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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Sources: Meta has discussed opening retail stores globally to showcase devices made by its Reality Labs division, like VR headsets and, eventually, AR glasses — The social networking company has discussed opening physical stores to showcase its virtual reality and augmented reality devices.

More: Fortune, Protocol, International Business Times, Gizmodo, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada Blog, Insider, CNET, CNBC, MacRumors, TechCrunch, iPhone Hacks, and Input

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @lanceulanoff, @harrymccracken, @martyswant, @investmenttalkk, @wongmjane, @whitehotmag, @sarthakgh, and @hypervisible

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Report: Apple and TSMC plan to produce 3nm chips for Macs as soon as 2023, with as many as four dies and up to 40 CPU cores per chip — Apple is taking the PC world by storm with its first debut of Apple Silicon chips inside of Macs, taking what it learned from developing the iPhone and iPad …

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Tweets: @waynema and @markdistef

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Apple says it has identified and fixed a firmware issue with its T2 security chip, which bricked some Macs while upgrading to macOS Monterey — macOS Monterey was released to the public last month with new features such as Focus modes, Shortcuts, and more.

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Wall Street Journal:

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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:

Lime raises $523M in convertible debt and term loan financing and says it plans to go public next year — Shared electric micromobility giant Lime has closed a $523 million raise in convertible debt and term loan financing, money that Lime CEO Wayne Ting says is the next step on the company's path to going public next year.

More: Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, and The Verge

Tweets: @wayneting, @dkhos, and @limebike

Balaji Srinivasan / @balajis:

Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land — Woke Capital incarnate. https://twitter.com/...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:

Square reports Q3 revenue of $3.84B, up 27% YoY but missing $4.51B estimates, bitcoin revenue of $1.81B, up 11% YoY, and gross payment volume of $45.4B, up 43% — - Overall third-quarter sales fall short of analysts' estimates — Gross profit was up 43% from the same period a year earlier

More: Square, Decrypt, The Block, Coinspeaker, TechSpot, NewsBTC, Dow Jones Newswires, Investor's Business Daily, CoinDesk, FreightWaves, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Blockworks, Protocol, Reuters, and ZDNet. Tweets: @squareir

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Square's Cash app now allows parents or guardians to authorize accounts for teens between ages of 13 and 17, available across iOS and Android in the US

More: Benzinga, Cointelegraph, American Banker, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Engadget, and Pocket-lint

Muhdan Saglam / Middle East Eye:

Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users — Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards

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