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iMac Pro released: Apple finally lets people buy the most powerful product its ever made
Apple has released its most powerful computer ever. The iMac Pro looks like the traditional computer that hasn't changed in years, except with a darker, space grey finish. But inside it has been completely revamped, with Apple redesigning the inside of the Mac so that it can shove more processing power and other guts inside. The computer has gone on sale today, and will begin at £4,999, though all sorts of expensive additions can be added to get it all the way to top speed. Users can pay for a processor with a full 18 cores, for instance, if they're unhappy with the already incredibly fast 8-core processor that comes in the base model.
The Angle: Small Donations Edition
The second season of the beloved Mr. Robot is here, and Willa Paskin wonders how long the "aesthetically polished and intellectually incensed" show can continue to critique capitalism. "[Showrunner Sam] Esmail, having created a cult TV show, is expressing some skepticism about television, a medium that, for much of its life, existed to sell audiences soap," Paskin observes. Robot is like an iPhone with an'I hate Apple' ring-tone: both are beautifully designed, powerful products that are superficially conflicted about being beautifully designed, powerful products."