Tue. 11/30 – Meta Might Do The Giphy Deal Anyway

Tue. 11/30 – Meta Might Do The Giphy Deal Anyway

The UK quashes the Giphy acquisition, but is it actually dead? Maybe not. Was Cyber Monday a bit of a disappointment this year? Why your Pixel phone might reject your cheap charging cable. AWS’s new tools to help you build robots. And a profile of Twitter’s new CEO.

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Links:

• Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK regulator (The Verge)
• Finland Battles ‘Exceptional’ Malware Attack Spread by Phones (Bloomberg)
• Cyber Monday Sales Flat as Smaller Savings Curb Incentive to Spend (WSJ)
• The Google Pixel 6 will refuse to charge if you use a low-quality USB-C cable or charger (AndroidPolice)
• Amazon launches AWS RoboRunner to support robotics apps (Venture Beat)
• Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.? (NYTimes)