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According to source familiar with the product's internal roadmap, Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020.

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Netflix’s decision to cancel Marvel’s Daredevil was a surprise. No one knew it was coming. Not the stars, not Marvel’s executives. Not even the writers, who were already laying out plans for the next chapter of Daredevil’s story. We got a chance to talk with…