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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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| 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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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
SEC settles case against VC Michael Rothenberg alleging he misappropriated millions of investor dollars; he will be barred from investment advising for 5 years — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it has settled a case against Michael Rothenberg, a San Francisco venture capitalist …
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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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Reuters, MIT Technology Review, Engadget, Windows Central, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Business Insider, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Newsroom, Gizmodo, CNET, Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, VG247, The Next Web, AnandTech, Thurrott.com, IGN, Variety, PC Gamer, and On MSFT. 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, The Hill, CoinDesk, MIT Technology Review, U.S. CFTC, Gemini, Hacked, INSIDER, Bitsonline, and CryptoGlobe. Tweets: @crypto
| Frank Catalano / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will launch Minecraft: Education Edition on the iPad in September; company 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 …
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Microsoft EDU, Quartz, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, and On MSFT. Thanks:@toddbishop
| 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 … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Fitbit unveils $150 Charge 3 Core with a touchscreen, water resistance, expanded notifications, and $170 Special Edition with Fitbit Pay, available from October — Can a fitness tracker survive in a world of smartwatches? — It may feel like all the attention is on full-fledged smartwatches these days … | Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese state media, which recently criticized Apple for illegal apps in the China App Store, says Apple has removed 25,000 apps — Apple offers more than 1.8 million apps in China — BEIJING—Under fire from Chinese state media, Apple Inc. AAPL 2.00% said it removed illegal gambling apps …
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Tweets: @technology and @ynakamura56
| Anna Hensel / VentureBeat: |
Giphy refreshes its homepage to feature sets of GIFs around different trending topics, curated by an editorial team, called Stories — Giphy, the search engine for GIFs, is rolling out a redesigned homepage today to capitalize on GIFs' reputation for capturing memorable moments from live events.| Business Insider: |
Venezuela announces it's devaluing the bolívar by 95% and pegging it to the government's oil-linked cryptocurrency, the petro — Sam Jacobs, Business Insider Australia 9h — Venezuela has announced another series of desperate measures to try to save its economy from collapse.
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| 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, Android Authority, and BetaNews
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