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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, with 5.8" and 6.5" screens, no 3D Touch, better battery life, triple camera system with zoom and wide angle, in 6 colors — As usual, Apple's latest batch of iPhones aren't exactly surprising, thanks to plenty of detailed leaks throughout the year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the 6.1" iPhone 11, the XR's successor, with low-light night mode, A13 Bionic chip, dual cameras with an ultra wide lens, in six colors — A successor to the default iPhone — Apple is introducing a successor to its iPhone XR today, dubbed iPhone 11.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple says the iPhone 11's A13 Bionic has 8.5B transistors, up from the A12's 6.9B, and its two high-performance cores are 20% faster and consume 40% less power — Apple is announcing new iPhone models today. The iPhone 11 uses an Apple A13 Bionic system-on-a-chip.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple announces Watch Series 5 with built-in compass, always-on display, and new materials, shipping on September 20 from $399; Series 3 price drops to $199 — Apple has just officially announced the next generation of the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Series 5.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces research studies around hearing, heart, and women's health, and says it will launch an Apple Research app for enrolling in them by end of year — Apple is today launching the Apple Research app for iPhone and Apple Watch users interested in sharing their health data along …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber says it has laid off 170 people from its product team and 265 people from its engineering team — Uber has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent about 8% of the organizations …
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| The Verge: |
Apple Arcade to debut on September 19 for $4.99/month with a one month free trial; Apple says it will add hundreds of games to its catalog in the coming weeks — Apple's subscription gaming service is coming soon. Today, at its latest iPhone event, the company revealed that Apple Arcade …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple TV+ will launch on November 1 for $4.99/month in 100 countries; customers get one year free with the purchase of an Apple device — Back in March, Apple unveiled Apple TV+, a subscription television and film service featuring a slate of original content from Steven Spielberg …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple says iPadOS is coming on September 30, alongside the new 10.2-inch iPad, with support for iPad models going back several years — Apple will release iPadOS on September 30th, with support for the last several years of iPad models. — While it's mostly just a name change, this is technically the first ever release of iPadOS.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla partners with Cloudflare to launch the beta of Firefox Private Network VPN, a VPN service via a browser extension for US desktop users — Mozilla today announced that it is bringing back the Firefox Test Pilot program to allow users to try out new features before they are ready for mainstream usage.
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| Angelica LaVito / CNBC: |
Peloton sets IPO range between $26 and $29 per share, looks to raise as much as $1.2B at ~$8B valuation at the high end of the range — KEY POINTS — Peloton seeks to raise as much as $1.16 billion in its initial public offering, the company known for its connected at-home fitness equipment said Tuesday in a regulatory filing.
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Sources: Texas AG has issued a 29-page civil investigation demand with 200+ directives for Google to provide detailed information on its ad business by Oct. 9 — - Investigative demand seeks details on ad tech, acquisitions — Document shows heart of Google business model targeted| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook tightens its policies around self-harm, suicide, and eating disorder content to prevent its spread, after consulting with experts — Timed with World Suicide Prevention Day, Facebook is tightening its policies around some difficult topics including self-harm, suicide …
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
After criticism, Lyft hopes to improve rider safety by mandating driver education and adding a new notification system for potentially dangerous off-track rides — The company will mandate driver safety education and use prediction to determine if riders or drivers need help.| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
CasperLabs, which aims to improve Ethereum 2.0's scalability without sacrificing decentralization, raises $14.5M Series A from Arrington XRP Capital and others — CasperLabs, the startup working to improve Ethereum 2.0 scalability without sacrificing decentralization or speed …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
CEOs of 51 major tech companies, including Amazon, IBM, SAP, Dell, and Salesforce, sign a letter to congressional leaders calling for a federal data privacy law — CEOs who signed: Amazon, AT&T, Dell, IBM, SAP, Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard, and JP Morgan Chase.
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