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Nintendo makes a debut, a lawsuit against Google, more hacking, and a boatload of cash for Apple.

Do You Know What Happened In Tech During The First Weeks Of 2017?

The Switch, Nintendo's new video game console, will debut March 3rd alongside five brand new games, including titles in the Super Mario and Zelda franchises.

The Switch!

Nintendo announced what at a press conference the night of January 12?

A YouTube video posted this week of two original iPhone prototypes shows that the past 10 years might have been very different: The first iPhone almost had a scroll wheel.

[We almost had an iPod phone](https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/heres-what-the-first-iphone-almost-looked-like?utm_term=.mlm7qK2lG#.qhxQYBOPl)

The interface of the first iPhone almost looked like what?

From BuzzFeed reporter Caroline O'Donovan: "As a federal contractor, Google is required to provide the government with data about its equal employment program, but it failed to do so. Now, the Department of Labor is suing."

[The Department of Labor](https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-department-of-labor-is-suing-google-over-equal-employmen?utm_term=.pmLxVvL2N#.yca73OAXa)

What government agency is suing Google?

From BuzzFeed reporters Sheera Frenkel and Ali Watkins: "The FBI alerted the Democratic National Committee as recently as New Year’s Eve that hackers were once again trying to break into their computer systems, BuzzFeed News has learned.
'There was activity the day after the president issued sanctions [against Russia], looking for ways to get into the servers,' one high-level source familiar with the investigation said."

[Their good friend the DNC](https://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/hackers-tried-to-break-into-dnc-computers-right-before-new-y?utm_term=.gb5M1GZde#.sne0oWkYy)

Hackers tried to break into which one of their favorite targets just before the new year?

Apple set a new App Store record with $3 billion in December sales. Then it topped it off with a $240 million New Year’s Day.

[A smooth $3 billi](https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/apple-sets-new-app-store-record-with-3-billion-in-december-s)

Apple made HOW MUCH money in the app store in December 2016??

You'd rather read a book about Medieval torture than the tech news.

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You know the latest technology news, for the most part. You probably have the second-latest iPhone.

You keep up.

You're the early adopter among your friends. You're probably living your best life in Silicon Valley. Congratulations!

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