Fallout 76 special edition doesn’t deliver promised collectible bag, Bethesda offering $5 in-game as an apology
Facebook drops news organizations from its political ad archives
Microsoft’s Surface roadmap reportedly includes ambient computing and a modular all-in-one PC
Roam Robotics raises $12 million to enhance human capabilities with exoskeletons
Triumvira Immunologics Announces Presentation of Key Preclinical Data on TAC Technology at American Society of Hematology
Huawei asks New Zealand to explain latest ‘national security’ 5G ban
Uber Freight taps machine learning to give shippers rates 2 weeks in advance
Novaquark launches alpha for Dual Universe sci-fi MMO
BitTorrent owner Tron will invest $100 million in blockchain games
Google Assistant gets photo-sharing with voice, to-do lists, and new kids’ stories
Venafi Secures $100M Financing Round Led by TCV
Asana raises $50 million at $1.5 billion valuation, expands into Japan and Australia
Germany’s antitrust watchdog launches Amazon investigation
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Fluent, time, microphone, and search improvements
Volkswagen targets North America for new electric vehicle factory
Matchmade raises $4.8 million for influencer game marketing
Heartland Tech Weekly: Looking ahead to 2019
Analysis
The FTC saunters into the loot box fight
‘Console Wars’ comes to TV under ‘Kong: Skull Island’ director
Guest
Fortnite players know what it needs to dominate esports: stats, local events, and focus
Qualcomm Ventures launches $100 million AI fund
Exclusive
Udacity cuts 125 employees as part of global restructuring plan
Valve’s Artifact launches on Steam
Seagate Game Drive for Xbox SSD — How to cut loading times in half
Opinion
Tim Cook’s Idaho visit shows Apple can’t just donate its way into schools
Amazon unveils AWS Inferentia chip for AI deployment
PUBG Mobile’s Thanksgiving dinner was eating Fortnite’s chicken
Amazon launches AWS SageMaker Ground Truth, an automated data labeling service
Amazon launches autonomous racing league and $399 DeepRacer car
Anki survey: Brits may embrace companion robots, but some fear the Terminator
Marfeel’s WordPress plug-in helps small publishers reap mobile ad revenue
Instagram is rolling out alternative text descriptions for visually impaired users
Review
Star Trek Fleet Command impressions — Beaming you into battle and microtransactions
Facebook is testing local government emergency alerts
Cloud Native Computing Foundation says Envoy proxy has graduated from open source incubation program
Apple prepares to release ECG app for Watch Series 4
Nintendo Switch had its best-selling week yet thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Project Fi rebrands as Google Fi, opens to iPhones and most Android phones
