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Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week — A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple announces M1, the first Apple silicon SoC for Macs, with 5nm process, 16B transistors, 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and a 16-core neural engine — A big boost over its Intel-based machines — Apple has introduced the new M1 chip that will power its new generation of Arm-based Macs.
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Analysis of Apple's A14 chip shows an increase in single-thread performance of nearly 3x in 5 years, suggesting M1 will be a formidable rival to x86 incumbents — From Mobile to Mac: What to Expect? — To date, our performance comparisons for Apple's chipsets have always been in the context …
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
TikTok asks federal court to intervene in CFIUS order forcing sale of TikTok's US operations by Nov. 12; sources: TikTok hasn't heard from Trump admin in weeks — - TikTok hasn't heard from the Trump administration in weeks as it tries to figure out whether or not to proceed to sell a minority stake in itself to Oracle and Walmart.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Joe Biden's transition team of advisors includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics — - Biden's transition agency review teams already includes several current and former tech employees from companies …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach — Facebook Tuesday said that political content makes up only about 6% of what users actually see on its platform.
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| Rishi Iyengar / CNN: |
According to a CPSC notice, Ring is recalling around 350K Ring doorbells sold between June 2020 and October 2020 after receiving reports of them catching fire — San Francisco (CNN Business)Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire.| South China Morning Post: |
China drafts new antitrust guideline to rein in tech giants; Meituan's stock drops 10%+, JD.com is down 5%+, and Alibaba is down 8%+ — Draft guideline ‘targeting tech giants’ in e-commerce, online food delivery and ride hailing, Atta Capital's Alan Li says Tech giants plunge broadly …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Researchers say YouTube's policy loopholes for election videos have led to an onslaught of videos aiming to undermine the legitimacy of the election — Google video site says election misinformation policies are ‘generally working as intended’ — On Monday, cable outlet One America News Network posted … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers disclose new remote attack method for extracting data from Intel CPUs using a power monitor interface, with Linux most at risk; Intel issues patches — Intel has released microcode updates today to prevent attackers from abusing the Intel RAPL mechanism to steal sensitive data from its CPUs.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Project Taara, an Alphabet X moonshot, plans to deliver wireless internet in sub-Saharan Africa using light beams at distances up to 20km, speeds up to 20Gbps — Wireless network in Kenya to use light beams, like fiber but without the cables. — Alphabet will soon deliver wireless Internet … | Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at China's 5G network, which dwarfs the US efforts but still only covers 8% of the population, while South Korea's 5G covers 25% — China is leading the way in the size and consistency of its 5G network — HONG KONG—By most measures, China is no longer just leading the U.S. when it comes to 5G.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
As the Xbox Series X and S launch, a look at the challenges Microsoft confronted while developing its next-generation console during a pandemic — The debut of a video game console is a carefully choreographed event. It matches state-of-the-art electronics with complex software and big-budget games.| Levi Sumagaysay / MarketWatch: |
Lyft reports Q3 revenue of $499.7M vs. estimates of $486.6M, net loss of $460M, nearly flat YoY, active riders grew 44% QoQ to 12.5M but are still down 44% YoY — Although the coronavirus pandemic continued to be a problem for Lyft Inc., its third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations.
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| Bloomberg: |
Online mortgage lender Better.com has raised ~$200M Series D led by L Catterton according to an internal memo; sources say the round values the company at $4B — Online mortgage lender Better.com has closed a new funding round led by private equity firm L Catterton, according to an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg News.Sponsor Posts
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