Tech News Today 1438

Java browser plugs-ins are slowly dying. Amazon might be developing a new streaming music service that's cheaper if you have the Amazon Echo. Christina Warren is here to explain Apple's prong-gate and how to understand Kanye West on Twitter. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai from Motherboard talks about HTTPS. Mike Murphy from Quartz explains how Google's DeepMind beat a Go champion. New social networking app Peach has new features, including noise level and an unofficial web app. Snapchat introduces a political news show on the Discover tab called "Good Luck America."

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• Microsoft's Surface sales up 29 percent, phones down 49 percent
• Amazon’s holiday sales didn’t live up to expectations
• Bezos set to expand empire to take on Spotify: sources
• Pandora Revamps Its App To Better Compete With Spotify, Apple Music
• ​Oracle says goodbye to Java browser plugin in JDK 9
• Peach now has a web version, if you care
• Apple recalls some AC power plugs that could 'break and create risk of electrical shock'
• Kanye West proves why Twitter really matters
• Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted
• Google’s AI just cracked the game that supposedly no computer could beat