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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple debuts the new Mac Studio with an M1 Max or Ultra, front and back ports, up to 128GB of unified memory, and support for four 6K displays — It's a Mac Mini but way more powerful — Apple has announced the Mac Studio, a desktop system that looks like the Mac Mini on the outside but packs a lot more power on the inside.
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| Apple: |
Apple says the Mac Studio starts at $1,999 with an M1 Max and at $3,999 with an M1 Ultra; the Studio Display costs $1,599 — Mac Studio with M1 Max and the new M1 Ultra delivers unprecedented performance and extensive connectivity in an incredibly compact design
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple details M1 Ultra, replacing the M1 Max as the top M1 chip, with 114B transistors, 128GB of unified memory, 16 performance cores, and four efficiency cores — Apple rocked the computing world with its M1 chip, the first “Apple Silicon” hardware that turned the MacBook Air, Mac Mini and other computers into portable powerhouses.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils Studio Display, a 27-inch 5K monitor with an A13 Bionic chip, a 12MP ultra-wide camera with Center Stage support, three mics, and six speakers — Alongside the brand new Mac Studio desktop, Apple today announced a new addition to its external display lineup: the Apple Studio Display.
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| Mandiant: |
Google acquires cybersecurity company Mandiant for ~$5.4B, or $23 per share, in an all-cash deal set to close later in 2022; Mandiant will join Google Cloud — Acquisition to bring Google speed and scale to Mandiant's unparalleled intelligence and expertise - at a time when security has never been more important
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18 — A year and a half after its last model — Apple has announced an update to the iPad Air a year and a half after it gave the tablet an iPad Pro-style redesign.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces an updated iPhone SE with 5G, an A15 Bionic, the classic Touch ID home button design, a 12MP camera, and more, shipping on March 18 for $429 — Apple has officially announced it's all-new iPhone SE with an A15 Bionic chip. The design is the same as the previous-generation iPhone SE.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
After experiencing outages on Tuesday, Spotify says it is back up, and Discord says its services are coming back online with some limitations — Unrelated issues disconnected both services this afternoon — If you can't connect to Spotify or Discord, then no, it's not just you or your internet connection.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amp, a mobile app that lets users host live “radio shows”, take calls, and play Amazon Music tracks; Amp is only available in a limited US beta — Amazon's Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Linux developers fix Dirty Pipe, a high-severity vulnerability in the kernel that let hackers carry out a host of malicious actions, like installing backdoors — Dirty Pipe has the potential to smudge people using Linux and Linux derivitives. — Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability … | Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Four Amazon delivery service partners in the US describe racking up debts of tens of thousands of dollars after the company abruptly terminated their contracts — Across the country, Amazon's delivery service partners, the small businesses, that exclusively deliver packages for Amazon … | Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Apple announces Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+, comprising two exclusive Major League Baseball games every week — Apple has snared rights to a Friday-night package of Major League Baseball games, extending Silicon Valley's reach into the world of sports.
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| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful identification and arrests by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition software — Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow.| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Mandiant says Chinese hacking group APT41 breached at least six US state networks between May 2021 and February 2022, using vulnerabilities including Log4Shell — The prolific China APT41 hacking group, known for carrying out espionage in parallel with financially motivated operations … | Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
AngelList Venture says it recently closed a $100M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $4B pre-money valuation — After seven years since its last financing round, Angellist Venture has raised new capital, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company announced in a blog post today …
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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Google: Russia's Fancy Bear launched phishing campaigns against Ukrainians before the invasion and Belarus' Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian and Polish militaries — Belarus conducted widespread phishing attacks against members of the Polish military as well as Ukrainian officials …
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Twitter hires Michael Sayman, formerly of Facebook, Google, and Roblox, to work on experimental features as the service competes with TikTok for younger users — When Joss Robinson, 18, a freshman at the University of Connecticut, wants to catch up on what his friends are talking about, he often turns to Twitter.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will release iOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3, watchOS 8.5, and tvOS 15.4 to all users next week — Following Apple's special event on Tuesday, the company announced that it will finally release iOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, tvOS 15.4, and macOS Monterey 12.3 to all users next week.
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| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Public Citizen: the number of US-based crypto lobbyists rose from 115 in 2018 to 320 in 2021 and lobbying spending quadrupled from $2.2M in 2018 to $9M in 2021 — Crypto lobbying may be K Street's hottest new business, according to a new report from Public Citizen.
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