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Plus: Amazon is developing a streaming video game service; 30-second Super Bowl ads are going for $5 million; vintage cars with electric-heart transplants.
Plus: Oracle paid more than $200 million for the naming rights to the San Francisco Giants’ stadium; Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing after 25 years; NYC’s iconic Chrysler Building is up for sale.
Plus: Tim Cook got his biggest-ever bonus — $12 million; Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s resolution is to talk more about the future of tech; WeWork is rebranding as The We Company; “commodified wellness” in a can.
Plus: The IRS will pay tax refunds despite the government shutdown; SoftBank scales back fresh investment in WeWork; Amazon is the most valuable company — today; an “intelligent toilet” already won CES.
Plus: Samsung’s newer TVs will be able to play Apple iTunes content without Apple TV; Facebook execs are irked with the New York Times’ coverage; what became of the “next big things” from last year’s CES?
Plus: Bristol-Myers Squibb will buy Celgene in the largest-ever pharma acquisition; inside one of China’s censorship factories; “the definitive list of every important technology ever.”
Plus: Apple drops its Q1 guidance and blames Trump and China; a Fortnite gamer earned nearly $10 million last year; cute robots are coming to next week’s CES.
Plus: U.S. Strategic Command apologizes for that bomb-dropping New Year’s Eve tweet; Arizona locals are attacking Waymo’s self-driving vans with rocks and knives; imagine what you could do with the 1,460 hours you spend on your smartphone each year.
Longreads, analysis and explanations on what mattered in tech this year.
Plus: The U.S. and four allies blame China for 12 years of cyberattacks; vaping company Juul Labs strikes a $13 billion deal with cigarette giant Altria; idiots with drones shut down London’s Gatwick Airport.