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November 20, 2015, 4:00 PM

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Jake Muncy / Wired:
PlayStation 2 Emulation Coming to PS4, Sony Confirms  —  Sony is working on bringing PlayStation 2 titles to the PlayStation 4, the company confirmed to WIRED Thursday evening.  —  “We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation,” a Sony representative told WIRED via email.
Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
Yahoo Mail is blocking ad-block users from accessing their email  —  Yahoo Mail is purportedly locking out people who use ad-blockers.  —  According to a post on Adblock Plus' message boards, a Yahoo user noticed the issue on Google Chrome when trying to access email this morning, posting this screenshot:
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Cisco buys conferencing software maker Acano for $700 million  —  Cisco said Acano's technology and expertise will bolster Cisco's development in the key collaboration areas of interoperability and scalability.  —  Cisco said Friday it plans to acquire Acano, a London-based tech firm …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debut of “Work Chat”  —  Facebook at Work, the version of Facebook designed for chatting with colleagues on a private social network, now has its own chat client as well.  Somewhat like Facebook at Work's version of Messenger, the new …
Peter Rubin / Wired:
Samsung Gear VR Review: $99 headset paired with a Samsung phone is the best VR experience available until dedicated systems arrive next year  —  Review: Samsung Gear VR  —  In the space of three and a half years, virtual reality has matured from a long-dead relic of '90s futurism …
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Coinbase Partners With Shift Payments To Issue Bitcoin Debit Card  —  This isn't the first bitcoin debit card in the world, but this is the first one that works with your Coinbase account.  Coinbase has partnered with Shift Payments so that you can get a Visa card for just $10 and pay everywhere with your bitcoins.
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire:
Microsoft partners with Volvo to explore augmented reality applications in car buying and more  —  Virtual car shopping on a HoloLens?  Volvo says it's coming next year thanks to Microsoft partnership … Volvo says I saw the future of car dealerships earlier today.
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Lumia 950 review: great screen and camera, using phone as a PC is neat but limited; it's not the ground-breaking phone Windows Phone needed to attract new users  —  Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care?  —  Camera is great and Continuum is cool …
David Ruddock / Android Police:
LG cancels rollout of Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch due to hardware issues, says it's uncertain if the device will launch at all  —  LG Cancels The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE Indefinitely Because Of Unspecified, Complex “Hardware Issue”  —  LG reached out to us moments ago with news …

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