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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone XR starts at $749 for the 64GB model, in stores by October 26; iPhone Xs starts at $999 and Xs Max at $1,099, in stores from September 21 — Apple just unveiled brand new phones. The iPhone XS and XS Max are the two new flagship devices, replacing the iPhone X. The iPhone XR …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces the iPhone XR with 6.1" edge-to-edge LCD display, Face ID and no home button, no 3D Touch, A12 chip, and six colors including blue, yellow, red — Confirming rumors that have persisted since January, Apple today officially announced the iPhone Xr — a sub-flagship iPhone loosely based upon …
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iMore, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, ZDNet, CNET, The Verge, VentureBeat, MacDailyNews, AnandTech, New York Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechRadar.com, and Softpedia News. Tweets: @itsnicolenguyen
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with iPhone Xs and Xs Max: both feel like the iPhone X, and Xs Max feels better than any Plus model iPhone ever has — Apple just announced the iPhone XS and XS Max. They're iterations on last year's iPhone X, but the XS Max at least stands out in one very notable way: it's so much larger.
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TechCrunch, The Next Web, Engadget, Macworld, Gizmodo, iMore, AppleInsider, MacRumors, CNET, ZDNet, Vox, and Thurrott.com
Tweets: @brianstelter and @panzer
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Apple will stop selling the iPhone X, as well as the iPhone SE and iPhone 6s, the last phones it sold with headphone jacks — Less than one year since it was released, Apple has discontinued the iPhone X with the introduction of its three new iPhones today.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Macworld, MacRumors, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Engadget, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Apple's A12 Bionic is the industry's first 7nm smartphone chip, with 6.9B transistors, 6-core CPU, 4-core GPU, and 8-core Neural Engine for 5T operations/second — Apple's new iPhones come with a brand new chip called the A12 Bionic. The company says it's the industry's first 7-nanometer chip …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces Watch Series 4 with 40mm and 44mm displays, a larger focus on health data, 2x faster 64-bit Dual Core processor, WatchOS 5, and more for $399+ — Heavily rumored since shortly after the release of its predecessor, and accidentally revealed in pre-event leaks of images and basic specs …
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All Things How, ABC News, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, BuzzFeed News, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Engadget, TechCrunch, iMore, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, Digital Trends, GeekWire, CNET, Inquirer, 9to5Mac, CNBC, MacRumors, CNBC, Softpedia News, Silicon Valley Business …, Mashable, BetaNews, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Wired, 9to5Mac, and The Next Web. Tweets: @backlon
| Apple: |
Apple Watch Series 4 can detect low rate and irregular heartbeats, like AFib, and perform ECG when user touches digital crown; features expected later this year — Featuring a Stunning New Display, Electrocardiogram and Fall Detection — Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced …
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CNBC, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, The Verge, VentureBeat, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Macworld, iMore, MacRumors, Washington Post, TechCrunch, FierceHealthcare, BGR, CNET, Mashable, Engadget, and Softpedia News. Tweets: @steven_aquino
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter”; final vote in Jan. 2019 — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’
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European Parliament, Reuters, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wired, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, CNBC, The Hill, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Quartz, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @senficon, @eff, @senficon, @ddalton40, @ryanmerkley, and @wikimediauk
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU proposes massive fines for online tech firms of up to 4% of worldwide revenue for the previous year, if they fail to remove terrorist content within one hour — Proposed legislation would require tech firms to remove terrorist content within one hour — The European Union … | Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Google says it's decided to discontinue its email app Inbox, which focused on simplicity, by the end of next March — Back in 2014, the folks at Google responsible for Gmail did something unexpected: They introduced a new email app. On the back end, Inbox was the same thing as Gmail, and worked with your existing Gmail address.
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The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Thurrott.com, The Next Web, Android Authority, Ars Technica, CNET, Android Police, BGR, XDA Developers, and Neowin
Tweets: @inboxbygmail, @harrymccracken, and @thekitze
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo says the Switch's online service, costing $3.99/month or $19.99/year, will launch on September 18 with a free seven-day trial — The Nintendo Switch's online service is launching in less than a week. In a tweet today, Nintendo revealed that the service will be available on September 18th … | Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Total value of cryptocurrencies fell to under $200B, down from its high of $832B in January, as Bitcoin and the largest altcoins see 35%+ drops — Value of cryptocurrencies has slid 76% after exceeding $800 billion earlier this year — The cryptocurrency rout that began early this year … | Megan Wollerton / CNET: |
Apple says new HomePod features, including setting multiple timers, making and receiving calls, and searching for Apple devices, are coming September 17 — Apple on Wednesday announced a few updates to its $349 HomePod smart speaker, all expected to hit on Sept. 17. They include:
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Apple's AirPower wireless charging mat, once slated for “early” 2018, has been almost entirely removed from its website; sources: AirPower was “too ambitious” — A year after teasing us with the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods …
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MacRumors, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and Mashable
Tweets: @chrispirillo, @pierce, and @kyurieff
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