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This Week In Techdirt History: October 13th - 19th https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191019/11212743220/this-week-techdirt-history-october-13th-19th.shtml

11 new trailers you should watch this week https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/19/20920867/new-trailers-dolittle-american-son-lady-tramp-bombshell-more

How Pebble smartwatches are getting a second life https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/19/20921584/pebble-smartwatches-second-life-rebble-alliance-fitbit-github-kickstarter

HTC Tips Lower-Cost Exodus 1s Blockchain Phone https://www.pcmag.com/news/371418/htc-tips-lower-cost-exodus-1s-blockchain-phone

Games Blamed For Moral Decline And Addiction Throughout History https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191015/15335343199/games-blamed-moral-decline-addiction-throughout-history.shtml

Salesforce CEO hates Section 230, but his lawyers sure don’t https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921627/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-section-230-backpage-defense-facebook-criticism

California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State's Law Enforcement Agencies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191011/18013143178/california-governor-signs-bill-banning-facial-recognition-tech-use-states-law-enforcement-agencies.shtml

Hackers Backdoor Sites by Hiding Fake WordPress Plugins https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-backdoor-sites-by-hiding-fake-wordpress-plugins/ #Security

Motorola may add flashy Moto E6 Play to its budget lineup, according to leaked renders https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/10/18/20921495/motorola-moto-e6-play-render-budget-android-phone-leak

Kik Messenger will live on after Kik sells it to focus on cryptocurrency https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921449/kik-messenger-medialab-kin-cryptocurrency-sec-whisper-datpliff

You can now subscribe to Twitch streamers on iOS, if you pay the Apple tax https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921448/twitch-subscription-ios-app-store-price

UK Hospital Somehow Manages To Turn A Patient's Private Message Into Its Voicemail Greeting https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191013/18544643186/uk-hospital-somehow-manages-to-turn-patients-private-message-into-voicemail-greeting.shtml

Blizzard is banning people in its Hearthstone Twitch chat for pro-Hong Kong statements https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921301/blizzard-bans-hearthstone-twitch-chat-pro-hong-kong

AOC and Ted Cruz call out Apple for dropping Hong Kong app in joint letter https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921300/rebulicans-democrats-blizzard-apple-china-hong-kong-app-censorship

Wing’s delivery drones take flight for the first time in Virginia https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921310/wings-delivery-drones-virginia-first-flight

Report: Home builders ditch Nest products after Google takeover https://arstechnica.com/?p=1587855 #Tech

There’s a new Banana Phone, and it can play ‘Bananaphone’ https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/10/18/20921149/banana-phone-new-bananaphone-raffi-features-louder-speaker-battery-life-indiegogo

Google can’t even get full RCS support for the Pixel 4 https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20920928/pixel-4-rcs-messaging-no-support-verizon-tmobile

Netflix’s Living With Yourself fuses sitcom humor with high-tech anxiety https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921269/netflix-living-with-yourself-tv-review-season-1-sitcom-paul-rudd-aisling-bea-clone

Blizzard Digs Its Heels In And Issues 6 Month Ban To College 'Hearthstone' Team Over Hong Kong Message https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191017/09410743210/blizzard-digs-heels-issues-6-month-ban-to-college-hearthstone-team-over-hong-kong-message.shtml