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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple's updated MacBook Pros show it has 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 …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, Washington Post, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Forbes, CNET, and ZDNet
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for Macs: M1 Pro is 70% faster than M1 and has 2x the GPU performance with a 32GB RAM limit; M1 Max supports 64GB RAM — Apple today has officially unveiled the next-generation Apple Silicon chip. Dubbed the M1 Pro and M1 Max, the Apple says that these chips …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils MacBook Pros with 14.2" and 16.2" ProMotion displays with a notch, M1 Pro or Max chips, MagSafe, no Touch Bar, HDMI port, SD card slot, and more — As part of its October Unleashed event, Apple today unveiled the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
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Tweets: @mkbhd, @tim_cook, @vladsavov, @stshank, @lukemiani, @munster_gene, @kantrowitz, @andrewmartonik, @dewitt, and @gregjoz
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says macOS Monterey's Universal Control feature, which was never included in betas, won't launch until “later this fall” — Following its special event earlier today, Apple has confirmed that macOS Monterey will be available to all users next week, on October 25.
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MacRumors, MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, Pocketnow, Gizchina, iMore, and The Verge
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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Six Colors, Daring Fireball, O'Grady's PowerPage, Apple Must, iMore, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @viticci, @macrumors, @stevex, @lumingyin, @itsmichaelwest, @imaffo, @sreikanth, @rhysmorgan, @backlon, @dsilverman, and @lapcatsoftware
| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
NSA, CISA, and FBI say that ransomware group BlackMatter is attacking critical US infrastructure, including the food sector, demanding $80K-$15M in crypto — A government advisory published Monday warned that BlackMatter ransomware attackers are going after U.S. critical infrastructure …
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SiliconANGLE, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, cybernews.com, and CISA
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Google has asked Pixel 6 suppliers to produce over 7M units, double its entire estimated smartphone shipments last year — U.S. tech giant bets it can woo users with in-house chips and security promises — TAIPEI — Google has asked suppliers to produce more than 7 million …
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The Verge, AndroidPolice, MobileSyrup, XDA Developers, Android Central, Android Headlines, 9to5Google, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @nikkeiasia and @joshuaswingle
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple debuts third-gen $179 AirPods with an updated design, better sound quality, Spatial Audio in Apple Music, and a MagSafe-enabled case, available next week — Preorders start today and they'll be available October 26th — Apple has just introduced its third-generation AirPods … | 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.
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| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
CrowdStrike details China-linked LightBasin, which has compromised 13 telecom companies since 2019, gaining access to subscriber info, call metadata, and more — An advanced network of digital spies with a nexus to Chinese interests has successfully compromised parts of the global telecommunications network … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sundar Pichai calls for the creation of new US federal privacy regulations, and stresses the importance of staying ahead in AI, quantum computing, and more — In a wide-ranging interview at the WSJ Tech Live conference that touched on topics like the future of remote work, A.I. innovation … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says its Play Store labels that detail user data collection will launch in February 2022 — Back in May, Google announced a new Play Store requirement to have Android apps detail how they collect and use personal information. The Google Play “Data safety” section will go live … | Gabrielle Bikker / App Annie: |
YouTube passes $3B in global consumer spending on iOS, ranking third behind Tinder and Netflix — YouTube was the #3 overall application of all time by consumer spend — YouTube has surpassed $3 billion in consumer spend worldwide as of October 17, 2021 — entirely driven by iOS.
Tweets: @shiraovide
| 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 …
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Decrypt. Tweets: @bennetttomlin, @jp_koning, @patio11, @mayazi, @financialtimes, @frances_coppola, @frances_coppola, @frances_coppola, @kadhim, and @alexisgoldstein
| 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
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DealStreetAsia, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, and ZDNet
| Alexander Michael Pearson / Bloomberg: |
Berlin-based grocery delivery startup Gorillas raises nearly $1B, including $235M from Delivery Hero, at a ~$3B post-money valuation — Delivery Hero SE invested $235 million in Gorillas Technologies GmbH, part of a nearly $1 billion funding round for the Berlin-based grocery startup.
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TechCrunch, EU-Startups, Silicon Republic, The Economic Times, PYMNTS.com, Delivery Hero, CNBC, Forbes, and Reuters
| 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
Tweets: @aaronrutkoff, @aaronrutkoff, @climate, @climate, @qhardy, @climate, @senwhitehouse, @aaronrutkoff, @aaronrutkoff, @sundarpichai, and @climate
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Skyflow, which offers a zero-trust repository for customer data, raises a $45M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $70M — The market for corporate data privacy products is heating up, with Skyflow announcing a $45 million Series B this morning, just a day after TripleBlind announced a $24 million round.
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VentureBeat and IT Security News
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Beats Fit Pro earbuds, with active noise cancellation and Apple's H1 chip, will launch on November 1 — Apple today announced multiple new products at its “Unleashed” special event, such as the new redesigned MacBook Pro, AirPods 3, HomePod mini in new colors, and a new Siri-based plan for Apple Music.| 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 …
Tweets: @coindesk, @coindesk, @coindesk, and @nikhileshde
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Facebook says it will begin 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.
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The Block and The Coinbase Blog
Tweets: @novi, @apompliano, @davidmarcus, @skasriel, @kr00ney, @davidmarcus, @ldrogen, and @davidmarcus
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Primer, which offers drag-and-drop e-commerce payment tools, raises a $50M Series B at a $425M valuation led by Iconiq Growth — Primer — a UK startup that has built a drag-and-drop framework to help merchants easily build payment stacks to sell online …
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VentureBeat, Finextra, London Evening Standard, Insider, and Balderton Capital
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Newfoundland-based CoLab Software, which offers tools for engineering teams, raises a $17M Series A led by Insight Partners — Newfoundland-based CoLab Software, which provides a web-based collaboration tool and issue-tracking platform for engineering teams, announced today that it has raised $17 million in Series A funding.
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BetaKit and PR Newswire
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Geniebook, which uses ML and human teachers to provide personalized learning, raises a $16.6M Series A and says it is used by 150,000 students — Founded in 2017, Geniebook is a Singapore-based learning platform that uses a combination of machine learning and human teacheres to personalize each student's education.
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Tech in Asia and DealStreetAsia
| NoCamels: |
Israeli company Cato Networks, which offers cloud-based tools to protect remote workforces, raises $200M at a $2.5B valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Israeli cybersecurity firm Cato Networks announced its latest funding round on Tuesday, raising $200 million at a market valuation of $2.5 billion.
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CRN, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, CTech, Globes Online, PR Newswire, and SecurityWeek
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