There are beauty contests for camels? Apple releases a slew of new products. Microsoft struggles to release a stable update. Twitter and Snapchat losing users. These are just a few of the headlines you’ll find in this week’s Tech News. Click on the headlines of interest to read the full story.

• Feds say it’s OK to jailbreak Alexa
• What the newly revised copyright law lets (and doesn’t let) you do with your gadgets
• California’s almond harvest has created a golden opportunity for bee thieves
• Inspired by spiders and wasps, these tiny drones pull 40x their own weight
• Life in the slow lane: Welcome to the internet in rural America
• TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Power Strip review
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• The best laptops for graphic design in 2018
• Romanians form shape of country to break Guinness record
• Worst Windows 10 version ever? Microsoft’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad October
• Snapchat’s users keep slipping away
• Twitter sees another drop in users amid fake-account crackdown
• How to judge a camel beauty pageant: the four-point guide
• Soliom Video Doorbell review
• The largest software acquisition ever: IBM to buy Red Hat for $34B
• IBM’s $33B Deal For Red Hat Fails 3 Of 4 Tests For Successful Acquisitions

But Wait, There’s More…

• Man faces attempted murder charge after stabbing at Russia’s Antarctic outpost
• Signal rolls out a new privacy feature making it harder to know a sender’s identity
• Twitter is removing the like button in an effort to improve debate on the platform
• Firefighters free man with arm stuck in pasta machine
• Eaze co-founder Keith McCarty raises $5M for his new B2B cannabis startup
• New fertility procedure allows 2 women to carry same baby, presents new choices for same-sex couples
• Sony lists the 20 games coming to PlayStation Classic retro video game console
• This DSLR Camera Costume Wins at Halloween
• Apple announces new iPad Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini
• All the New Hardware Apple Announced Today in New York
• Apple’s new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini: Can features, specs retain business momentum?
• The Beatles’ ‘Glass Onion’ Gets a New Montage Music Video Ahead of ‘White Album’ Anniversary Release
• TV streaming services see 212% jump in viewing hours over past year
• How To Have The Most Entertaining Over-The-Top Thanksgiving Celebration Ever
• How the Apple Watch changed the world
• I’ve Never Flown a Drone. Here’s My Review of the DJI Mavic 2 Pro
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• It started as a ‘weird idea,’ but a new study shows the appendix can initiate Parkinson’s
• Folding screens are here, and they look crappy
• Windows 10 October 2018 Update still not released, running out of October

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