of Street View imagery, and, via Google Earth, mapped out the parts of the world where 98% of people live — If Google were to have a mascot, it might be the Street View car, with its towering camera rig and corporate logo exterior. There's good reason for that.
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| Bloomberg: |
Inside Google's culture war as some employees and managers describe a “climate of fear” and the erosion of transparency that once defined the company — Restive workers see a culture in ‘total collapse.’ — Each morning, workers at Google get an internal newsletter called the “Daily Insider.”
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Trump agrees to a limited trade deal with China that could result in Apple and others avoiding a 15% tariff on their products set to begin on Dec. 15 — Plan would prevent new tariffs planned for Sunday and roll back some existing tariff rates — President Trump has agreed …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube's premium services have 800K+ subscribers in India and are growing faster than rival paid services including Spotify, Gaana, and JioSaavn — - YouTube said to sign up more than 800,000 users in the country — India is home to the video service's most-subscribed channel
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| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
Liu Jingyao, the college student who accused JD.com founder Richard Lui of rape, describes what it's like to be slut-shamed by the Chinese internet — Liu Jingyao, a college student, describes what it's like to be slut-shamed by 800 million people. — MINNEAPOLIS — When Liu Jingyao introduced herself …
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| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn to leave Walmart in early 2020, two years after selling his menswear brand to Walmart for $310M — KEY POINTS — The founder of Bonobos, Andy Dunn, is leaving Walmart, roughly two years after the company acquired the money-losing online apparel retailer …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India shuts down internet in two states that are home to 32M people, after protests over a citizenship bill, as Kashmir shutdown continues into its fourth month — India maintained a shutdown of the internet in the states of Assam and Meghalaya on Friday, now into 36 hours …
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