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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces iPhone 13 and 13 mini with a similar design to iPhone 12, smaller notch, A15, diagonal dual-camera system, larger battery, and five new colors — The rumors were right. The centerpiece of today's big Apple event is the latest iPhone. The latest device lands less than a year …
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| Apple: |
Apple's iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max will feature a macro photography mode for close-up shots, access to the professional-grade video codec ProRes, and more — The most advanced pro camera system ever on iPhone; Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion; a massive leap in battery life …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Apple unveils iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max with ProMotion for 10Hz-120Hz refresh rates, A15, new camera system with 3x optical zoom, and more — we expected, Apple unveiled its new iPhone 13 series at its “California Streaming” event today, and they include a pair of more-premium Pro flagships.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DOJ court documents: three former US intel operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the UAE, face charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws — The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company.
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| The Verge: |
Nintendo adds Bluetooth audio support to the Switch, which limits the device to two wireless controllers when in use and does not support microphones — Out of the blue(tooth) — Nintendo has surprise-announced that Bluetooth audio support has come to the Switch through a software update.
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BetaNews, Kotaku, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, iMore, MobileSyrup, and TechRadar
Tweets: @nintendoamerica, @gamingtallen, @reckless, @adamtotscomix, @tomwarren, @backlon, @davegershgorn, and @anildash
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
Apple, in a first, reported no CPU gains for the A15, likely because of the engineer exodus to companies like Nuvia and Rivos — Apple has been long hailed for having the best CPU cores for consumer workloads for years. They have by far the highest performance per clock and efficiency driven …
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| Apple: |
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple refreshes iPad mini with a larger 8.3" display and rounded corners, Touch ID power button, USB-C, 5G, second-gen Pencil support; coming next week for $499 — No Mini LED, unfortunately — Apple has announced its all-new iPad Mini. It features a new enclosure with narrower bezels and rounded corners.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
SEC charges App Annie with securities fraud, accusing it of “engaging in deceptive practices” and misrepresenting its data; App Annie will pay a $10M settlement — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it's charging App Annie, the mobile app data provider …
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| Keith Broni / Emojipedia: |
Unicode Consortium launches version 14.0 with a total of 112 new emoji, including multiracial handshake, melting face, saluting face, and heart hands — Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip, Troll, Saluting Face …
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| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
Apple unveils Watch Series 7 in 41mm and 45mm sizes, with five colors, thinner borders, 20% larger displays, and IPX6, starting at $399 this fall — The latest Apple Watch is a little bigger, too — The Apple Watch Series 7 looks a little different than its predecessors.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Collaborative graphic design app Canva raises $200M led by T. Rowe Price at a $40B valuation; its founders pledge to give away 30% of Canva to charitable causes — Canva is now one of the world's most valuable startups after raising $200 million in new funding at a $40 billion valuation.
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| Sanjana Shivdas / Reuters: |
Report: Uber CTO Sukumar Rathnam has resigned after a year in the position amid tensions with Uber CPO Sundeep Jain — Uber (UBER.N) Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company's head of engineering, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Microsoft fixes over 80 vulnerabilities, including 20 Chromium security bugs in Edge and a critical zero-day vulnerability in MSHTML — Azure agent in Linux guests fixed, MSHTML exploit tackled, and much more - Plus: Adobe and SAP issue updates — Patch Tuesday For its September Patch Tuesday …
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Zero Day Initiative, BetaNews, Engadget, iTnews, Sophos News, Onapsis, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, and The Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
Last week's court ruling leaves the door open for Apple to still attempt to collect a 30% commission from app developers who use their own payment methods — - Judge questioned, but didn't lower iPhone maker's commission — Maximizing revenue poses logistical challenges, political risk
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, @blaw, and @markgurman
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will release iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on September 20, with updates to FaceTime, Notifications, and more — After a summer full of beta testing, Apple today officially announced that it will release iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to the public on Monday, September 20.
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Fight for the Future, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @evan_greer, @christianselig, and @marcoarment
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Swedish caller ID and spam blocking service Truecaller seeks to raise $116M in Stockholm IPO at a valuation of about $3B — Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple releases new MagSafe Wallet with Find My network support, compatible with all iPhone 12 and 13 models, available now for $59 in five new colors — Apple today released a new version of the MagSafe Wallet, now featuring support for the Find My network and five new color options.
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CNET and iThinkDifferent
Tweets: @_far_zeen_, @joannastern, @raywongy, @snazzyq, @ishabazz, and @maxwinebach
| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
An overview of Amazon's plans to expand into healthcare, as it prepares to launch services such as telehealth, and technology for managing healthcare records — Millions talk to Amazon's voice assistant every day with mostly mundane commands, like “play music” or “set timer 11 minutes for pasta”.| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
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