


Fallout 76 special edition doesn’t deliver promised collectible bag, Bethesda offering $5 in-game as an apology

Facebook drops news organizations from its political ad archives

Microsoft’s Surface roadmap reportedly includes ambient computing and a modular all-in-one PC

Roam Robotics raises $12 million to enhance human capabilities with exoskeletons
Triumvira Immunologics Announces Presentation of Key Preclinical Data on TAC Technology at American Society of Hematology

Huawei asks New Zealand to explain latest ‘national security’ 5G ban

Uber Freight taps machine learning to give shippers rates 2 weeks in advance

Novaquark launches alpha for Dual Universe sci-fi MMO

BitTorrent owner Tron will invest $100 million in blockchain games

Google Assistant gets photo-sharing with voice, to-do lists, and new kids’ stories
Venafi Secures $100M Financing Round Led by TCV

Asana raises $50 million at $1.5 billion valuation, expands into Japan and Australia

Germany’s antitrust watchdog launches Amazon investigation

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Fluent, time, microphone, and search improvements

Volkswagen targets North America for new electric vehicle factory

Matchmade raises $4.8 million for influencer game marketing

Heartland Tech Weekly: Looking ahead to 2019

Analysis
The FTC saunters into the loot box fight

‘Console Wars’ comes to TV under ‘Kong: Skull Island’ director

Guest
Fortnite players know what it needs to dominate esports: stats, local events, and focus

Qualcomm Ventures launches $100 million AI fund

Exclusive
Udacity cuts 125 employees as part of global restructuring plan

Valve’s Artifact launches on Steam

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox SSD — How to cut loading times in half

Opinion
Tim Cook’s Idaho visit shows Apple can’t just donate its way into schools

Amazon unveils AWS Inferentia chip for AI deployment

PUBG Mobile’s Thanksgiving dinner was eating Fortnite’s chicken

Amazon launches AWS SageMaker Ground Truth, an automated data labeling service

Amazon launches autonomous racing league and $399 DeepRacer car

Anki survey: Brits may embrace companion robots, but some fear the Terminator

Marfeel’s WordPress plug-in helps small publishers reap mobile ad revenue

Instagram is rolling out alternative text descriptions for visually impaired users

Review
Star Trek Fleet Command impressions — Beaming you into battle and microtransactions

Facebook is testing local government emergency alerts

Cloud Native Computing Foundation says Envoy proxy has graduated from open source incubation program

Apple prepares to release ECG app for Watch Series 4

Nintendo Switch had its best-selling week yet thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Project Fi rebrands as Google Fi, opens to iPhones and most Android phones
