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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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Trusted Reviews, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, and Wccftech
Tweets: @samsungmobileus, @marcoarment, @ijustine, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @stevesi, @reneritchie, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @captain2phones, @mrinaldesai, @michaelsteeber, @mkbhd, @harrymccracken, @mims, @journeydan, @neilcybart, @snazzyq, @markgurman, @markgurman, @asymco, @panzer, @reneritchie, and @tomcoates
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
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Tweets: @searls, @blackcommanick, @neiltwitz, @stevemoser, and @kaclk
| 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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dexerto.com, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, BetaNews, MobileSyrup, TechRadar, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @nintendoamerica, @reckless, @gamingtallen, @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 …
Tweets: @dylan522p, @benbajarin, @mistertechblog, @saschasegan, @richontech, @tomsguide, @stshank, and @techledes
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Tweets: @kevinctofel, @brianroemmele, @dylan522p, @zhugeex, and @adamnash
| 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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Unicode. More:
The Unicode Blog, The Verge, XDA Developers, CNET, and Android Central
Tweets: @unicode, @emojipedia, @emojipedia, @emojipedia, @unicode, @mattnavarra, @joetidy, and @emojipedia
| 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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U.S. Securities …. More:
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Tweets: @eric_seufert, @hodapp, @peard33, @muddywatersre, @karlbode, @alfredwkng, @alex, @catthekin, @chronic, and @hesterpeirce
| 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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Tweets: @evan_greer, @christianselig, and @marcoarment
| 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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Tweets: @jdalrymple, @film_girl, @tldtoday, @ijustine, @markgurman, @stshank, @ijustine, @redletterdave, @tapbot_paul, @llsethj, @reneritchie, @mkbhd, @stshank, @dcseifert, and @marcoarment
| 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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Softpedia News, iThinkDifferent, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @_inside, @markgurman, @marcoarment, @dcseifert, @rsgnl, @samifathi_, @joannastern, @rendersbyian, @reneritchie, @pierce, @laurengoode, @marcoarment, @mgsiegler, @wongmjane, @tldtoday, @idavey, @stroughtonsmith, @richontech, @pinboard, @dcseifert, @markgurman, @mkbhd, @stroughtonsmith, @laurengoode, @stshank, @bengeskin, @maxwinebach, @bengeskin, @jon_prosser, @detroitborg, @raywongy, @tomcoates, @maxwinebach, @stevesi, @_mattkoonce, @mkbhd, @somegadgetguy, @samifathi_, @pierce, and @stevekovach
| 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, Onapsis, Sophos News, Dark Reading, and The Hacker News
| 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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Canva. More:
TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Wire, Australian Financial Review, and The West Australian
Tweets: @melaniecanva, @moskov, @nbt, @melcornford, @teddyschleifer, @sarthakgh, @mscott, @rcsbaker, @benblumenrose, and @joelconnolly. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| 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.| 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.| 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, and @blaw
| 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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iThinkDifferent. Tweets: @_far_zeen_, @joannastern, @raywongy, @snazzyq, @ishabazz, @maxwinebach, and @laurengoode
| 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”.| Ax Sharma / Ars Technica: |
A look at a recently-patched flaw in Travis CI, a testing tool used by 900K+ open source projects, as Travis CI comes under fire for its bug disclosure process — Developers furious at Travis CI's “insanely embarrassing ‘security bulletin.’” — A security flaw in Travis CI potentially exposed …
Tweets: @quinnypig, @eagerbeavertech, @eagerbeavertech, @drasticactionsa, and @ax_sharma
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