Mon. 01/28 - An Apple Subscription Gaming Service?

An Apple subscription gaming service? Is Facebook Watch still alive? The GDPR floodgates are truly open. And losing to AI’s might have some benefits.Sponsors:DataDogHQ.com/ridehomeTiny.websiteLinks:Apple Plans Gaming Subscription Service: Sources (Cheddar)A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ (NYTimes)China created a unicorn every 3.8 days in 2018 (South China Morning Post)China's smartphone shipments dropped 14 percent in 2018 (TechCrunch)Facebook Watch Isn’t Living Up to Its Name (Bloomberg)Google and IAB ad category lists show 'massive leakage of highly intimate data,' GDPR complain claims (TechCrunch)AI Helps Amputees Walk With a Robotic Knee (IEEE Spectrum)

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