Apple's Strategic Shift: Acquiring Fraggle Rock's Legacy

Is the Trump administration finally willing to go to war with big tech? Another Apple startup acquisition, but also why Fraggle Rock might indicate a strategy shift for Apple TV+. Remember 4k TV’s? And the microcredit app that will threaten to shame you if you fall behind on your payments.

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Links:

• Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias (Washington Post)
• Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth' (Fox News)
• Apple Buys Machine-Learning Startup to Improve Data Used in Siri (Bloomberg)
• Apple TV Plus acquires past Fraggle Rock seasons ahead of reboot (The Verge)
• What developers want, what they don't, and what you can do to attract top talent (TechRepublic)
• LG's $1,500 48-inch 4K OLED TV goes on sale next month (Engadget)
• This lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan payment (Rest of World)
• Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will transport medicine to CVS customers in Texas (The Verge)

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