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    #80: Maybe You'll All Get Roses

    November 15th, 2018 · 53 minutes

    Amazon finishes its 'Bachelor'-style courting of US cities; Samsung makes us ponder whether foldable phones will ever be a thing; and YouTube decries the EU's new copyright declaration.

    Guest Starring: James Thomson, Lisa Schmeiser, and Neil Cybart

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    Links and Show Notes

    Amazon selects New York City and Northern Virginia for new headquarters
    How Amazon Picked HQ2 and Jilted 236 Cities - WSJ
    Amazon misreads the room | Revue
    Amazon’s HQ2 Hunger Games Are Over, and Jeff Bezos Won | WIRED
    Samsung Electronics to release first foldable smartphone in March: sources
    Waymo to Start First Driverless Car Service Next Month - Bloomberg
    YouTube Creator Blog: The Potential Unintended Consequences of Article 13
    YouTube CEO calls EU’s proposed copyright regulation financially impossible - The Verge
    Japanese cybersecurity minister finds computers a mystery | ZDNet
    North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper adopts stray kitten found hiding at executive mansion - ABC News