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Microsoft is embracing Chromium, bringing Edge to Windows 7, Windows 8, and macOS — VB

Microsoft is embracing Google’s Chromium open source project for Edge development on the desktop. The company also announced it is decoupling the browser updates...

The organizers of the worldwide Google walkout have laid out their demands for the tech giant — BI

The organizers of the worldwide Google walkout have now made their demands clear, writes Sean Wolfe. Here is the link: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-walkout-organizers-list-of-demands-2018-11

iBeacon use slows to ‘a trickle’ — Cult of Mac

iBeacons haven’t exactly caught on as Apple hoped, and neither have the similar smartphone-communicating beacons launched by other companies like Google, writes Luke Dormehl. Here...

Tech platforms suspend Gab in wake of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — Fortune

In the wake of the hate crime that left 11 dead, tech platforms have started to suspend Gab from their services, writes Emma Hinchcliffe. Here...

‘I wanted to go after big tech’: ex-Google exec’s novel rips Silicon Valley — The Guardian

It was once Jessica Powell’s job to defend Google. Now she’s taking her industry to task in a ‘totally fictional but essentially true’ book,...