Bing’s Schrodinger-style China Ban, headphones from Sonos, flying cars from Boeing, layoffs for project Titan, and the serious ongoing layoffs in the digital media world.
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China Appears to Block Microsoft’s Bing as Censorship Intensifies (NYTimes)
Sonos Plans Headphones in Move Outside the Home (Bloomberg)
Boeing’s ‘flying car’ lifts off in race to revolutionize urban transport (VentureBeat)
The U.S. Government Shutdown Has Delivered A Surprise Blow To Bitcoin (Forbes)
Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group (CNBC)
Verizon Media Group is laying off 7% of its staff (CNBC)
BuzzFeed is laying off more than 200 people, its second round of cuts in 14 months (Recode)
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