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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 almost upon us and that means deals, deals, deals. Some are good, some are bad — here are the best of them.
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Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room” in favor of a “strategic response team” that attempts to handle critical and time-sensitive situations — COO oversaw social-media company's meteoric rise, but her leadership is being questioned now
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Airbnb says it has hired Dave Stephenson, VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, as its CFO, ahead of a potential IPO in 2019 — - Stephenson spent 17 years as Amazon, most recently as VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, responsible for all global website sales.| Matthew Weaver / The Guardian: |
Google settles racial discrimination claim with a contractor who was frequently harassed by security in shopping centers as he was mapping Wi-Fi networks there — New contract offer withdrawn after ‘Rashid’ complained that undercover project left him vulnerable to profiling| Reuters: |
Logitech says it has ended talks to acquire Plantronics; Logitech was rumored to have offered $2.2B to acquire the communications equipment maker — (Reuters) - Logitech International SA (LOGN.S), a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, has ended discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
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Interview with Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais on how the company has returned to profitability and paid off its debt ahead of a planned console launch in 2019 — When Fred Chesnais took over the legendary Atari company in 2013, the new owners had about $34 million (30 million euros) in debt and about $1 million in revenue.| 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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How Lenny, a chatbot made in 2009 to troll telemarketers, has gained a cult following and now gets ~300 calls/day, averaging almost ten minutes per call — Lenny is a decade-old chatbot designed to troll telemarketers that has developed a cult following online. It's remarkably convincing, but is it actually effective?| Mark McGranaghan / inkandswitch.com: |
An in-depth look at the latencies introduced at various points, from input devices to what is displayed on the screen, that make apps feel slow — You spend lots of time waiting on your computer. You pause while apps start and web pages load. Spinner icons are everywhere.
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How Ripple has distanced itself from previous statements that it created XRP “within the Ripple network”, amid a pending lawsuit and looming SEC scrutiny — $XRP is currently the second largest cryptocurrency with a $14.2 billion market cap as of 10am ET today.| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Study of developed markets: US has the 5th highest per gigabyte prices in 4G smartphone plans and is the most expensive market in wireless home broadband plans — US consumers pay “excessive" prices for mobile data, research firm warns, adding that with looming mergers—it could soon get worse.| JOnathan Prynn / London Evening Standard: |
Amazon to close its food delivery service Amazon Restaurants in UK from December 3, just over two years after launching in the country — Amazon is to close its London-based takeaway delivery service next month in a rare reverse for the US tech giant. — Customers have received an email saying …
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