The huge news this week wasn’t in tech. After numerous natural disasters recently, there was one that was entirely man-made. Google released a new line of products and Samsung is hinting at something that looks amazing in the not too distant future. Yes, hacks and infections are still happening and that includes on Macs. All those headlines and more are listed below. Click on headlines of interest to read the entire story.

• The iPhone Didn’t Emerge From Nothing. Here’s What Came Before It
• 10 Famous Landmarks That Were Almost Destroyed
• Galaxy Note 8 ties iPhone 8 Plus in camera tests
• Apple computers are at risk from flawed updates, researchers find
• Missouri forms public-private partnership to advance Hyperloop One route
• Google launches Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL: AI first phones for $649, $849
• The Amazon Jungle Lodge Run by Feminists
• Credit card thieves are getting smarter. You can, too
• 96-Year-Old Barney Smith Is Giving Up His Toilet Seat Museum
• Tesla eyes hurricane-ravaged Caribbean, could shape power grids
• How a heartbroken doomsday prepper who lost everything is now saving hurricane victims
• Roku revamps its streaming video players
• Samsung ‘Confirms’ Radical New Galaxy Smartphone
• Yahoo says all 3 billion accounts hit by 2013 hack
• Alexa is about to disappear into other devices, thanks to a new technology
• 5 Fictional Inventions From Literature That Became Real
• Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 2, a shift away from the war of hardware specs
• The Curious Life of an Extra
• Google Takes Its Assistant’s Fate Into Its Own Hands
• How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders
• Google Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 2: Google unveils its iPhone rival
• FDA Warns Bakery Company ‘Love’ Is Not an Ingredient in Granola

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