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October 19, 2021, 1:33 PM

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YouTube:
Livestream of Google's Pixel 6 virtual event  —  Shop Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro beginning at 10 am PT: https://goo.gle/3FVoHXH We're officially introducing you to Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro—the completely reimagined Google phones.  Powered by Google Tensor, Google's first custom mobile chip, they're fast, smart and secure.
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
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Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi:
[Thread] A look at Apple's history with CPUs, from PowerPC to x86 to A-series to M1, and how its vertical integration helped beat Intel, Qualcomm, and others  —  Apple's M1 Pro/Max is the second step in a major change in computing. What might be seen as an evolution from iPhone/ARM is really part of an Apple story that began in 1991 with PowerPC. And what a story of innovation 💡 1/ [Quick thoughts] https://twitter.com/...
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
MacBook Pro updates show Apple listened to pro users, who never warmed to the Touch Bar or lack of ports  —  - Apple's new MacBook Pro models, announced on Monday, conspicuously lack many of the least popular features from the 2016 design.  — They include ports for connecting cameras and displays …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Apple confirms its 140W charging brick, bundled with the 16-inch MacBook Pro, uses the USB-C PD 3.1 standard and is its first gallium nitride (GaN) charger  —  The charging brick is USB-C PD 3.1 compliant  —  Apple's new 140W charging brick, which works with a new MagSafe charging cable …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Facebook starts testing its Novi wallet in the US and Guatemala, letting users trade the Paxos Dollar; Coinbase will provide custody services  —  Facebook's Novi wallet is ready to launch - but it won't be launching with the Diem (formerly Libra) stablecoin.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
macOS Monterey release candidate reintroduces Safari's old tab design as the default and Monterey's original Safari design as a “Compact” option  —  Apple has admitted defeat on the Safari design changes that have been present for the entire macOS Monterey beta …
Financial Times:
Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky says Tether has issued USDT in return for cryptocurrencies, calling into question Tether's claim that it only accepts USD  —  Stablecoin operator accepts crypto in return for some loans, big customer says  —  A major customer of Tether has said the company lends …
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Facebook posts an odd thread attacking 30+ unnamed journalists “finishing up a coordinated series of articles based on thousands of pages of leaked documents”  —  The company decried the use of embargoes to coordinate a coming series of reporting on thousands of pages of leaks, despite regularly using embargoes itself.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
An in-depth look at Google's moonshot plans to run entirely on clean energy by 2030, going beyond pledges by Apple, Amazon, and others  —  Sundar Pichai wants to head the first giant company run without emissions around the clock.  It will take far more than money to achieve
Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Facebook Portal Go review: portable with decent ~6 hour battery life and good camera tracking, but too few apps and requires a Facebook or WhatsApp account  —  The main selling point of Facebook's line of Portal devices has always been its video chat capabilities.
Bloomberg:
Alibaba unveils a 5nm server chip using ARM architecture, coming to its data centers in the “near future” and not to be sold commercially for now  —  - Cloud giants are increasingly designing their own silicon  — China is trying to foster self-sufficiency in semiconductors
More: ZDNet
Reuters:
Wise reports Q2 revenue of £132.8M, up 25% YoY, as nearly 4M users transferred £18B, up 36% YoY  —  Money transfer company Wise Plc (WISEa.L) said on Tuesday that its revenue was 132.8 million pounds ($182.97 million) in the second quarter, a rise of 25% from the same period last year.
Rob Garver / CoinDesk:
Crypto firms and trade groups have filed over a dozen new disclosures to hire lobbyists in DC since the tax amendment to the US infrastructure bill this summer  —  Facing a head-spinning array of new legislative and regulatory action out of Washington, D.C., the crypto industry is reacting …

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