Tech Acquisitions, AI Disinformation, and iPhone Customization Trends

All the headlines from Amazon’s hardware event. New Echo devices. Amazon is getting into cloud gaming with Luna. And ring has a literal drone that will fly around the inside of your house for the purposes of sentry duty. Interesting acquisition from Apple continues to point to them doing something big in podcasts. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• A closer look at Luna, Amazon's cloud gaming service (Engadget)
• Amazon announces all-new Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Dot with Clock (CNBC)
• AMAZON’S NEW ECHO SHOW 10 MOVES TO LOOK AT YOU (The Verge)
• Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house (The Verge)
• Amazon’s Bizarre Home Drone Flies Around Inside Your House (Wired)
• Apple Buys Startup That Creates Radio-Like Stations for Podcasts (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Huang’s Law Is the New Moore’s Law, and Explains Why Nvidia Wants Arm (WSJ)
• How Nvidia’s CEO Cooked Up America’s Biggest Semiconductor Company (WSJ)
• This Deal Helped Turn Google Into an Ad Powerhouse. Is That a Problem? (NYTimes)
• The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite (The Atlantic)
• Why iPhone users are suddenly going wild creating custom looks for their home screens (CNBC)

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