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Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions where we ask the question: is Google’s famous hiring gauntlet broken? Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com RealVision.com/techmeme Links: Tesla to Move Headquarters From California to Texas, Elon Musk Says (WSJ) Apple Is Building a Massive New Campus Straddling L.A. and Culver City (Variety) YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive) (TubeFilter) Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (Slate) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How WhatsApp Swallowed Half The World (Gizmodo) Brazil’s Central Bank Built a Mobile Payment System With 110 Million Users (Bloomberg Businessweek) WeBack (Ramp Recap) Google’s recruiting system is famously brutal. Many workers think it’s also failing. (Protocol) HEY SI