At Thursday’s “hello again” release event, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that immensely popular world-building title Minecraft is coming to the fourth generation Apple TV before the end of 2016.

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In an effort to streamline operations and refocus the business, microblogging service Twitter will lay off 350 people, and will shut down the Vine video service “in the coming months.”

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Apple will close out its 2016 product launches with one last event from its campus at 1 Infinite Loop, where it is expected to introduce a newly redesigned MacBook Pro with a thinner chassis, OLED “Magic Touchbar,” and USB-C ports. AppleInsider is there live with full coverage and instant analysis.

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A day before the Apple Watch Nike+’s arrival at stores and doorsteps, Nike has updated its Nike+ Run Club app — closely integrated with the special-edition Watch — with a variety of features, including support for Apple Music, and GPS across all compatible Watch models.

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A judge in Milan, Italy has repotedly agreed to a settlement with the head of Apple Sales International in a case over unpaid corporate taxes in the country, which might otherwise have resulted in the Apple executive serving a six-month prison sentence.

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As is par for the course, Apple’s online store is unavailable in the hours leading up to a media presentation, with today’s keynote expected to be headlined by a new, thinner MacBook Pro with OLED “Magic Toolbar” and USB-C ports.

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At least some Apple stores across the U.S. — including its Union Square outlet in San Francisco — reportedly set up line barriers on Wednesday night, and/or saw unusual activity behind their glass facades.

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The deal, if approved by regulators, will put the one-time manufacturer of the motion co-processor and the current supplier of the Apple Pay near-field communication chipset under Qualcomm’s control.

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Leaning on an expansive lineup of affordable Android handsets, Samsung retained its spot as the world’s top smartphone vendor for the third quarter of 2016, according to research firm IDC. However, premium phone makers — Apple and Samsung included — are being squeezed from the bottom, as manufacturers of cheaper Android alternatives gained ground.

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After leaving Apple this summer, longtime PR executive Teresa Brewer has been named head of communications at SurveyMonkey, where she will start work on Oct. 31.

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