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Reality television has come to Silicon Valley. Apple Inc. announced this week that it was accelerating “investing and job creation.” The numbers were HUGE. The company promised a $350 billion contribution to the U.S. economy over the next five years. Not only that. Apple pledged 20,000 new jobs in its homeland over that same period. Oh, and it’s going to create a new campus somewhere in the country. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-19/apple-and-amazon-have-their-reality-tv-moment

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Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick will become a billionaire, after investors agreed to take a large stake in the ride-hailing firm. A consortium led by Japan's Softbank is buying a chunk of the company from existing shareholders as well as new Uber shares in a $9.3bn (£6.7bn) deal. Mr Kalanick, who stepped down as chief executive in June, is selling $1.4bn worth of stocks, it is widely reported. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42740680

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Google has released a fix for a bug in Chromecast and Android devices which could temporarily knock out home wi-fi networks. The problem emerges when Chromecast and Google Home devices wake from their low power "sleep" state. When waking, the devices can transmit more than 100,000 packets of data, quickly overwhelming home routers. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42745214

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