It's Saturday, December 16, 2017. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. If you’re still holiday shopping (or haven’t started yet), then this might be a good time to mention that Amazon extended its free shipping before Christmas deadline through today. Now, for this week’s news. AFK 4EVA We hope your last away message was a good one. | | Industrial espionage 101. Bugging, hacking and using burner phones are just part of what Uber was allegedly up to under former CEO Travis Kalanick. | | Very handy. A mass transit feature for Google Maps will make sure you don’t miss your stop. | | Congratulations, you’re a bitcoin miner! The always-sketchy, ever-scammy, and terminally exploitative online ad industry is starting to get replaced in favor of cryptocurrency mining -- the nonconsensual use of a website visitor's computer to make more imaginary coins. | | The wisdom of the crowd mostly pays off. This 11-person startup left design decisions for their convertible laptop up to the community, and according to Chris Velazco, it looks like that was an excellent idea. It's not perfect, but the Eve V is a surprisingly worthy Surface Pro competitor. | | But wait, there's more... | |
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