ESPN launches ESPN + a new $5/month sports streaming video service, Uber will begin performing annual criminal background checks on its drivers and the UK reveals its first major Cyber Attack target was IS.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:45) Global PC Shipments Remain Stagnant; HP Holds On to Top Spot | bloomberg
- (01:10) Amazon Key, Ring doorbells may become your new smart home BFFs | cnet
- (01:30) Exclusive: Walmart close to buying majority of India’s Flipkart | reuters
- (01:45)Apple’s Stumbling HomePod Isn’t the Hot Seller It Wanted | bloomberg
- More Top Stories
- (02:25) Disney kicks off its streaming future today with ESPN+ | the verge
- (05:40) U.K. Reveals Its First Major Cyber-Attack Was Against IS | bloomberg
- (08:55) Snap is testing commerce with Snapchat Discover publishers | digiday
- (12:05) Tesla is no longer working with NTSB in fatal Model X crash investigation | tech crunch
- (16:00) ‘Urban mining’ in South Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech | reuters
- (19:55) Uber to up its background checks for drivers | ap news
- Thing of the Day
- Messages of the Day
- (23:40) Norm – Cashless Society
- (26:25) MissMusicTeacher – Zuckerberg and the Senate
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