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Google has a data scandal and it's a doozy. Facebook portal is real, a Microsoft streaming gaming service is real, next generation Intel chips are manifest, no one knows what to believe in that blockbuster Bloomberg story, and how the Internet Archive works.

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Facebook launches Portal auto-zooming video chat screens for $199/$349 (TechCrunch)

THE NEW AMAZON ECHO SHOW’S IMPROVED SCREEN AND BETTER SPEAKERS AREN’T ENOUGH (The Verge)

Microsoft’s xCloud service streams Xbox games to PCs, consoles, and mobile devices (The Verge)

Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs (AnAndTech)

Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public (WSJ)

Supply Chain Security is the Whole Enchilada, But Who’s Willing to Pay for It? (Krebs on Security)

The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists” (Ars Technica)

He said she said on that Bloomberg Bombshell, Evan Spiegel’s plan for survival, new Macs are un-repairable, why are Apple Watch faces such a mess, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Instagram prototypes handling your location history to Facebook (TechCrunch)

Instagram is testing the ability to share your precise location history with Facebook (The Verge)

9 highlights from Snapchat CEO’s 6,000-word leaked memo on survival (TechCrunch)

iMac Pro and 2018 MacBook Pro Systems Must Pass Apple Diagnostics to Function After Certain Repairs (MacRumors)

Facebook’s Oculus Looking to Invest in Location-Based Virtual Reality (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)

Why are Apple Watch faces such a mess? (Macworld)

Norway's petabyte plan: Store everything ever published in a 1,000-year archive (ZDNet)

The Betterment Weekend Longreads:

The iPhone XS & XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets (AnAndTech)

Sex Workers Pioneered the Early Internet—and It Screwed Them Over (Motherboard)

Raised by YouTube (The Atlantic)

Old Unicorn, New Tricks: Airbnb Has A Sky-High Valuation. Here's Its Audacious Plan To Earn It (Forbes)

EA announces ‘FIFA 19’ PS4 esports tournament (Engadget)

Did China pull off a hardware hack to end all hardware hacks, is a new Nintendo Switch coming as soon as next summer, the ThinQ has five cameras on one phone, and Movie Pass? Still alive!

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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Russia cyber-plots: US, UK and Netherlands allege hacking (BBC News)

Nintendo Plans New Version of Switch Next Year (WSJ)

LG V40 THINQ REVIEW: ONE PHONE, FIVE CAMERAS (The Verge)

Verizon’s Severance Offer Goes to About 44,000 Employees (WSJ)

Barnes & Noble names board committee to review possible sale, shares soar (CNBC)

MoviePass' new funding means it isn't going anywhere just yet (Engadget)

Highlights from the Microsoft Surface event, Uber launches its scooter play, streaming service fatigue might be pushing consumers back toward piracy, did you get your smartphone alert from the president, and the new app startup from a young entrepreneur by the name of Bill Gates. 

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Microsoft has unveiled the $3,499 Surface Studio 2, its super-powerful and gorgeous new competitor to the Apple iMac (Business Insider)

Facebook Hack Puts Thousands of Other Sites at Risk (NYTimes)

Facebook Login Update (Facebook Newsroom)

Facebook Briefs Lawmakers on Breach in Effort to Guard Against Backlash (WSJ)

GM and Honda will team up to build an autonomous car (Quartz)

First presidential wireless test alert will come to your phone today (Axios)

The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy (Motherboard)

Recommendations startup Likewise emerges from Bill Gates’ private office, letting friends track and share their favorite things (GeekWire)

Amazon raises its minimum wage, Tesla’s hitting its Model 3 marks, another new California law could change the face of Tech Boards of Directors and Netflix wants us to choose our own adventure.

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Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees (CNBC)

The Story of Henry Ford's $5 a Day Wages: It's Not What You Think (Forbes)

Tesla delivered over 55,000 Model 3s in Q3 (Road Show/CNET)

Three US universities now let students use iPhone and Apple Watch as their campus ID card (9to5Mac)

THESE TECH COMPANIES WILL NEED MORE WOMEN ON THEIR BOARDS (Wired)

Google's Project Stream lets you play Assassin's Creed Odyssey in Chrome (CNET)

Netflix Is Planning a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ‘Black Mirror’ (Bloomberg)

Amazon's IMDb will announce this week a new free video service to compete for TV ad dollars (CNBC)

The anti-Netflix: Free, ad-supported video streaming services are growing (Digiday)

California ready to do battle over net neutrality, Instagram under new management, Elon settles with the SEC, and Tim Berners Lee kinda wants a do-over on the whole World Wide Web thing.

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The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law (The Washington Post)

Justice Department Sues to Stop California Net Neutrality Law (NYTimes)

SEC settles charges with Tesla's Elon Musk, will remain as CEO but relinquish chairman role and pay stiff fine (CNBC)

Internet, social media use and device ownership in U.S. have plateaued after years of growth (Pew Research Center)

(SMART) SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE: DESPITE THEIR VAST CAPABILITIES, SMART SPEAKERS ARE ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC (Nielsen)

One Small Step for the Web... (Inrupt Blog)

Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web (Fast Company)

A new Facebook scandal—but this time it’s different, Slack is preparing for an IPO, an exciting new episode of Today in Elon Musk, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. 

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Slack Actively Preparing for Early 2019 IPO (WSJ)

Coinbase now lets users buy 'bundles' (TechCrunch)

Compound launches easy way to short cryptocurrencies (TechCrunch)

Tesla's Musk pulled the plug on a settlement with the SEC at the last minute (CNBC)

The Betterment Weekend Longreads:

How Uber is getting flying cars off the ground (CNET)

Coinbase Wants To Be Too Big To Fail (Fortune)

The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare (Steve Blank)

Meet the Community Keeping Obsolete Supercomputers Alive (Motherboard)

The first Android phone 10 years later: An annotated review (CNET)

Hacker says he'll livestream deletion of Zuckerberg's Facebook page (Engadget)

Facebook said it doesn’t market certain data; surprise, surprise, researchers prove they do, Amazon doesn’t love unions, is the Oculus Quest VR’s iPhone moment, and do ride sharing companies actually make money?

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Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information (Gizmodo)

Amazon's Aggressive Anti-Union Tactics Revealed in Leaked 45-Minute Video (Gizmodo)

Teen Apple Hacker Avoids Jail in Australia After Serious Attacks (Bloomberg)

Payment Startup Stripe Is Now a $20 Billion Company (Bloomberg)

Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and the $100 Billion Blitz on Sand Hill Road (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Lyft Shows Financial Improvement Ahead of IPO Filing (The Information)

More fallout from the Instagram departures and some pretty dirty laundry aired from inside Facebook, Google reverses course on Chrome, Coinbase opens its doors to alts, and maybe I was right about Amazon Homes!

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Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind (Forbes)

Facebook’s Messing With Instagram Prompted Co-Founders’ Departure (WSJ)

Product updates based on your feedback (The Google Chrome Blog)

The Temptation of Apple News (Slate)

Coinbase will add cryptocurrencies more rapidly, with ratings and reviews (Yahoo Finance)

One third of ICOs launched in the past two years aren’t listed anywhere (TNW)

Amazon Comes Up With Another Way to Get Alexa Into Your Home (Bloomberg)

Instagram’s founders turn in their two weeks notice, Samsung accuses Apple of stealing, lots of changes coming to Google Search, and a “Netflix for open source.” 

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Why Instagram's founders are resigning: independence from Facebook weakened (TechCrunch)

Facebook’s Terrible Year Hits a New Low (Bloomberg Opinion)

Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing chip secrets and giving them to Intel (CNBC)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet With Top GOP Lawmakers (WSJ)

Google's new activity cards will save your previous searches (Engadget)

'NETFLIX FOR OPEN SOURCE' WANTS DEVELOPERS TO GET PAID (Wired)

macOS 10.14 Mojave: The Ars Technica review (Ars Technica)