December started with bombshell news from Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The renowned set stated they’d be stepping aside as leaders of Google moms and dad business Alphabet, leaving Google CEO Sundar Pichai in charge of the whole program.
Later in the week, we got some dark news about ride-hailing business. More females — now 55 — are taking legal action against Lyft declaring they were sexually attacked by its motorists. And Uber launched its very first security report, which keeps in mind almost 500 reports of rape throughout flights in 2017 and 2018.
On a much lighter note, CNET got a preview at Disney’s brand-new Rise of the Resistance amusement park tourist attraction for its Star Wars-themed land, Galaxy’s Edge. And let’s simply state it’ll sidetrack fans from their present love affair with Baby Yoda. Yep, it’s that excellent.
Here are the week’s stories you do not wish to miss out on:
Google’s co-founders were the most direct link to the business’s freewheeling past, even if simply symbolically.
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More than 70 state and city governments throughout the United States suffered ransomware attacks in 2019.

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Qualcomm’s brand-new Snapdragon XR2 chip will power an entire wave of standalone headsets and clever glasses, beginning in 2020. Here’s an early appearance.

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Commentary: The app is simply 3 years young, however there are a lot of warnings.

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Fitness video games are excellent, however you can still harm yourself if you’re not cautious.

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Hint: battery life and download speeds.

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The business when used a map, now withdrawn, that permitted authorities to focus to see the particular area of Ring clients.

Rolling Meadows authorities; gotten by Shreyas Gandlur
With Midnight in Salem, the feminist icon is back and all set to teach a brand-new generation all sort of remarkable abilities.

The bulk of superhero films next year will be given you by female filmmakers and will star female superheroes.

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