On this week's episode - IGTV [wait, that's still a thing] finally accepts landscape videos. Also, Slack gets to WORK. 

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This week's Five Favorites 

1. Apple Debuts New 8-Core MacBook Pro With Updated Keyboard [MacRumors story by Juli Clover]

2. LEGO is running 100 percent on renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule. [Good story by Eric Pfeiffer]

3. IGTV Now Supports Landscape Videos [Instagram story by Instagram Blog]

4. Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions [Bloomberg story by Matt Day]

5. Hot Topic: Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist [Reuters story by Angela Moon]

DISHonorable Mention(s)

A quarter of Google Duplex calls are actually placed by humans [Verge story by Natt Garun]

Honorable Mention:

Slack just changed its stock ticker weeks before it's expected to go public. Instead of 'SK' Slack wants to be 'WORK' [Business Insider story by Becky Peterson]

Social of the Week 

@JeffEisenband

Support our community lead (Katy Spencer Johnson) and the fight against cancer[One Mission Buzzoff]

Funds raised immediately benefit families and children at Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Twitter Mentions