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Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices (Shep McAllister/Kinja Deals)

Shep McAllister / Kinja Deals: Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices  —  Looking for the rest of our Black Friday coverage?  You can visit our Black Friday hub, or jump straight to one of the posts below:  —  More Black Friday Deals

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For Black Friday, Walmart is relying on in-store operations bolstered by its mobile apps with item finders and Checkout With Me, a new personal checkout option (Nick Statt/The Verge)

Nick Statt / The Verge: For Black Friday, Walmart is relying on in-store operations bolstered by its mobile apps with item finders and Checkout With Me, a new personal checkout option  —  To better compete with Amazon and other retailers, Walmart is increasingly using technology to improve its in-store experience For Black Friday, Walmart is

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City officials say only half of the jobs Amazon is bringing to New York and Virginia are tech jobs, with administrative jobs like HR comprising the rest (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: City officials say only half of the jobs Amazon is bringing to New York and Virginia are tech jobs, with administrative jobs like HR comprising the rest  —  Many will be administrative, custodial and other staffers  —  Only half of the positions that Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.42% has promised … City officials

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Tencent partners with Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce company Sea, which has 161M quarterly active users, to publish Tencent's games in Southeast Asia (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)

Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: Tencent partners with Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce company Sea, which has 161M quarterly active users, to publish Tencent’s games in Southeast Asia  —  Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media operator and games publisher, has partnered with Singapore-based gaming … Tencent partners with Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce company Sea,

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This Silicon Valley NGO has an unlikely partner in fighting homelessness — tech workers

Homelessness in San Francisco is everywhere. In 2014, it was estimated that the city’s homeless population reached an astonishing 7,000 people. They live on the streets, nestled between the Golden City’s luxurious shopping malls and countless “unicorn” tech companies. While there’s no sole cause for this humanitarian crisis, the finger of blame is inevitably pointed

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With only 10% of Swedes using cash this year, down from 40% in 2010, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine societal costs (Liz Alderman/New York Times)

Liz Alderman / New York Times: With only 10% of Swedes using cash this year, down from 40% in 2010, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine societal costs  —  Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyone thought it would.  Now, officials are trying to slow its demise as they

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