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A filing with a regulator in Brazil says the iPhone 12 has a 2,815 mAh battery, and the iPhone 12 mini has a 2,227mAh battery — While the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are now available for pre-order in the US, Apple is getting ready to bring its new smartphones to other countries as well.
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Thoughts on Apple's “Hi, Speed” event: the iPhone 12 lineup, camera differences, missing chargers and earbuds, focus on 5G and Verizon CEO's cameo, more — Last month's “Time Flies” event for the Apple Watch Series 6 and new iPad Air was about an hour long; this week's “Hi, Speed” event ran just a bit longer at 70 minutes.
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Nick Clegg says 2.2M ads on Facebook and Instagram have been rejected and 120K posts withdrawn for attempting to “obstruct voting” in the US elections — A total of 2.2m ads on Facebook and Instagram have been rejected and 120,000 posts withdrawn for attempting to “obstruct voting” … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Virtual studios, where the filmmaking takes place in front of a halo of flat screen displays connected to PCs, are offering a real alternative to green screens — For as long as filmmaking has existed, there has been a need to build fantastic worlds in front of cameras.
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| Colum Murphy / Bloomberg: |
China passes a new export control law, in effect from Dec. 1, that will let it take reciprocal measures if any country or regions abuse their export controls — China passed a new law to restrict sensitive exports to protect national security, helping Beijing gain reciprocity against U.S. as tech tensions mount.| BBC: |
UK to make it illegal to use a mobile phone while driving from next year, closing a loophole that let drivers use a phone to take a photo or play a game — It will become illegal for anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving, under new legislation to be enacted next year.
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| Anil Ananthaswamy / Knowable Magazine: |
A look at “neurosymbolic AI”, which combines techniques of deep neural networks and “good old-fashioned AI”, with comments from its proponents and critics — The unlikely marriage of two major artificial intelligence approaches has given rise to a new hybrid called neurosymbolic AI.
Tweets: @knowablemag, @knowablemag, @knowablemag, @paldhous, @knowablemag, and @knowablemag
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Process mining company Celonis has acquired Czech startup Integromat to help bolster its automation services; Celonis CEO says the deal is worth more than $100M — Celonis began as a company to help customers understand how work flowed through your company by building a process map.| Stephen Totilo / Kotaku: |
Interview: Microsoft's Phil Spencer on Xbox Series S vs. Series X, Bethesda deal, cross-gen gaming, ballooning game file sizes, and the storage size trade-off — There's nothing normal about interviewing Xbox chief Phil Spencer these days. — First, there's the location.
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| Dave Sebastian / Wall Street Journal: |
Skillsoft, which makes training software for businesses, is going public through a SPAC merger at a $1.3B valuation after emerging from bankruptcy in August — Educational-technology company emerged from chapter 11 in August — Educational-technology company Skillsoft is going public through … | Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Cribl raises $35M Series B led by Sequoia to help companies route the data generated by their tech infrastructure to third-party monitoring and analytics tools — San Francisco startup Cribl Inc. today said that it has raised a $35 million round led by Sequoia Capital to give companies …
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| Laurens Cerulus / Politico: |
Sources: EU is finalizing a plan to toughen export controls on “dual use” technologies, including hacking software and facial recognition systems — EU needs to make sure ‘China or Russia are not simply given the newest technology,’ lead negotiator says.| Marietje Schaake / Foreign Affairs: |
| Reuters: |
Yandex and TCS Group Holding, the parent company of Russia's top online bank Tinkoff, have terminated talks on Yandex's proposed $5.48B deal to buy Tinkoff — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Plans for Russia's biggest corporate deal of 2020 collapsed on Friday after talks over a $5.48 billion cash …
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