The iPhone X is a great anniversary gift, House of Cards will come to a fraught end after season six and Waymo can do driverless without actual drivers. It's The Daily Crunch.

1. iPhone X reviewed

Listen, it's the iPhone 'Ex' regardless of what Apple says. Also, Matthew got to spend a considerable amount of time with one pre-release, and was one of a very small group of reviewers to do so.

His verdict is essentially that this is a great device, but it'll still take some getting used to when compared to the traditional iPhone design, thanks to the lack of a home button and the notch, but it's still Apple's best effort yet.

2. 'House of Cards' to end after season six

Netflix's House of Cards is crumbling down after six seasons – and the news came out hot on the heels of allegations against star Kevin Spacey regarding an incident of alleged sexual assault that occurred 31 years ago.

3. Waymo is driving people around without anyone at the wheel

For now, it's only doing this on private test roads, but I was one of the first people outside the company to get to experience driving in a Waymo vehicle without a safety driver – the drive went perfectly well, and got me excited for a future where you can sit back and relax while the vehicle handles all the driving. Waymo is now focused on figuring out how best to deploy that future, too.

4. Samsung has another record quarter – and it has components to thank

Samsung posted record profit for its most recent quarter, and also changed up its leadership with three new CEOs to replace its three existing CEOs. Trouble at the top doesn't appear to be impacting business, however.

5. Square hopes to Register with merchants with latest product

Square has new pro register hardware that's designed to appeal to larger merchants who thought the prior approach of using a square stand combined with an iPad was maybe a little amateur looking. This incorporates a customer facing and retail employee facing display, and definitely seems to feel a bit less 'mom and pop.'

6. Amazon's new Kindle is a winner

The Kindle is still Amazon's best product line, I will stubbornly believe forever – and the Oasis sits atop that line like a glorious beacon. The new one is apparently even better, and I'm getting my hands on one soon to verify Brian's impressions.

7. Microsoft is launching an LTE Surface Pro in December

Microsoft promised an LTE version of its Surface Pro was on the way, and now we know when it'll arrive: December. This should make one of the most convenient travel computers even more so. Apple, take a hint here and finally put LTE in the MacBook.

If you've been anxiously waiting for the opportunity to spend a thousand bucks or more on an iPhone, your time has come. Also, robots will scan the shelves at Walmart, Alphabet's ad business is looking up and Russia strikes back at Twitter. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for October 27, 2017.

1. The iPhone X is now available for pre-order

We've called it the best iPhone ever. And now you can order it.

Remember, this is the iPhone that discards the home button and comes with Face ID. It's also the iPhone where pricing starts at $1,000.

2. Walmart is rolling out shelf-scanning robots in stores, but says they won't replace people

The two-foot-tall robots are pretty innocuous looking — they're basically rolling gray boxes with a large arm up top that sports on-board cameras. The arm scans the shelves, looking for sold-out, missing or misplaced items.

3. Startup studios go Hollywood as CAA launches Creative Labs

One of Hollywood's top agencies is partnering with a group of Canadian investors to finance a new venture studio, Creative Labs, with $12.5 million.

4. A critical metric for Alphabet's success is suddenly showing signs of life

That metric? Cost-per-click, which reflects the value of Google's ads.

5. Saudi Arabia bestows citizenship on a robot named Sophia

The reason Saudi Arabia did this isn't immediately evident — but there's some irony in a nation imbuing a robotic Audrey Hepburn lookalike with rights while being infamous for denying basic rights to its female citizens.

6. Russian government condemns Twitter's ad ban for Russia Today and Sputnik

The Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova said this has become a freedom of speech issue and that the Russian government will take measures.

7. SEC fines Zenefits and former CEO Parker Conrad nearly $1 million for misleading investors

The SEC is showing its muscle in Silicon Valley.