winds: north 5-10 wednesday: mostly sunny & nice, seasonable highs: 44-49 winds: north 5-10 mph "minecraft are getting an early christmas present. the hugely popular game is now available on apple tv. a-b-c's diane macedo and kendis gibson have the details in this morning's techbytes. breaking overnight. outside the u.s. capitol. we are live on the scene right now digging for details on exactly what went down. and terror overseas. not one but three different attacks in three different countries. the warning out to americans this morning. good morning washington i'm q mccray in for larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey. toss to vj - quiet weather for the remainder of the week - - not as cold through friday - - rain chance saturday and again next tuesday - - no major winter storms to slow holiday travel tuesday: sunny skies, still chilly high: 40 winds: calm to north 5 mph tonight: clear & cold, light wind lows: 24-30 winds: north 5-10 wednesday: mostly sunny & nice, seasonable highs: 44-49 winds: north 5-10 mph new details from the scene of berlin, germany. a delivery truck plowed through a c

. >> ♪ >> in today's tech bytes new platform for the video game minecraft. >> now available on appleou can get the new version of minecraft for $19.99 and it comes with seven pieces of downloadable contender so you can customize your creation. >> if you're looking to grab nintendo's nes classic edition before the holidays today is the day. it comes preloaded with 30 classic games. >> today it's available forly $60 in limited supplies at best buy only in store not online. >>> a study finds it's no accident that the number of iphones that are dropped smashed or otherwise broken goes up sharply when there's a new model available. >> it's called the upgrade effect. iphone users apparently subconsciously need to justify getting the new version so they just get more careless with the old one. >> so there's an excuse. >> you need to buy the new one if your old one is broken. >> those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. drum roll please.hing. it's the sing sweepstakes. it's some of this, loads of that. 'cause you can win $100,000 from post cereal brands. honey bunches of oats. and sing

spotify, skype, and the makers of minecraft and candy crush all got their start here. swedes, these supposedly cool, passion-challenged people , know how to tap into our desires and make simple things we can't escape. i started my journey at epicenter, a nerd lounge located in the heart of stockholm. any place trying to establish its tech cred needs a spot like this. people come here to fiddle with their robots, hash out their techno-utopian fantasies over beer, and if they are totally nuts, insert a chip underneath the skin on their wrists that lets them open the epicenter door. furhat: hello there, my name is furhat. ashlee: about those robots -- ♪ preben: my reptile brain is telling me that this thing is alive. and then my intellect tells me, no, no, it is just a piece of plastic and of software. we have stumbled upon something really, super interesting, i think. ashlee vance: this is furhat, a promising stab at trying to make mechanical creatures and computer interfaces appear and act more like humans. ashlee: hi, my name is ashlee. furhat: hello, ashlee, nice to m

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my kids play minecraft as well. continue to keep our eye on this media story, at&t and time warner looking to convince lawmakers to let that mergee go through, and there's more. it looks like youtube is getting ready, perhaps, to launch a digital, over-the-top tv experience. we'll dive into that new new this week. all that and more coming up on "squawk alley." >>> this morning on "squawk box," house speaker paul ryan talked about the president-elect. take a listen. >> he's a business guy. he's a transactional, negotiating, bully pulpit-using business guy who's becoming president. i don't think we should be surprised anymore that he's going to say surprising things for an incoming president. he's an unconventional person. he was an unconventional candidate who's becoming an unconventional president. but what i like about it is he wants to shake things up. he's ready to get going. he's not saying, let's just slow back and wait, which we get around here a lot. he's saying, let's go, go, go. that to us is music to our e

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dominic likes pokeman, minecraft and all sports. eli in grafton is celebrating today! he likes riding his bike, playing video games and pretending he's a superhero. the big six! he likes tractors, big trucks and basketball. here's a nice birthday smile from paige in brookfield! she likes playing soccer, singing and dancing. there's six candles on tatianna's cake in waukesha! she likes playing with her dolls, playing with her friends and drawing. to find out how to wish your child a happy sixth birthday on fox six wake up news - just log on to "fox six now dot com" for 7:xx a few rain or snow showers this morning then some drizzle. right now with highs in the low 40s. when we get the sun back next. it's officially christmas time in new york city! " the annual lighting of the christmas tree in rockefeller center took place last night. thousands of people gathered in midtown manhattan for the free, but rainy, celebration. mayor bill de blasio got some help from saturday night live stars alec baldwin and kate mckinnon lighting up the 94- foot tall norway spruce. cover the

i use it for minecraft. i want to binge. i want to start at the beginning, watch it all night.sometimes on my mum's phone and dads phone. in the evening i will sit here and watch netflix with my husband. i will do something on my phone and my daughter will be upstairs with her laptop and occasionally, not every night at all, and occasionally the youngest will be in this bed with this best baby—sitter, the ipad, and he mayjust watch a bit of youtube to settle him down for the night. although there has been a big improvement on 2015, the regulator, 0fcom, says that large parts of the uk are still not able to get a decent broadband connection. over one million homes not able to download fast and offer for a modern family's needs. broadband is so important now to families, particularly younger families, where everybody wants to be online at once doing their own thing. it is now is important to them as electricity and decent running water. the problem is that there are still frowned a thousand homes cannot stream one video will own two or three videos. it's important because the ava

innocent gameost like minecraft, now you have games.ft hunger you take that all into account, do we say we need to get rid of video games. but you're not going to get rid of it. that's totally naive and you pointed out, such an amazing tool, such a great educate through. these violent video games make and that.3 billion purchase power is profound. that's hour -- our purchase power. we're the ones spending on the money on it. if we say, ea games, we don't that, we want this. they're not going to make it for you. educationalupport and clever character-building so that kidss engage in it -- which they naturally do anyway. adolescents play video games and engage with this electronic devices. that it be made and it will be one of the most tools.ve training >> question right here. neurotheology and neuroeconomics and read about them. is, dealing i have with neuroplasticity, how does the violent games and television that? and then in your systems with adults who repeat violent offenders, how can neural plassistity help mitigate vurt violent? dr. richman: those are the pieces of the puzzle that

past, look at our own minecraft being a tremendous success and down the road here there is the powerpointm which is one of the most successful acquisitions. we do have a history of getting it right as well. emily: you're getting a huge enterprise sales force with office. how much do think microsoft can membership,in's well this grow by leaps and bounds, will it skyrocket by multiples? >> we certainly have enormous potential here. we have 430 million members have signed up. and we have the opportunity to oneg that same value over billion customers. that is definitely the plan. emily: anymore big acquisitions to come, will this spark more m&a? excited about the linkedin acquisition and i looking forward to completing that vision and scenarios. rest will see the way the of the industry response. >> we will see how industry and customers respond. it is about us realizing our mission and adding value to our customers. caroline: now some global tech stories we are following for you. you a toy filings from the netherlands show that google saves money and taxes by moving more than 15 billion to a

the most popular paid game is minecraft pocket edition.rs and doesn't get anywhere near the numbers pokÉmon go does. in seven hours, please give and see how it does. out for us.ested it thank you. another thing for us to be distracted by. this is about the icon of our childhood, this game. i'm definitely going to be downloading it. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i said what do i do with this money and i said investing is about investing -- assigning yourself the right story. david: why did you come back to omaha? >> i came back i had $175,000 and i thought that was all i would need for the rest of my life. david: did you run into that guy? when you had your first annual meeting how many people showed up? would give it by she to someone who is a young investor who would like to emulate you? >> would you fix your tie, please.

going to be very different about this, and even if you look at our own past and our recent past -- minecraftd just down the road here there is a team called the powerpoint team which of course is long basked -- but has been one the most successful acquisitions of microsoft's we do have a history of getting it right, as well. emily: you are getting a huge enterprise, salesforce, a huge additional customer base with office. how much do you think microsoft 's membership -- linkedin's membership? with a skyrocket by multiples? >> well, we certainly have enormous potential here. 430 3 millionave members who have signed up to date. over 100 million monthly active unique cnet we have the opportunity to bring that same value to over one billion customers of that is definitely the plan. emily: any more big acquisitions to come? >> will this spark more m&a? >>i and excited about the linton acquisition today and i am looking forward to completing all of that vision and scenarios. emily: thank you for -- >> -- rest of the industry response to this. >> i am sure we will be interested to see what customer

if i take away his minecraft videos, he throws a hissy fit. sure consumption habits change as we age. at the same time, on demand in hand viewing through streaming is how people consume content. it's going to be a challenge. i think they face additional challenges from a tech perspective. i think 5g will get here sooner rather than later. people will be cutting the broadband cord. just like you never thought to buy a landline, there will be a time when we don't think about wired broadband as being commonplace. to look read a list of new challenges. technology marches on whether we like it or not. i think we can't look backwards and look at historic norms to predict the value of this merger. sen. flake: sen. blumenthal: but the incoming president going against this merger because of the size of it. mergeds this size of the company compare to the real competitors we are talking about? any figures there? >> if you put our two companies together, the combined market cap is $350 billion. the companies that mark has referenced, google, facebook, app

i use it for minecraft. i want to binge. i want to start at the beginning, watch it all night. phone and dads phone. in the evening i will sit here and watch netflix with my husband. i will do something on my phone and my daughter will be upstairs with her laptop and occasionally, not every night at all, and occasionally the youngest will be in this bed with this best babysitter, the ipad, and he mayjust watch a bit of youtube to settle him down for the night. although there has been a big improvement on 2015, the regulator, 0fcom, says that large parts of the uk are still not able to get a decent broadband connection. 0ver1 million homes not able to download fast and offer a modern family's needs. broadband is so important now to families, particularly younger families, where everybody wants to be online at once doing their own thing. it is now is important to them as electricity and decent running water. the problem is that there are still frowned a thousand homes cannot stream one video will own two or three videos. it is important because the availability of faster broadban

but if i take away his minecraft videos, he throws a hissy fit. and sure our consumption habits change as we age, but -- and i'm sure they will for all my kids but at the same time on demand in-hand viewing through streaming is how people consume content and it's going to be a challenge and i think they face additional challenges from a tech perspective. randall mentioned 5g coming along and i think it will get here sooner rather than latheer. there will be penople cutting te broadband cord. and just like you mentioned your kids won't think about a land line, i tend to think there we won't think about wired broadband. so technology marches on whether we like it or not and i think we can't look backwards and look at historical norms in order to predict the value of this merger. >> when senator blumenthal talked about the incoming president talking about going against this merger simply because of the size of it, how does the size of the merged company, how does the size compare to the real competitors we're talking about, some of the edge companies

but if i take away his minecraft videos, he throws a hissy fit. and sure our consumption habits change as we age, but -- and i'm sure they will for all my kids but at the same time on demand in-hand viewing through streaming is how people consume content and it's going to be a challenge and i think they face additional challenges from a tech perspective. randall mentioned 5g coming along and i think it will get here sooner rather than later. there will be people cutting the broadband cord. and just like you mentioned your kids won't think about a land line, i tend to think there we won't think about wired broadband. as wiig commonplace. that's going to create a whole new list of challenges for them. so technology marches on whether we like it or not and i think we can't look backwards and look at historical norms in order to predict the value of this merger. >> when senator blumenthal talked about the incoming president talking about going against this merger simply because of the size of it, how does the size of the merged company, how does the s

or microsoft's minecraft, an acquired property with over 100 million users. from personal experience, i can tell you punishment for my 7-year-old is take away his mooncraft sproops we could care less if he loses tv privileges. it is losing viewers to the other dominant content players in netflix, amazon with prime and twitch an acquired property, apple with music, beatz, an acquired property and finally with youtube. and google's the ultimate programming guide, their search. given our time constraints i'll pick another time to discuss the impact of having google and apple that act as the sole gatekeepers to the app ecosystem. you may have noticed i have not mentioned at&t or time warner yet because neither is in any sort of dominant position. by themselves, at&t and time warner will have a very difficult time controlling their own destinies, let alone trying to exert influence on a market. this merger is not only one of survival and opportunity, but one that is needed by consumers. we need more companies with the ability to compete with apple, google, microso

or microsoft's minecraft, an acquired property with over 100 million users. from personal experience, i can tell you punishment for my 7-year-old is take away his mine craft. he could care less if he loses tv privileges. tv is experiencing a declining share of content consumption. it is losing viewers to the other dominant content players in netflix, amazon with prime and twitch an acquired property, apple with music, beats is an acquired property and finally with youtube. and google's the ultimate programming guide, their search. given our time constraints i'll pick another time to discuss the impact of having google and apple that act as the sole gatekeepers to the app ecosystem. you may have noticed i have not mentioned at&t or time warner yet because neither is in any sort of dominant position. by themselves, at&t and time warner will have a very difficult time controlling their own destinies, let alone trying to exert influence on a market. this merger is not only one of survival and opportunity, but one that is needed by consumers. we need more companie