Here s what s going on in tech.
Twitter shares are up sharply as the company tests showing promoted tweets to logged-out users. (Twitter blog)
Palantir completes $680 million round of funding at a $20 billion valuation.
Walmart Pay is rolling out in select stores today, will expand to others in early 2016.
ICYMI: Tens of thousands more drivers can join lawsuit against Uber over worker classification.
Facebook at Work to launch in the coming months.
Study finds racial discrimination by Airbnb hosts.
Sextortion : Former U.S. embassy official pleads guilty to orchestrating an international cyberhacking operation to stalk hundreds of women and threaten them if they did not share sexually explicit material.
Tech companies are pushing to keep net neutrality out of spending bill.
Verizon to start testing toll-free data, which is sponsored data that doesn t eat into consumers Internet data plans.
YouTube releases its top videos of the year.
Apple releases its picks for top apps of the year. Periscope took the top honor for iPhone apps, and it was thrilled.
And finally, ICYMI: When texting, using periods apparently makes you seem like a jerk.
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