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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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| 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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Apple says 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 starts at $1,999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,499, available October 26 — The new MacBook Pro features a 1080p camera, the best audio system in a notebook, and the most advanced connectivity ever in a MacBook Pro
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
MacBook Pros with M1 Pro can support two external 6K 60Hz displays at once, and with M1 Max can support up to three 6K external displays plus a 60Hz 4K display — Apple announced during its “Unleashed” event the new MacBook Pro powered with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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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| 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.
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| 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 … | 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 … | 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 … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
A hacker breached the Argentinian government's IT network last month, stealing citizens' personal details and leaking some, including Lionel Messi's on Twitter — A hacker has breached the Argentinian government's IT network and stolen ID card details for the country's entire population, data that is now being sold in private circles.| Crystal Kim / Bloomberg: |
Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt goes public on the NYSE after a $2.1B SPAC merger, closing down 6.41% on its debut; shares are up ~3% after hours — - Bakkt Holdings shares fall below SPAC IPO price of $10 — Promise of more Bitcoin futures trading fails to spur rally| Kollen Post / The Block: |
NY AG sends cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms; improperly redacted documents suggest the recipients were Nexo and Celsius Network — On October 18, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending firms.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK-based neobank Zopa, which offers P2P lending, savings, credit cards, and other services, raises $300M led by Vision Fund 2 at a $1B post-money valuation — Another big infusion of cash from a major investor is making its way to a fintech out of the UK on the heels of strong growth.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's CRED, which rewards customers for paying their credit card bills on time, raises a $251M Series E at a $4.01B valuation — Indian fintech CRED said on Tuesday it has raised $251 million in a new financing round, its third funding this year, at a valuation of $4.01 billion.
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| Katherine Greifeld / Bloomberg: |
Invesco drops its pursuit of a bitcoin futures ETF filing hours before the first such product begins trading on the US stock market — Invesco Ltd. has dropped its pursuit of a futures-backed Bitcoin exchange-traded fund hours before the first such product is set to launch on a U.S. exchange.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Finnish startup Aiven, which helps companies build open source projects, raises a $60M Series C extension at a $2B valuation, up from $800M in March — Aiven, a Finnish startup that helps companies combine various open source technologies with public cloud infrastructure resources …
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| Tushar Deep Singh / The Economic Times: |
Report: Indian startups raised $10B+ in a quarter for the first time in Q3 2021, with fintech, edtech, and SaaS startups accounting for ~50% of total funding — A total of $10.9 billion was raised in 347 deals from July to September, according to a PwC India report.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TripleBlind, which provides data sharing services to enterprises, raises a $24M Series A, bringing its total funding to $32M+ — Organizations that have made the leap into using big data to drive their business are increasingly looking for better, more efficient ways to share data …
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