In this episode we share our picks for gifts this holiday season.

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*Splurges ($100+) *

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• You can share your Disney+ login with friends without repercussions
• Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
• Elon Musk Just Tweeted a Response to Ford's New Electric Mustang Announcement, and It's Most Excellent
• Just When I Thought The 2010s Were Over Motorola Came Out With A New Razr
• Google to offer checking accounts
• Project Nightingale: Google accesses trove of US patient data
• Mailchimp launches website builder
• Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university
• The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here - MIT Technology Review

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• Apple removes Instagram stalking app from App Store
• Amazon will launch new grocery store as alternative to Whole Foods
• Roku puts a remote on your wrist with new Apple Watch app
• Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media
• Text messages delayed from February were mysteriously sent overnight - The Verge
• Self-driving Uber car that hit and killed woman did not recognize that pedestrians jaywalk
• Users Report Bias in Apple Card Application Algorithms
• Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional

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• Amazon Black Friday 2019 and holiday deals have begun
• Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
• 4 things you should know about the AirPods Pro
• Google to Buy Fitbit for $2.1 Billion to Boost Hardware
• With Garmin Autoland, small planes can land themselves if the pilot becomes incapacitated
• A Mom Has Gone Viral After Sharing The Heartbreaking Question Asked By Her Autistic Son
• Watch these robot blocks cluster together with a hive mind
• Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.
• Teen girl invents simple, yet innovative way to remove blind spots in cars

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• Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control
• A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
• Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you
• Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV
• Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users
• Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”
• A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies
• This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads

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• We asked a hacker to try and steal a CNN tech reporter's data. Here's what happened
• Getting started with security keys — PaulStamatiou.com
• SoftBank reportedly ends WeWork ownership debacle with a $1.7 billion payout to Adam Neumann
• Scoop: Adam Neumann will determine WeWork's fate - Axios
• The Navy Just Patented a Compact Fusion Reactor, but Will It Work? - ExtremeTech
• MoviePass still charging some ex-customers' credit cards | Fox Business
• Snapchat soars in Q3, adding 7M users & revenue up 50%
• Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
• I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me

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• Why each Libra member’s mutiny hurts Facebook
• SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company
• Lawsuit: “Fortnite” Is as Addictive as Cocaine, Ruins Lives
• Instacart shoppers are organizing a nationwide protest
• Porsche and Boeing are partnering to develop ‘premium’ electric flying cars
• Donald Trump joins Amazon's video game streaming platform Twitch
• Elon Musk says that NASA is free to share all SpaceX IP with ‘anyone it wants’
• Waymo to customers: ‘Completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way’
• SF to establish Office of Emerging Technology – The San Francisco Examiner
• How I prepped the Rolls-Royce Cullinan for 7 days of off-road competition

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• A paralyzed man walked with a brain-controlled exoskeleton
• Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages - The New York Times
• Tesla Smart Summon and Curious Owners: What Could Go Wrong? - ExtremeTech
• Senator proposes mandatory labeling for products with mics, cameras
• Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads
• With a possible Apple tag waiting in the wings, Tile unveils Sticker, an adhesive device for tracking objects
• Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Is Losing Friends Fast
• Boeing to invest $20 million in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic
• Fitness guru created 369 fake Instagram accounts to harass rivals, stage kidnapping

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• WeWork IPO Filing Withdrawn as Roadshow Leads to a Dead End
• Blade helicopter-sharing app to speed transplant organs
• Cops Abandon High-Speed Chase When Their Tesla Battery Runs Down - ExtremeTech
• EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale - CoinDesk
• Elon Musk Unveils His Starship, Plans to Fly It in a Matter of Months - ExtremeTech
• FCC's revoking of net neutrality largely backed by appeals court - The Washington Post
• See Microsoft's new foldable smartphone
• Turns Out Typing on a Keyboard Isn't That Much Faster Than Texting These Days

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• Peloton’s IPO Is in the Zone
• Walgreens and Alphabet’s Wing Launch Drone Delivery Pilot Program
• NYSE Owner Launches Long-Awaited Bitcoin Futures
• Facebook buys startup building neural monitoring armband
• Coca-Cola installs first litter trap system in southwest Atlanta - Atlanta Business Chronicle
• Smart TVs send user data to tech heavyweights including Facebook, Google, Netflix | ZDNet
• Nerf’s new Ultra blasters shoot farther than ever before — but there’s a catch
• New AI cameras catching texting drivers behind the wheel
• WeWork C