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“Star Wars Battlefront” Uses The Force Of Nostalgia In Epic New Ad

EA Games makes the ultimate old nerd dream come true.

When you were a kid you had all the action figures. You spent hours fighting the Empire, on your own and with friends. Your bedroom was Mos Eisley, your backyard was Hoth, your love of Jar Jar Binks non-existent. As we begin another hype cycle for The Force Awakens impending arrival in theaters, EA Games and Playstation are tapping into the force of nostalgia for the new game Star Wars Battlefront.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Gets Passionate About Privacy During Tech Conference Interview

When the conversation turned to whether governments should be able to override encryption, things got a little tense.

There are few acts in the whole world of journalism that are as kabuki-like as interviewing Apple CEO Tim Cook at a conference. If you’re in the audience, you know that Cook will be asked about current products . . . and that he will praise them, and maybe reveal a stat or two, but won’t say anything utterly expected. He will also be pressed to say things about categories that the company is rumored to be entering . . . and will spill no beans other than maybe allowing that a field is interesting. Almost certainly, he will find time to mention the importance of the Chinese market.

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CNN Launches “Great Big Story,” Its Answer To “Vice” And “Buzzfeed”

The network, launching on October 20, will focus on shareable stories and integrated advertising.

Three miles south of CNN’s Manhattan headquarters, in an office marked not with the broadcast company’s familiar three-letter logo, but a red rocket ship, about 30 new employees have spent the last several weeks stealthily preparing to launch the broadcast network’s answer to publications like Vice and Buzzfeed: Great Big Story.

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What Snapchat’s High-Profile Exec Departures Really Tell Us About CEO Evan Spiegel

The fast-growing messaging and media app has seen star talent exit quickly. What’s behind those buzzy departures and what they really mean.

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has been able to recruit an impressive roster of top-tier talent to his Venice, California-based startup. And that’s why when some of those same high-profile hires have departed, often rather quickly, questions have been raised about the direction of the company as well as about Spiegel’s abilities as a manager. The list of notable Snapchat departures is growing fast. There’s Snapchat engineering VP Peter Magnusson, who left in 2014; COO Emily White, who decamped earlier this year; and sales head Mike Randall and HR chief Sara Sperling, who both left not long before White. Shannon Petranoff, a former Paramount VP who joined Snapchat in March, only to return to Paramount in September; The Information reported last month that Snapchat had fired its chief talent officer Simmi Singh; and original content leader Marcus Wiley, a former Fox executive, departed Snapchat just weeks ago when the company shut down its original content initiative, for now at least.

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On Liberty Bridge, You Could Walk Or Bike From New York To New Jersey (No Cars Allowed!)

Commuting could be a joy with this design for a High Line-like bridge across the Hudson River.

If New Jersey is the new Brooklyn, then it’s going to need better transport to Manhattan, according to resident Kevin Shane. The PATH train, which goes underneath the river, is overcrowded as it is (it carries 240,000 people every business day). And the Hudson ferry is too expensive, at $8 a ride.

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