Strategic Partnerships

• Senator calls on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Instagram and kids -Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote to Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday, calling on the Facebook CEO or the head of Instagram to testify on the platform's harms on children.
  
  
• Samsung now lets you design your own flip smartphone -Smartphone design hasn't varied much in years and customers are typically beholden to whatever decisions manufacturers make.
  
  
• Pinterest shares soar on reports PayPal may buy it -Pinterest's stock surged on Wednesday following a report that digital payments company PayPal is looking to potentially buy the bookmarking website.
  
  
• Facebook is planning to change its name, report says -Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name focused on the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, as the tech giant comes under fire from regulators around the world over its business practices.
  
  
• Facebook fined $70 million for 'deliberate' failure to comply with UK regulator -The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately breaking its rules.
  
  
• The Irish app letting people take 3D videos on an iPhone -Volograms has developed technology that lets users create augmented reality content on a smartphone.
  
  
• He took a job with his college buddy's sister, Elizabeth Holmes. Now he's a witness in her trial -To many people a decade or so ago, Elizabeth Holmes was the founder of high-flying blood-testing startup Theranos. To Daniel Edlin, she was the sister of his Duke University college buddy, Christian.
  
  
• Crucial test for Boeing's Starliner, built to carry humans, delayed until 2022 -
  
  
• Former lead Virgin Galactic test pilot takes new gig at Blue Origin -Mark "Forger" Stucky, who for six years headed the test pilot program at space company Virgin Galactic before he says he was fired earlier this year, is taking a job with the company's chief competitor, Blue Origin.
  
  
• Google Pixel 6 lineup with its first custom-made chip goes after the iPhone -Google's Pixel smartphones are taking a big step toward becoming a true Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy competitor.
  
  
• How AirPods became Apple's hottest product -Almost immediately after Apple unveiled its new AirPods product in 2016, the memes began. There were photoshopped pictures of electric toothbrushes dangling from ears and jokes about the wireless earbuds resembling miniature hair dryers, oversized plastic earrings and Snoopy.
  
  
• Bill Gates was told to stop 'inappropriate' emails with Microsoft employee in 2008, report says -Years before Microsoft's board investigated a romantic relationship that founder Bill Gates had with an employee, Gates was told by fellow executives to stop inappropriately emailing with a different employee, Microsoft confirmed on Monday.
  
  
• Apple unveils new MacBooks and its next-generation AirPods -Apple showed off its second batch of new products ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season.
  
  
• Facebook to hire 10,000 people in EU to build the 'metaverse' -Facebook plans to hire up to 10,000 workers in Europe to build a "metaverse" that will combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm.
  
  
• What to expect at Apple's MacBook event -Apple is set to kick off its second product event of the season, a month after introducing its new iPhone 13 lineup.
  
  
• What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes -This week in the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard from a second former lab director of the blood-testing startup, former executives of the two major retailers that inked deals with the failed company, as well as the beginning of testimony from a former employee who was involved in its critical Walgreens partnership and device demonstrations.
  
  
• Apple employee who led #AppleToo organizing effort says she was fired -An Apple employee who led organizing efforts against harassment and discrimination within the company said she has been fired.
  
  
• -Actor William Shatner describes his trip to space and what it meant to him. Watch "Full Circle" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.
  
  
• -William Shatner tells CNN's Anderson Cooper about preparing for his trip to space and the moment that made him worry about his age. Watch "Full Circle" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.
  
  
• -William Shatner describes to CNN's Anderson Cooper how he felt during his historic trip to space. Watch "Full Circle" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.