These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
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Under Trump, Republican FCC commissioners will seek to reverse rulings on net neutrality and privacy
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Google now lets you take a virtual tour of New York City’s holiday windows
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Verizon will test 5G wireless internet and TV in small towns this spring
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Google Play Movies gets 4K titles and finally arrives on Samsung smart TVs
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Mobile ad growth helps Glispa raise profits in 2016
Big tech firms team up to combat terrorist content online
PewDiePie threatens to quit YouTube over claims of sabotage
Google Assistant now speaks Hindi and Brazilian Portuguese in Allo messaging app
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These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
WordPress Foundation to create public-benefit corporation supporting nonprofits
Facebook reportedly cloning Snapchat Discover to add more real news to your feed
YouTube has muted The Game Awards due to a copyright claim
Pandora’s shares jump more than 12% on fresh acquisition rumors
Squarespace now lets merchants accept PayPal payments in their online stores
Censorship of WeChat users extends beyond mainland China
AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner likely to be approved under Trump
Watch us get a little silly as we open 59 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan card packs in Hearthstone
Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence to automatically flag offensive live videos
Automattic readies big WordPress SSL push for hosting partners and features
Cloudinary launches multi-CDN manager to speed up your website’s media delivery
Europe’s biggest tech hope Spotify could see profits next year
Annapurna Pictures forms studio to bring storytelling of films like Her to video games
Amazon Prime gets HBO and Cinemax subscriptions for $15 and $10 per month
GoDaddy launches new Pro service letting devs manage multiple WordPress sites from a single dashboard
