This Week in Tech 748

Stories this Week

•  Mac Pro is only for Pros
•  Apple's pivot to services plays on our trust of Apple
•  How amoral should companies be?
•  Silicon Valley Finale
•  Larry and Sergei ride off into the sunset - what happens next?
•  How worried should companies be about government regulation?
•  Why we're watching Watchmen
•  Amazon comes to New York, without tax benefits
•  Stadiums as a metaphor for tech
•  Amazon's re:Invent is all about AI
•  Huawei makes "America-free" Phones
•  What is the future of war?
•  Is 5G going to be like LTE or WiMAX?
•  Intel admits failure
•  Reddit bans Russian sock puppets
•  Elon dodges pedo bullet
•  Magic Leap is the most amazing, important, incredible failure ever 

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Links

• New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR orders start on December 10, Apple announces - 9to5Mac
• Alphabet CEO Larry Page steps down, replaced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai - Vox
• A letter from Larry and Sergey
• Larry, Sergey, and the Mixed Legacy of Google-Turned-Alphabet
• Amazon leases Hudson Yards office space - Curbed NY
• Amazon expands Bezos' elite 'S-team',
• AWS's DeepComposer music keyboard is powered by AI
• Huawei’s Latest Smartphones, Network Gear are “America-Free”
• Dented Reality: Magic Leap Sees Slow Sales, Steep Losses — The Information
• Magic Leap only sold 6,000 AR headsets in six months, report says - CNET
• 5G on the horizon: Here’s what it is and what’s coming | Ars Technica
• Intel CEO Wants To Destroy The Thinking About Having 90% Share In CPU Market, Talks 10nm Problems, 7nm Roadmap And More
• T-Mobile launches 600MHz 5G across the US, but no one can use it yet - The Verge
• Elon Musk found not guilty in defamation lawsuit
• Silicon Valley' finale: How show adjusted and still found laughs as views on tech changed
• Are You an Amazon or an Apple Family?
• A National Office for Strategic Foresight Anchored in Critical Science and Technologies