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Sources: Apple to debut a pro-focused upgrade to Mac mini and a low-cost laptop like MacBook Air but with smaller bezels and a retina 13" screen later this year — - Retina laptop, pro-focused Mac mini desktop coming this year — Apple reported fewest Mac sales since 2010 during last quarter
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Microsoft says hackers linked to the Russian military intelligence agency formerly known as the GRU targeted conservative US think tanks that challenge Moscow — BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target …
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Michael Rothenberg files suit against Silicon Valley Bank, alleges it transferred $4.25M to the wrong account, making it appear he had misappropriated funds — Mike Rothenberg's story has all the elements of a Silicon Valley drama: A wunderkind shakes up the venture capitalist business … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
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A look at how ten of the biggest Democratic donors from Silicon Valley are not only pumping money into the midterms but also rethinking how their money is spent — A cheat sheet to the gusher of cash flooding the system in advance of Election Day. — Tech resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump has reached its zenith.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia debuts GeForce RTX 2000 GPU series with RTX 2070, RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti, claims up to 6 times more performance than last gen, begins shipping Sept. 20 — $1,199 for Nvidia's fastest GeForce card — Nvidia is unveiling its new GeForce RTX 2000 series of graphics cards at Gamescom in Germany today.
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Engadget, NVIDIA, The Next Web, NVIDIA Newsroom, VentureBeat, Reuters, Polygon, CNET, VG247, Digital Trends, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, Business Insider, PC Gamer, Engadget, Gizmodo, IGN, On MSFT, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, AnandTech, Variety, and Thurrott.com. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
The Winklevoss' debut Virtual Commodity Association, a self-regulatory working group for crypto assets; members include Gemini, Bitstamp, bitFlyer USA, Bittrex — - The Virtual Commodity Association seeks to stamp out cheating — Members include Gemini, Bitstamp, BitFlyer and Bittrex
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Business Wire, Business Insider, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, U.S. CFTC, Gemini, CoinDesk, The Hill, Bitsonline, ETHNews, Hacked, and INSIDER. Tweets: @crypto
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitch says it will start showing ads to new Twitch Prime members from Sept. 14 and existing members Oct. 15; the $9/month Turbo plan will keep ad-free viewing — Twitch says its $8.99-per-month Turbo subscription will still offer ad-free viewing — Twitch Prime, the streaming video …
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Tweets: @twitchprime, @justinwong, @gamingcareers, and @flipperone2012
| Matt McFarland / CNNMoney: |
Facebook's AI lab hopes to make MRI exams 10 times faster, partners with NYU's medical school, which is providing an anonymous dataset of 10,000 MRI results — How controversy changed Facebook's mission — Facebook's artificial intelligence lab is working with New York University's medical school … | Soutik Biswas / BBC: |
To combat fake news on WhatsApp, the South Indian state of Kerala is running 40-minute classes in 150 schools to educate kids in spotting viral hoaxes — Mobs have lynched at least 25 people across India after reading false rumours spread on WhatsApp. Now the authorities in one Indian state …
Tweets: @bbcindia
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
JBL's Link Bar, the sound bar announced at Google I/O with built-in Android TV and Google Assistant, costs $399 and is slated for October; pre-orders now open — Android TV was given new life this year courtesy of a renewed focus from Google as well as plenty of new hardware.
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Android Police, The Verge, BetaNews, Android Authority, Engadget, and Android Central
| Frank Catalano / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will launch Minecraft: Education Edition on the iPad in September, says the school version now has 35M licensees in 115 countries — Just in time for back-to-school, “Minecraft: Education Edition” is coming to Apple's iPad. And also for the first time, a set of features created …
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Microsoft EDU, Quartz, TechSpot, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, TechCrunch, On MSFT, Thurrott.com, and MacRumors. Thanks:@toddbishop
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
IMAX says it has canceled the development of a VR camera it had partnered with Google on; source: Google pulled out late last year as it shifted its focus to AR — Google and Imax won't be building a virtual reality (VR) camera together after all: A joint camera project that the two companies embarked … Sponsor Posts
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