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December 16, 2016, 11:00 AM

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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Inside Trump's tech summit: Nadella talks immigration, Sandberg brings up STEM, and Bezos raises China; execs say Trump's kids involvement was inappropriate  —  It's almost like Recode was in the air duct at Trump Tower.  —  The leaders of tech were closemouthed about their meeting …
Greg Chiemingo / Evernote Blog:
Evernote backtracks, will no longer change its privacy policy in January after user backlash, will not let employees read notes unless users opt-in  —  “Trust is at the heart of our service.  That means we need to be transparent, admit our missteps, and commit to making the Evernote experience …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
To fight fake news, Facebook tests easier hoax reporting, uses third-party fact checkers to flag stories, punishes stories shared less after being read, more  —  For weeks, Facebook has faced questions about its role in spreading fake news.  The intense scrutiny has caused internal divisions …
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Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
Oracle reports $9B Q2 revenue, with SaaS and PaaS revenue up 81% YoY to $878M, IaaS up 6% YoY to $175M; firm says it beats Salesforce in cloud computing revenue  —  Database giant Oracle (ORCL) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue slightly below consensus, and beat by a penny on the bottom line …
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Audio syncing app AmpMe updated to support music streaming across multiple Bluetooth speakers using almost any phone  —  iOS or Android, too  —  In 2015, a small company called AmpMe rolled out an app with a clever premise — it let you sync audio playback across any number of phones …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Verizon will roll out update for Galaxy Note 7 that disables device on January 7, after previously saying it would not  —  Waiting until after the holidays  —  Verizon has just announced that it plans to roll out Samsung's upcoming Note 7 update, which permanently stops the recalled smartphone …
Kirsten Korosec / Fortune:
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan  —  General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Thursday said the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan just days …
Rhea Mahbubani / NBC Bay Area:
Uber says one of its self-driving cars ran a red light in San Francisco “due to human error”  —  It's day one of Uber's self-driving car test in San Francisco, and already trouble is brewing amidst reports of vehicles running red lights and California regulators threatening legal action.

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