Here s the news that has Silicon Valley abuzz this morning:
Apple has acquired Faceshift, the company that develops the motion-capture technology to create the faces in Star Wars.
The EMC-Dell deal is looking shaky as EMC and VMware shareholders are demanding changes.
Amazon is resetting some users passwords after they may have been compromised.
Google lists the top 10 sites for European right-to-be-forgotten requests. Among the most impacted: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Apple has reportedly reached an agreement to launch Apple Pay in China.
SolarCity shares are down after it s CFO announced he plans to retire.
Uber has formed a safety advisory board comprised of outsiders.
Google says its version of Facebook s mobile-friendly Instant Articles will launch in early 2016.
Adele s new album, 25, is not on Apple Music or Spotify, but it is on Pandora.
Google s navigational search is suddenly burying results for rivals such as Yelp and TripAdvisor. Google says it s just a glitch that it s trying to fix. They say that s a bunch of bull.
Airbnb, Uber and Tinder: Counting down the biggest tech turkeys of 2015.
Turkey or wine in an hour? Delivery startups are targeting Thanksgiving.
Speaking of delivery, Menlo Park s Deliv announced a deal with Walgreen s to deliver same-day prescriptions.
Noted online security expert and consumer advocate Jonathan Mayer has joined the FCC.
Forget the U.S. vs. the Soviets: The new space race pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos.
Uber is raiding Wall Street, luring three Goldman Sachs bankers.
Shopping startup Jet.com announced $350 million in funding, and says another $150 million is on the way.
Are smartphones causing more traffic deaths in the U.S.?
At top: The Apple logo on the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Staff)
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