YouTube Returns to Amazon Echo Show

From PC Mag: Good news, Amazon Echo Show owners and prospective buyers: YouTube is back after an almost two-month hiatus.

Amazon confirmed the news in a Tuesday email to PCMag, noting that Vimeo and Dailymotion are also now available on the device.

"We're excited to offer customers the capability...

Uber hid hack that exposed data of 57 million users, drivers

From CNET: Uber revealed Tuesday that hackers stole data on 57 million drivers and riders in October 2016, the ride-hailing company said on Tuesday.

The pilfered data included personal information such as names, email addresses and driver's license numbers, the company said. Social Security...

Microsoft confirms Surface Book 2’s power problem

From The Verge: Microsoft’s 15-inch Surface Book 2 laptop suffers from battery drain during heavy gaming or GPU usage, a problem The Verge first identified during our review of the device last week. While plugged into the supplied charger, the battery on the base of the device will drain during...

Chip Maker Marvell Buys Cavium in $6B Cloud Data Center Push

From PC Mag: Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology is beefing up its presence in the data center space by buying Cavium, an enterprise server technology vendor, for $6 billion.

The two companies want to target the "high growth" data center market at a time when businesses are moving to the cloud...

AT&T-Time Warner in jeopardy as DOJ blocks deal

From CNET: It looks like "Game of Thrones" and the "Justice League" may not be heading to AT&T after all.

The Department of Justice is suing to block AT&T's pending acquisition of Time Warner, saying the $85 billion deal would concentrate too much power in one company. Time Warner is the media...

Microsoft Only Sold 1,639 Xbox One X at Japan Launch

From PC Mag: One of the hardest markets for Western gaming companies to crack is Japan. Japanese gamers prefer to buy homegrown hardware, and both Sony and Nintendo enjoy very healthy sales in their home territory. Microsoft? Not so much.

Microsoft always struggles to sell its Xbox consoles in...

HomePod delay clouds Apple’s smart speaker future

From CNET: Apple has given Amazon and Google an even bigger head start in the race to get smart speakers into your home.

The tech titan said Friday it's pushed back the launch of its first smart speaker, the HomePod, from sometime in December (no specific date was ever offered) to "early 2018" so...

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