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| Jeff Benjamin / 9to5Mac: |
Apple iMac Pro in 8-core and 10-core variants will be available to order on December 14, starting at $4,999; 14-core and 18-core models are coming later — Apple's pro-oriented all-in-one desktop, the iMac Pro, is set to launch this Thursday on December 14, 2017.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches three new photography apps for testing experimental technologies: Storyboard for Android, Scrubbies for iOS, and Selfissimo! for both — Google today is launching a trio of new photo apps - a part of new series of what it has dubbed photography “appsperiments.” (Get it? Ha ha.)
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Nintendo says it has sold 10M Switch consoles since its release 10 months ago, meaning it may top first-year sales of the Wii, its best-selling console to date — Nintendo is boasting that its Switch hybrid console has sold 10 million units worldwide in the first nine months of release, helped by Black Friday promotions.
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| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
Leaked documents show how Steve Bannon and Breitbart sought to sabotage Twitter via negative coverage, potential litigation, and stock manipulation — Steve Bannon and his associates at Breitbart News planned a broad financial, legal, and editorial campaign to damage Twitter, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Tweets: @caseynewton and @fwd
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who had a close relationship with the tech industry, has died of a heart attack aged 65 — Ed Lee, the mayor of San Francisco who worked closely with leaders in the city's tech industry, has died after a heart attack aged 65. A statement issued by his office confirmed … | Scott Stein / CNET: |
Apple's GymKit, which pairs an Apple Watch to fitness machines, makes its US debut in New York, will roll out to Equinox gyms in 2018 — Apple just made connecting to treadmills and ellipticals as easy as tapping your Apple Watch on a piece of gym equipment.| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Groupon founder Andrew Mason raises $5M from a16z for Descript, which allows editors to edit audio by directly editing its text transcription — A spin-off from Mason's last app, Detour — Andrew Mason, the co-founder and former CEO of Groupon whose most recent company produced audio …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Many alt-right alternatives to popular social networks are struggling to attract talent, users, and funding; a few have gone offline altogether — If you've lost sleep worrying about the growing power of the alt-right — that shadowy coalition that includes white nationalists, anti-feminists …
Tweets: @stevekovach, @duncanriley, @nytimesbusiness, @propublica, @kevinroose, @natalie_allison, @getongab, and @getongab
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Instagram now lets you follow hashtags and will then surface some highlights from that collection in your main feed, rolling out today — The glass facade of the SuperMoon Bakery (#newforkcity, #eatingnyc) has a pleasing symmetry to it. Two black rectangles sit on either side of a square … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Ex-Facebook VP of user growth and Social Capital CEO says social media is “destroying how society works” and leads to “no civil discourse, no cooperation” — ‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’ — Another former Facebook executive …
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Tweets: @jamestitcomb, @emmalapoune, @ajitpaifcc, @moorehn, @max_read, @oneunderscore__, @marshallk, and @mdudas
| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple announces developers can now make their apps available for pre-order — You may recall that when Super Mario Run was announced in 2016, customers could request notification of its release, which was a first at the time on the App Store. Now, all developers can do something similar by offering their apps for pre-order.
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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: |
SEC chairman Jay Clayton releases statement on cryptocurrencies, says ICOs effective for raising funds “whether they represent offerings of securities or not” — SEC Chairman Jay Clayton — The world's social media platforms and financial markets are abuzz about cryptocurrencies and “initial coin offerings” (ICOs).
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Tweets: @ethereumnetw, @mdudas, @utahsecurities, and @michaelarossa
| Iron Mountain: |
Iron Mountain to buy IO Data Center's US operations for $1.315B, plus up to $60M based on future performance — Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in storage and information management services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire …
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