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November 28, 2016, 4:40 PM

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sling TV announces cloud DVR feature, launching beta in December, to take on Sony's PlayStation Vue, others  —  As competition between television streaming services heats up, Dish's Sling TV announced a new feature designed to better compete with rivals like Sony's PlayStation Vue and others …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming TV service launches Nov. 30 starting at $35/mo. for 60+ channels, up to $70/month for 120+ channels  —  AT&T has officially unveiled details about its upcoming streaming TV service called DirecTV Now.  The company first announced the subscription video service back in March …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat; app to be shut down, team to form a new media startup as an extension of CNN  —  With millions of people regularly tuning in to his YouTube video blogs every morning, Casey Neistat has a millennial fan base coveted by both marketers and media companies.
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Om Malik / New Yorker:
Silicon Valley's biggest failing is its distinct lack of empathy for the lives disrupted by its tech: from self-driving trucks to the proliferation of fake news  —  Silicon Valley seems to have lost a bit of its verve since the Presidential election.  The streets of San Francisco—spiritually part of the Valley—feel less crowded.
Mark Harris / Backchannel:
Before being acquired by Uber for $680M, self-driving truck startup Otto explicitly ignored Nevada DMV regulations during first public testing  —  The engineer who helped craft Nevada's self-driving car regulations also ended up blowing past them.  —  could be the plot of an Ocean's Eleven movie …

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