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Twitter says it didn't delete anti-Muslim tweets retweeted by Trump because it makes occasional exceptions to rules so people can see every side of an issue (CNNMoney) אסף מגידש

Sources: Apple is designing its own power-management chips for use in iPhones from as early as 2018; current supplier Dialog Semiconductor sees shares drop ~19% (Nikkei) אסף מגידש

Pinterest President Tim Kendall is leaving at the end of 2017 to work on his own healthcare startup; Jon Alferness to take over his responsibilities (Kurt Wagner/Recode) אסף מגידש

Amazon Fire TV adds support for voice commands on third-party apps, including Hulu, NBC, Bravo, Showtime, Sony PlayStation Vue, and CBS All Access (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

H2O.ai raises $40M Series C co-led by Nvidia and Wells Fargo to expand its platform of AI-related tools for companies without the know-how (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google Cloud announces that former Intel executive Diane Bryant will join the division as its COO (Eugene Kim/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Farmers Business Network raises $110M Series D co-led by T. Rowe Price and Temasek for $600/year social network that lets users share data, buy and sell, more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Sources, docs, and public remarks show how Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, others help Chinese government surveil citizens by turning over data, policing content, more (Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Google Home adds support for two voice commands at once (Taylor Martin/CNET) אסף מגידש

Amazon announces Alexa for Business, with launch partners who have developed skills for business customers, and a new marketplace for business apps (Jordan Novet/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Verizon says it plans to start offering home broadband over its 5G wireless network in late 2018, starting in Sacramento, CA; pricing and other details TBD (Ryan Knutson/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Amazon begins letting select developers monetize Alexa Skills via in-skill purchases, available in a handful of trivia games to start (Brian Heater/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

macOS High Sierra root vulnerability was posted to Apple's support forum on November 13, around 15 days before it became widely known and was fixed (John Gruber/Daring Fireball) אסף מגידש

UK-based consumer group sues Google, alleging the company used an algorithm to trick iPhone's Safari browser into releasing personal data in 2011-2012 (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Microsoft makes Edge for iOS and Android generally available, after unveiling it last month (Tom Warren/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Apple partners with Stanford University to launch heart research study using a new Apple Watch app to detect and collect data on abnormal heart rhythms (Christina Farr/CNBC) אסף מגידש

AWS unveils new services for IoT management, security, and analytics, and a new OS, called Amazon FreeRTOS, for microcontroller-based IoT devices (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Industrial predictive analysis startup Uptake raises $117M Series D at a $2.3B valuation led by Baillie Gifford (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Sources: Alphabet is considering folding Nest Labs into Google's hardware team, reversing its split two years ago, to better compete with Amazon in home devices (Jack Nicas/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Amazon commits another $100M to Alexa Fund to support Alexa's international expansion, says Alexa is coming to Australia and New Zealand in early 2018 (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Atomico The State of European Tech 2017 report: $19B was invested in tech companies in 2017, up from $14.4B in 2016; there are now 41 tech unicorns in Europe (Jonathan Keane/Tech.eu) אסף מגידש

AliveCor Kardiaband EKG reader gets FDA approval as the first medical device accessory for the Apple Watch (Sarah Buhr/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google announces Datally, an Android app for viewing and managing the amount of mobile data consumed by apps (Jayadevan PK/FactorDaily) אסף מגידש

Report: Russian Security Council asks government to build backup system of DNS for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; Putin sets Aug. 1, 2018 deadline (Patrick Tucker/Defense One) אסף מגידש

Nokia denies reports that it is in talks to buy Juniper Networks, says it is not "preparing an offer related to an acquisition of that company" (Nokia) אסף מגידש

Sources: Amazon to announce Alexa for Business, with launch partners who have developed skills for business customers, and a new marketplace for business apps (CNBC) אסף מגידש

Interview with Bahtiyar Duysak, the Twitter contractor who deactivated Trump's account earlier this month, who calls the incident a "mistake" (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon debuts AWS AI services Amazon Comprehend, which analyzes sentiment, phrases in text; Amazon Transcribe, supporting English, Spanish; and Amazon Translate (Jordan Novet/CNBC) אסף מגידש

US court orders Coinbase to give IRS details of users who moved $20K+ through their accounts within a year between 2013-2015; Coinbase says ~14K users affected (Russell Brandom/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Box reports Q3 revenue of $129.3M, up 26% YoY, beating $128.6M estimate, 80K customers, and regains cash flow positive status; stock down 5%+ after hours (Katie Roof/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Facebook says it is temporarily stopping advertisers from excluding racial or ethnic groups from ad targeting while it studies how advertisers exclude groups (Jessica Guynn/USA Today) אסף מגידש

Sources: Nokia is in talks to buy Juniper Networks; one source says the deal would value Juniper at ~$16B (CNBC) אסף מגידש

Pilots union says a computer glitch on bidding system for holidays means 15K+ American Airlines flights between December 17-31 have no pilot (Alana Wise/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Winklevoss' Gemini exchange and Coinbase suffer extended service outages, citing "all-time high traffic"; bitcoin drops to ~$9.3K from all time high of ~$11.4K (Becky Peterson/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Uber: whistleblower whose letter was entered as evidence in Waymo case tried to extort firm, settled for $4.5M, now works as consultant for Uber's investigation (Kate Conger/Gizmodo) אסף מגידש

YouTube announces Reels, a version of the Stories format available in a separate tab that lets creators post shorter videos, available in beta (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Snapchat's redesign likely won't appeal to new users, despite goal of growing users, and may alienate media partners by separating content from friend messages (Shira Ovide/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Amazon announces Rekognition Video, which uses machine learning to analyze uploaded and real-time video streams (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon unveils AWS DeepLens, a camera meant for developers that uses AI to take better photos, available for pre-order today for $249 (Taylor Soper/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Sources: three DHS staff in inspector general's office stole computer system with 246K employees' details to build and sell a knockoff system to other offices (New York Times) אסף מגידש

Facebook says it will waive its 5% fee on donations, match donations up to $50M per year, launch new APIs, and expand donation tools to 13 new countries (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

London-based AI startup Luminance, which helps law firms review contracts and documents, raises $10M Series A at $50M valuation to expand in US and elsewhere (Jeremy Kahn/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Amazon debuts AWS Fargate to let customers run containers without managing infrastructure (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon debuts AWS graph database service called Amazon Neptune, an Aurora Serverless offering for more efficient computing, and new backup feature for DynamoDB (Blair Hanley Frank/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Design software company Autodesk says it will cut 13% of its staff, or 1,150 jobs, as it continues to shift its business towards subscription revenue (Imani Moise/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Amazon announces AWS support for Kubernetes on top of its Elastic Container Service (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon releases its Silk web browser for 1st and 2nd gen Fire TV, 2nd gen Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Edition models; 3rd gen Fire TV will gain Silk support in Dec. (AFTVnews) אסף מגידש

Apple releases macOS High Sierra security fix for critical root vulnerability (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) אסף מגידש

Uber says 2.7M UK users affected by 2016 data breach, with names, mobile numbers, and email addresses exposed (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

HDMI 2.1 spec released with support for 48 Gbps bandwidth, 120fps 4K, 60fps 8K, Variable Refresh Rate for smoother gameplay, Dynamic HDR, and 10K resolution (Swapna Krishna/Engadget) אסף מגידש