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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google launches $599 Pixel 6, with 90Hz 6.4" display, and $899 Pixel 6 Pro, with 120Hz 6.7" display, both featuring an upgraded 50MP rear camera, coming Oct. 28 — Google claims to finally be ready to take on Apple and Samsung — After many leaks, official teases, and months of waiting …
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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
A look at Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's cameras: main sensor takes in 150% more light, Real Tone can more accurately capture skin tones, Face Unblur, Magic Eraser, more — New cameras and sensors aim to put the Pixels back on top of mobile photography — Today at its Pixel Fall Launch event …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Q&A with Google executives on the Pixel 6's new Tensor SoC, which has two big ARM Cortex-X1 cores, 2 medium cores, and 4 efficiency cores — Learn more about the Google Tensor from the people that designed it. — The Pixel 6 is official, with a wild new camera design, incredible pricing, and the new Android 12 OS.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Google releases Android 12 to current Pixel devices, featuring Material You, revamped Quick Settings, and more — Just as Google kicks off its big Pixel 6 event, the company has finally started rolling out Android 12 on Pixel 3 and above. The company released the first public beta …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google debuts a Pixel Pass plan starting at $45/month for a Pixel 6 plus an upgrade in two years, 200GB of Google One, Play Pass, YouTube Premium, and more — The rumors were true: Google has an answer to the Apple One bundle. The company has introduced a Pixel Pass subscription that includes …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google partners with Snap to bring exclusive Snapchat features to Pixel phones, including AR lenses and “Quick Tap to Snap” — Thanks to the new Quick Tap to Snap feature — At today's Pixel event, Google dove into the details about the Pixel 6 series devices and outlined …
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9to5Google, The Information, Android Police, and XDA Developers
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Following the Pixel 6 launch, the Google Store is having technical issues during preorders and frequently shows the new phones as sold out — The Pixel 6 is finally here and pre-orders are technically open, but unfortunately, the best place to buy a Pixel 6, the Google Store, is struggling to keep up with the launch.
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The Verge, YouTube, Bloomberg, and FrontPageTech.com
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Tweets: @mattmoniz, @nikkeiasia, and @joshuaswingle
| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple botched the notch on the MacBook Pros by leaving out Face ID; the bezels are smaller but not ultrathin like on Dell and HP rivals — All the downsides of the notch, without the Face ID benefits — The day that many have been dreading has finally arrived. Apple has added a notch to its new MacBook Pros.
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| Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: |
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| 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.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Facebook settles with DOJ over claims it discriminated by favoring temporary visa holders over US workers; Facebook will pay $4.75M and up to $9.5M for victims — - Facebook settled claims that it refused to recruit or hire U.S. workers for positions it set aside for temporary visa holders with the Department of Justice.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says macOS Monterey's Universal Control feature, which was never included in the betas, will launch “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.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Instagram says this week it will add a “Collabs” feature to let users co-author Reels and posts, the ability to post from desktop browsers, and more — Desktop posting, new video effects, and fundraiser tweaks are also on the way — Instagram is kicking off a week of product reveals …
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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 …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai and Rick Osterloh on their ambitions with Pixel 6, Tensor SoC, Google hardware, and the Android ecosystem at large — When did Google decide it would need to make its own custom processor for phones? “I think I started April 16th and it was around the 17th … | 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.
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Tweets: @dcseifert, @katienotopoulos, and @jp2e
| 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 …
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Roblox's efforts to engage an older audience while maintaining a safe environment for its youngest users offer a roadmap for other internet platforms — The company, which went public earlier this year, has lessons for other internet outfits aiming to attract younger users even as its own audience gets older.| 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, @greenbuild, @senwhitehouse, @climate, @aaronrutkoff, @climate, @qhardy, @aaronrutkoff, @sundarpichai, @climate, @aaronrutkoff, @annaedge4, and @climate
| 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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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Republic, which lets non-accredited investors buy startup stakes as tiny as $10, raises $150M Series B led by Valor Equity Partners, after March's $36M Series A — There's plenty of frustration in the world of startups over when a digital asset does and does not constitute a security …
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| 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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| Andrés Engler / CoinDesk: |
Element Finance, a decentralized finance fixed rate protocol, raises a $32M Series A led by Polychain Capital at a $320M valuation, says it has 9K+ active users — Element Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) fixed rate protocol, closed a $32 million Series A funding round at a $320 million valuation … | Eugene Kim / Insider: |
Internal doc: Amazon held talks with Starbucks to put its cashierless tech in a co-branded coffee shop, at one point aiming for a Q4 2020 launch — - Amazon and Starbucks want to launch a new co-branded lounge that would put Amazon Go cashierless stores within a cafe.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Instacart acquires Caper AI, which offers cashierless checkout tech using smart shopping carts and computer vision, for about $350M in cash and stock — Instacart made its name by providing a way for consumers to bypass shopping in stores in person, by ordering items online and getting …
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| 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.| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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