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Here s what s on the Wednesday menu.

Human drones? Amazon is working on Uber-like service that would pay ordinary people to deliver packages, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft management shake-up: Stephen Elop, former CEO of Nokia who joined Microsoft after its purchase of the phone maker, and other execs are out.

Apple revokes Monster s license to make accessories for Apple products. Monster sued Beats earlier this year.

Chip makers press Congress on trade deal.

Disappearing tweets: Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel deletes all his tweets, releases low-tech video to explain how Snapchat works.

Uber poaches Google s former head of maps Brian McClendon.

Apple loses lawsuit over anti-competitive practices in Taiwan regarding the ability of carriers to set iPhone prices, is fined about $650,000.

Chinese state media begins publishing (pro-China) content from Facebook and Twitter — which are banned in China.

Disney cancels layoffs of tech workers who were told they would have to train their replacements: immigrants with H-1B visas.

Apple replaces lead contractor working on its new campus.

AT&T is fined $100 million for throttling connections of customers with unlimited wireless data plans.

 

Photo, of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, courtesy of Nokia.