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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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| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter makes it easier to tweetstorm by adding a threads feature, letting you easily add linked tweets from the compose screen, rolling out in coming weeks — Time for some game theory — A few months after being spotted in tests, Twitter's tool for creating tweestorms is now an official part of the app.
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Instagram now lets you follow hashtags, surfacing 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, a neon smiley face suspended upside down in the center.
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Tweets: @alexjamesfitz, @db, @ambabka, @kevinweil, @bafeldman, and @johnwilson
| 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.
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Facebook says it's changed and grown in the 6 years since ex-VP of user growth Palihapitiya left, after he said he felt tremendous guilt for what he helped make — - Facebook has responded to recent comments made by a former executive that criticized the company.
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Tweets: @joshelman, @alexhern, @mattocko, @dseetharaman, @stevekovach, @sg, @sarahfrier, @stevekovach, and @mikeisaac
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's AR Studio platform is now in open beta, letting all developers make AR experiences for Facebook Camera; World Effects also arrive on Messenger Camera — Facebook is trying to close the augmented reality gap with Snapchat with the help of an army of third-party developers.
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| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Facebook says it will start booking ad revenue locally in countries where it has a local office, instead of re-routing it via its international HQ in Dublin — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook said on Tuesday it would start booking advertising revenue locally instead …
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| 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 …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder says it's testing a feed that displays info about Spotify updates, matches' new photos or Instagram posts, and more in Australia, NZ, and Canada — Tinder announced today it's beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches.
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Tinder, Mashable, International Business Times, Engadget, and The Verge
Tweets: @briannorgard and @briannorgard
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
How much money each of the 535 members of Congress received in donations from the ISP industry, from 1989 to the present day — Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and others spread their money far and wide to influence your government — The FCC is about to give massive internet service providers the power to divide the internet.| 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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VentureBeat, International Business Times, CNET, Polygon, Quartz, The Verge, CNBC, TechSpot, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Fortune, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @alexhern
| 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 … | Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Groupon founder Andrew Mason raises $5M from a16z for Descript, which lets users 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-guided city walking tours … | New York Times: |
As net neutrality protests take center stage on Reddit, Kickstarter, and others, tech giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix keep a low profile — Protests to preserve net neutrality, or rules that ensure equal access to the internet, migrated online on Tuesday … | Anna Hensel / VentureBeat: |
Indiegogo starts listing a select number of initial coin offerings, linking to First Democracy VC, an SEC-registered crowdfunding portal — Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced today on its website that it will begin listing a select number of initial coin offerings …
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Sources and court documents shed light on Uber's massive data scraping program to monitor its competitors, spearheaded by its Marketplace Analytics team — For years, Uber systemically scraped data from competing ride-hailing companies all over the world, harvesting information about their technology, drivers, and executives.Sponsor Posts
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