Intelligent Machines 432

Pixel Buds are "like spiders clawing in your ears." Net Neutrality will die on December 14th, no matter what you do to protest. DOJ blocks AT&T/Time Warner merger. Peter Thiel sells most of his Facebook stock, splits with Y Combinator, might buy Gawker.com assets. Google tracks Android locations. Tesla's big new truck. 

• Stacey's Thing: CleverPet
• Jeff's Number: 9 Ways Twitter can punish miscreants, but usually doesn't.
• Leo's Tool: Radio3.io

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Links

• Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake
• Google says that the Pixel 2 buzzing noise will be fixed in an upcoming OTA
• [Update: Going live "over the coming weeks"] Lens is now rolling out to Google Assistant
• FCC Plans December Vote to Kill Net Neutrality Rules
• FCC will also order states to scrap plans for their own net neutrality laws
• FCC Relaxes Media Ownership Rules in Contentious Vote
• Peter Thiel May Be Looking To Buy Gawker.com
• Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
• YouTube terminates exploitive ‘kids’ channel ToyFreaks, says it’s tightening its child endangerment policies
• YouTube is Back on Amazon Echo Show
• The Education of Mark Zuckerberg
• Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
• THIS IS THE TESLA SEMI TRUCK
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils a surprise new car: A new ridiculously fast Roadster
• Kaspersky: Yes, we obtained NSA secrets. No, we didn’t help steal them
• Tim Wu: Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality
• Justice Department is suing to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
• CEO of HQ, the Hottest App Going: If You Run This Profile, We’ll Fire Our Host
• Uber Hid 2016 Breach, Paying Hackers to Delete Stolen Data
• Why is this company tracking where you are on Thanksgiving?
• 'PUBG' will be tweaked to add socialist-friendly messages in China
• AI CAN HELP HUNT DOWN MISSILE SITES IN CHINA
• CleverPet
• 9 ways Twitter can punish miscreants. Fine. Why doesn't it use them?
• Radio3