Details about the next-gen Xbox, Apple makes an interesting acquisition around photography, Lyft will rent you a car, why I find Roku so interesting, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Microsoft’s next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020 (The Verge)
Apple Buys U.K. Startup to Improve iPhone Picture Taking (Bloomberg)
Lyft launches a car rental service with no mileage limit (The Verge)
Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street View (CNET)
Roku Built the Dominant Streaming Box. Now It’s Under Siege (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

THE AGE OF INSTAGRAM FACE (New Yorker)
The Influencer and the Hit Man (OneZero)
Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here (Fast Company)
How Zoom Became the Best Web-Conferencing Product in the World in Less Than 10 Years (FYI)
“Link In Bio” is a slow knife (Anil Dash)
THE VERGE’S GADGETS OF THE DECADE (The Verge)

Fri. 12/13 - The Next-Gen Xbox

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