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these are the top stories of the week JJ Abrams talk Star Wars Yahoo shakes things up apple and google introduced new toys and everything else you need to know in tech the next installment of Star Wars is coming there was a big press event where the cast and crew spilled some beans first up in non-spoiler news director JJ Abrams says there is no post credit scene after the force awakens the next step may be spoilers for some so skip this if you need to everyone ok here goes Abrams also said we will not see Jar Jar Binks or Ewoks in this movie star wars the force awakens opens in the US on December eighteenth yahoo announced a big shake-up the company was going to spin off its interest in alibaba worth over 30 billion dollars to a different company Alibaba is a Chinese e-commerce business however due to tax implications and stock market concerns Yahoo's board will spin off Yahoo's main business to a newly formed company that main business includes Yahoo search email and tumblr this will create a separation between Yahoo's main business and its interest in alibaba Yahoo's board says the deal could take a year or more to conclude as an aside congratulations to yahoo CEO marissa meyer on giving birth to twins in surprise news Apple introduced a new product this time it's the iphone 6s smart battery case it costs one hundred dollars and it comes in two colors the case has been derided for it to look it looks like a silicone case that swallowed a battery and way more exciting news Google's pixel see also went on sale this week the five-hundred-dollar tablet runs Android we've got to review the tablet and we think it's the best android tablet money can buy lots more to know it's time to go rapid fire Netflix announced it will produce 31 scripted shows next year that's up from 16 in 2015 twitter is experimenting with timelines that aren't chronological google added reminders in google calendar and the new season of the smash hit podcast serial is underway serial season 2 episode 1 is now available here's what flew under the radar according to the app figures blog the new Apple TV has over 2,600 apps already games make up the biggest category with over 1,000 apps the new Apple TV has been available late October that's pretty impressive considering Roku which has had apps called channels for years since it has over 2500 channels the Apple TV still doesn't have an Amazon or voodoo app so sheer number isn't the only important metric now you're all caught up in tech to get your daily dose of tech news check out cnet com / update for a weekly dose hit up cnet com / radar Amaya's Akhtar signing off