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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Today, December 16

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December 16, 2014

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Good morning! It will be overcast in New York, then rain during the evening. Here's the tech news you need to know.

1. Apple stock slid yesterday, down as much as 3% during the day's trading. It has reached its lowest price since October. 

2. Amazon was forced to evacuate one of its buildings in Seattle. A staff member found a threatening note in a bathroom.

3. Apple gave its employees a special backpack as a Christmas gift. It came with a touching letter.

4. The group behind the Pirate Bay say they "couldn't care less" about the police raid that shut it down. The file-sharing site has been down since December 9.

5. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek did a big interview with Billboard.

6. A watch designer says the Apple Watch was the work of Marc Newson, not Jony Ive. Apple announced that it was hiring Newson just four days before unveiling the watch.

7. Uber has been criticized for instituting surge pricing during the Sydney hostage crisis. Fares jumped to around four times the normal price. 

8. Russia is thinking about building its own space station. It's a "possible direction of development."

9. Skype has released a beta version of its new automatic translator tool. It translates conversations as they happen.

10. France is banning Uber's low-cost ride-sharing service UberPop. Taxi drivers blocked the streets of Paris in protest.

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