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Tech news, in a byte-sized update. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.

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218: December 7, 2018 Dec 07, 2018

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MoviePass and Microsoft Edge are both being reborn, while the Apple Watch Series 4 can now tell if you're about to die.

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MoviePass announces new pricing plans for 2019 | TechCrunch

Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser on Chrome and bringing it to the Mac - The Verge

Apple Releases watchOS 5.1.2 With ECG, New Infograph Complications and Walkie-Talkie Control Center Toggle - MacRumors

Hands-On With the ECG Feature for Apple Watch Series 4 - MacRumors

217: December 6, 2018 Dec 06, 2018

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The UK government releases internal Facebook documentation; Google employees lobby for better rights for contract workers; Canadian authorities arrest a Chinese tech exec at the request of the U.S. government.

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Facebook Emails Show Its Real Mission: Making Money and Crushing Competition - The New York Times

Response to Six4Three Documents | Facebook Newsroom

Facebook Wielded Data to Reward, Punish Rivals, Emails Show - Bloomberg

Googlers Write to CEO Demanding Equal Treatment for Contractors - Bloomberg

Canada arrests Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver - The Globe and Mail

216: December 5, 2018 Dec 05, 2018

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5G is here, if you live in Hawaii or the future. Pausing doesn’t mean what you think it means, and Uber/Lyft drivers in NYC are getting good news.

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Qualcomm's New Snapdragon Chip Suggests 5G Is Almost Here | WIRED

Hulu, AT&T to Run Ads in 2019 When Viewers Pause Their Streaming TV – Variety

NYC votes to set minimum pay for Uber, Lyft drivers | Ars Technica

215: December 4, 2018 Dec 04, 2018

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Tumblr bans explicit imagery; Apple plans to sit out the first year of 5G; and Microsoft takes a third crack at making a lightweight version of Windows.

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Tumblr will ban all adult content starting December 17th - The Verge

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What is Windows Lite? It's Microsoft's Chrome OS Killer - Petri

Apple Is Said to Miss Rapid 5G Takeoff, Sitting Out Tech Shift - Bloomberg

Do we need another stripped-down version of Windows? Microsoft apparently thinks so | PCWorld

Adult content – Help Center

214: December 3, 2018 Dec 03, 2018

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Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo, 8K TV is coming to Japan and new AirPods are coming ... eventually.

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Apple Music to Launch on Amazon's Echo Devices the Week of December 17 - MacRumors

The first 8K satellite TV broadcasts launched today in Japan

Kuo: 'All-new design' AirPods in 2020, wireless charging model in first quarter 2019 - 9to5Mac

213: November 30, 2018 Nov 30, 2018

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Samsung employees are caught selling foldable-screen secrets to China; young people are streaming video to traditional TV sets; and the remnants of Mic get sold off after it failed to find a business model.

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South Korea Charges 11 With Selling Samsung Technology to China - Bloomberg

Nielsen: Americans are streaming 8 billion hours of content per month on connected TVs | TechCrunch

Mic laid off the majority of its staff - Recode

Mic Network Sold to Bustle for About $5 Million - WSJ

212: November 29, 2018 Nov 29, 2018

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Amazon Web Services embraces the blockchain, takes on Microsoft, and revs up an unexpected approach to encouraging machine-learning development.

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Amazon debuts new self-driving racing league with tiny machine learning-powered race cars – GeekWire

Amazon Targets Hybrid-Cloud Customers With On-Site Servers - Bloomberg

Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database & Managed Blockchain | TechCrunch

211: November 28, 2018 Nov 28, 2018

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iCloud works again on Windows 10, AWS built an ARM chip for use in servers, and Spotify looks to enter the market in India.

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iCloud works again on Windows 10, AWS built an ARM chip for use in servers, and Spotify looks to enter the market in India.

Apple fixes iCloud to work better with Windows 10 October Update - The Verge

Amazon Web Services introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, promises 45 percent lower costs for some workloads – GeekWire

Spotify plans to expand into India within the next six months - The Verge

210: November 27, 2018 Nov 27, 2018

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The Supreme Court seems inclined to let an antitrust lawsuit against Apple move forward; Facebook disbands its election tampering "war room"; Facebook repositions its streaming-video service to focus on older viewers as teens abandon the platform.

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U.S. top court leans towards allowing Apple App Store antitrust suit | Reuters

Argument analysis: Justices poised to allow antitrust dispute against Apple over apps to go forward - SCOTUSblog

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Is Tainted by Crisis After Crisis - Bloomberg

Facebook Watch pivoting older audiences, teens tuning out

209: November 26, 2018 Nov 26, 2018

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The UK government has seized documents that claim to show Facebook’s true knowledge of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Logitech is trying to purchase Plantronics, and if you want your sneakers to look like a Playstation — you’re in luck!