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Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment  —  U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks, but foreign carriers may balk  —  The U.S. government has initiated … Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment,

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Report says Apple has resumed production of iPhone X amid weaker than expected demand for its latest XS and XS Max iPhones (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Report says Apple has resumed production of iPhone X amid weaker than expected demand for its latest XS and XS Max iPhones  —  Turning to the past to meet its OLED quotas  —  Apple has resumed production of the iPhone X due to weaker than expected demand for its latest

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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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