Logitech brings brick down on Harmony Link: Owners unchuffed [Thu Nov 9 2017]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 9 November 2017 ***************************************************************** Logitech brings brick down on Harmony Link: Owners unchuffed Built-in obsolescence, meet kill switch ***************************************************************** Business * Snap: We've blown $3bn this year and Tencent wants to give us more Shut up and take my money! * US domestic, er, foreign spying bill progresses through Congress Thought the Snowden leaks would make things better? Joke's on you * UK Land Registry opens books on corporate owners Whose land is it anyway? * Tesla buys robot maker. Hang on, isn't that your sci-fi bogeyman, Elon? 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