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Selasa, 29 November 2016

10 things in tech you need to know today

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November 29, 2016

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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.

1. Uber is going to court in Europe, in a case that could have huge implications for the app-based economy across the continent. It will seek to convince Europe's top court that it is a digital service, not a transport company.

2. AWS, Amazon's cloud business, could outgrow the company's ecommerce platform. The cloud is really just getting started, AWS CEO Andy Jassy told the Seattle Times.

3. BlackBerry is testing a self-driving car on public roads in Canada. The phone maker is one of several companies involved in autonomous vehicle trials in Ontario.

4. Microsoft's Chinese chatbot won't talk about Tiananmen Square or Donald Trump. The conversational two-year-old Chinese-speaking bot has been taught not to talk about certain controversial political topics.

5. An Amazon employee was injured after leaping from 12-story building at the Seattle headquarters. Seattle Police told Business Insider that it responded to the call of an attempted suicide at 8:45 am PT on Monday morning.

6. Morgan Stanley has estimated that Google's new smartphone, the Pixel, will generate $3.8 billion in revenue for the company in 2017. The estimate is based on the expectation that Google will sell around 5-6 million Pixels next year, which retail between $649 and $869.

7. BMW plans to spend up to $528 million on new car technologies. It's also relocating its VC firm from New York to Silicon Valley.

8. Theranos and its founder just got hit with another lawsuit.They're being sued by investors who claim that they were lied to.

9. WPP has formed a new unit that wants to create a rival to Google, Facebook, and Apple ID. The unit is called GroupM.

10. Uber drivers will join planned nationwide protests on Tuesday, when activists and low-wage workers renew their call for better pay. They also want the right to join a union.

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