NEWSWORTHY
I like the way you move. Attention Google search users and fans of Boolean logic: Google has changed its search algorithms to pay attention to word order and take into account smaller words like prepositions and articles in a query—words that it previously ignored.
So click-it or ticket. Turning up the pressure on short video app TikTok, two U.S. senators demanded an investigation of the Chinese-owned service. "TikTok is a potential counterintelligence threat we cannot ignore," Sen. Tom Cotton and Sen. Chuck Schumer wrote in a letter to the White House's acting director of national intelligence. TikTok said it would not remove content at the behest of China and its moderating team was based in the United States.
Make it sound like aluminum cans in a bag. One of the lawyers at Apple responsible for preventing insider trading was caught...insider trading. Senior director of corporate law Gene Levoff was indicted on Thursday for placing stock trades ahead of Apple's own financial results from 2011 to 2016. Levoff's lawyer denied any wrongdoing by his client.
I love the way you move. The hot-looking electric SUV from Ford got an official debut date: November 17. Code-named Mach 1, the vehicle's design is inspired by Ford's Mustang line of muscle cars.
No discrimination here, squirrel. Some unicorns are cutting back amid the rising scrutiny of investors on profitability. Car sharing site Fair.com will cut 40% of its workforce and process automation software developer UiPath laid off as many as 400 of its 3,000 employees.
Give them something to remember. On Wall Street, beloved Amazon sorely disappointed while abandoned Intel finally got some love. Amazon's shipping expenses jumped 46% to almost $10 billion, which knocked profits harder than analysts expected. Its stock price, previously up 19%, lost 6% in premarket trading on Friday. Intel, meanwhile, saw stronger than expected server chip sales, pushing revenue up 6% to $19 billion, ahead of expectations. Its stock, up 11% in 2019, jumped 4% on Friday morning.
(Headline reference explainer video to get you bopping on a Friday.)
FOR YOUR WEEKEND READING PLEASURE
A few longer reads that I came across this week that may be appealing for your weekend reading pleasure:
'One Grotesque Irony After Another': Inside the Rise and Fall of Gawker 2.0 (Esquire)
Last year, Bryan Goldberg revealed big plans for his relaunch of Gawker, then postponed it indefinitely while laying off the whole staff. Now, there's serious talk of reviving it yet again. Here's what happened behind the scenes.
Inside the Phone Company Secretly Run By Drug Traffickers (Motherboard)
Crime blogger Martin Kok was assassinated while leaving a sex club. It turned out MPC, one of his clients, was not an ordinary phone company.
Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty (New Yorker)
Millennials who see no contradiction between using astrology and believing in science are fueling a resurgence of the practice.
The Six-Decade Odyssey of Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Cardigan (Rolling Stone)
The long journey of the $137,500 sweater worn by Nirvana's frontman.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Perhaps this will be the last big take in Data Sheet on the company formerly known as WeWork, but probably not. A tag team of four Wall Street Journal reporters has written yet another behind-the-scenes tale of the company's fall from grace including even more crazy, wacky, bananas anecdotes about former CEO Adam Neumann. For example:
Back in New York, Mr. Neumann spent much of the summer working on the document, known as an S-1, in the Hamptons, regularly helicoptering employees out from the city to help. His wife, Rebekah Neumann, WeWork's chief brand officer, insisted it be printed on recycled paper, then rejected early printings as low-quality, according to people familiar with the matter. The process was set back by days and the printing shop originally hired for the job refused to work with the company. WeWork gave part of the job to a small New York paper company that rents space in one of its offices.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
What Ben Horowitz Learned About Creating Corporate Culture By Andrew Nusca
Google Pixelbook Go Review: A Sweet Laptop That's a Little Bit Fuzzy on the Eyes By Aaron Pressman
Twitter Says A.I. Is Now Removing Over Half of Its Abusive Tweets Before They're Flagged By Alyssa Newcomb
Tesla's First China-Built Model 3 Goes on Sale Today, But Local Customers Won't Save Much By Eamon Barrett
Another Wrinkle Emerges in the WeWork Saga By Erik Sherman
For China's Social Media Giants, It's a Battle for the Ages By Naomi Xu Elegant
BEFORE YOU GO
I don't know if it's equipped to take slo'fies, but the Curiosity rover on Mars is an expert selfie taker. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory posted a super-high-resolution image on Thursday made by combining 57 smaller pictures snapped by Curiosity as it analyzed some rocks on the red planet. Maybe we'll have to send the rover an iPhone 11 Pro for Christmas?
Aaron Pressman
On Twitter: @ampressman
Email: aaron.pressman@fortune.com
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