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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans to announce 21.5" iMac with 4K display by the end of October, ship in November  —  Apple planning to bring 4K screen to 21.5-inch iMac in October  —  Apple is indeed planning to release a new version of its 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display this fall, according to reliable sources.
Charles Armstrong / Google Lat Long:
Google launches standalone Street View app with ability to post 360-degree photos to Maps  —  Introducing the new Street View app from Google Maps  —  For all the Street View fans out there: exploring the world just got even easier.  Today we are introducing the new Street View app for Android and iOS …
Lauren Goode / The Verge:
SmartThings' new hub supports 200 sensors and switches, video monitoring, has 10 hour battery backup, goes on sale today for $99  —  SmartThings' new hub uses Samsung cameras to monitor your home  —  SmartThings, the open-platform smart home company that sold itself to Samsung a year ago …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Hands-on with Samsung Gear S2: slim round design, smart interaction model, makes it the most promising Samsung smartwatch so far  —  Samsung's Gear S2 is its best-looking smartwatch yet  —  Samsung and smartwatches have had a tenuous relationship.  It's not for lack of trying …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL Confirms It Is Buying Millennial Media In $238M Deal To Expand In Mobile Ads  —  This just in: AOL, itself acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion earlier this year, has announced that it is making another purchase of its own.  It is buying Millennial Media as it continues to build …
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge gives final approval to $415M settlement from Apple, Google, Adobe, and Intel for anti-poaching suit  —  U.S. judge approves $415 mln settlement in tech worker lawsuit  —  A U.S. judge on Wednesday granted final approval to a $415 million settlement that ends a high profile lawsuit …
Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo! News:
Men's rights activists are using a 1950s California law to file lawsuits against women-only tech events  —  These men's rights activists are using a 1950s law to shut down women in tech  —  Stephanie Burns came up with the idea for Chic CEO, a free online platform for female entrepreneurs, in 2008, when she was getting her MBA.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
New iPhone 6S/6S Plus to retain same storage tiers as iPhone 6: 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB, despite 4K video, increased photo resolution, and other improvements  —  Apple Event: New Apple Watch bands, 16GB iPhones confirmed with 7000 series aluminum  —  Starting with the iPhone 3GS …
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Facebook's Parse unveils a catalog of new IoT SDKs for Intel, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and Atmel to support more connected devices  —  Facebook's Parse expands Internet of Things reach with Intel, others  —  The department has undergone a few leadership changes — most recently losing founder and CEO Ilya Sukhar.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
T-Mobile launches native video calling starting with Samsung's latest phones  —  Starting today, T-Mobile customers with a Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 Edge+ can place video calls right from their phone's dialer.  The Uncarrier is introducing T-Mobile Video Calling, a VoLTE-powered feature …
Sean Captain / Fast Company:
IBM and ARM partner for data analytics from industrial, health, car, and wearable IoT devices  —  IBM And Chip Designer ARM Want To Monitor Every Device They Can  —  The term “Internet of things” is a bit like “Web 2.0” was a decade ago—a buzzword for some big change in the Internet that no one can clearly describe.
Michael Mimoso / Threatpost:
Netflix releases Sleepy Puppy, an open-source tool to track XSS vulnerabilities across multiple apps  —  Netflix Sleepy Puppy Awakens XSS Vulnerabilities in Secondary Applications  —  Most automated scanning and security tools that ferret out cross-site scripting vulnerabilities don't do much analysis beyond the target application.

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Peter White / Deadline:
Source: Turner Classic Movies, which airs films like The Blob, will be housed within Skydance Motion Picture Group, led by Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein

Muhammad Shehada / +972 Magazine:
On Israel's list of 170 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed in the Gaza war that Israel alleges were terrorists, 59 are named without any proof

CNN:
A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban

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Dan Ackerman / CNET:
Asus announces GX700 water-cooled laptop with 17-inch 4K display and overclocked Skylake chip; ROG gaming laptops updated to G752 series, starting at $1,500

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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business:
Source: Verizon will launch its Go90 mobile video service in coming days, with free ad-supported shows from AOL, Awesomeness TV, Vice Media, and Viacom
Chris Kerr / Gamasutra:
FTC settles with gaming network Machinima for paid, undisclosed Xbox One endorsements
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