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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The iPhone, in its third year of a three-year design cycle, may be overhauled in 2023; Apple may delay Pay Later to 2023 and may not host an October 2022 event — I've spent the last week or so testing out the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and I believe it sets the stage for larger changes next year.
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The Verge, Macworld, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Engadget, AppleInsider, Engadget, SlashGear, Appleosophy, Crowdfund Insider, Tom's Guide, Neowin, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, MacRumors, and DigiTimes
Tweets: @saranbyte, @samifathi_, @joe_wrighttt, @erosener, and @isaiahfreedman3
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Counterpoint: the average selling price of iPhones could rise to $892 in Q3 2022 and $944 in Q4 2022, as buyers choose Pro models; the record is $873 in Q4 2021 — Upward trajectory driven by customers buying more expensive ‘Pro’ models that command higher margins
Tweets: @kevinctofel, @teamweicrypto, @thomasbcn, @200pipss, and @patrickmcgee_
| Voice of America: |
The US Treasury updates its guidance to let US tech companies expand their internet services in Iran, after the country took most of its ~83M citizens offline — The U.S. Treasury Department said Friday that it was updating guidance to U.S. tech firms to expand the range of internet services available …
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Decrypt, Reuters, Wccftech, Mashable, The Record, ChinaTechNews.com, Associated Press, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @secblinken, @elonmusk, @minds, @patrickbetdavid, @mdudas, @joshuawbaron, and @gulbukhari
| Anthony Breznican / Vanity Fair: |
A look at Kyiv-based Respeecher, which uses performers' archival voice recordings and AI to create new dialogue, including for Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi — As the conflict raged, Ukrainian tech workers at Respeecher hurried to bring back James Earl Jones's legendary voice for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Variety, The Verge, Gizmodo, Mashable, New York Post, Engadget, The Hill, TheGamer, and Deadline
| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
Using translation apps, dubbing software, and VPNs, some Chinese creators are getting millions of views for TikTok videos summarizing Hollywood movies and shows — With machine translation, dubbing apps and VPNs, Chinese creators are shortening movies for Americans.
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| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
An interview with Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on his critics and why today's most popular approaches to AI won't lead to human-level machine intelligence — (Article is updated with a rebuttal by Gary Marcus in context.) — Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist of Meta Properties …
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Facebook: Yann LeCun. Tweets: @suhail, @garymarcus, @intuitmachine, @intuitmachine, @ylecun, @benedictevans, @mustafasuleymn, @dmonett, @drveronikach, @dmonett, @dmonett, @garymarcus, @intuitmachine, @tiernanraytech, @lathropa, @intuitmachine, @garymarcus, and @qhardy
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A look at The Follower, an art project using open-source facial recognition software to match Instagram photos with EarthCam video footage of people taking them — A tech-savvy artist unearthed video footage of people working hard to capture the perfect shot for Instagram.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers say Slack and Microsoft Teams have fundamental issues vetting third-party apps and should overhaul their app model to be more like traditional OSes — New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltrate these sensitive workplace tools.| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
A profile of YMTC, China's top memory chip maker that may be in the crosshairs of US sanctions; Minsheng: YMTC had a 1% global memory chip market share in 2020 — A few months before the US-China trade war started in July 2018, local media coverage of President Xi Jinping was focused …
Tweets: @scmpnews
| Patricia Allen / EU-Startups: |
Paris-based Zenchef, which offers restaurants tools to enhance the customer experience and optimize front-of-house operations, raised €50M+ from PSG Equity — Restaurant tech player Zenchef has raised over €50 million from PSG Equity as it consolidates its position as a European leader in this space.
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Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, Tech.eu, and Silicon Canals
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Study: LinkedIn's A/B testing of its People You May Know algorithm, involving 4M+ users in 2015 and 16M+ in 2019, could have affected some users' livelihoods — A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.
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USA Today. Tweets: @drtechlash, @mmasnick, @alexstamos, @johncoogan, @alexstamos, @zoeschiffer, @emilygorcenski, @kimmytaylor, @iroughol, @tomgara, @edyson, @elinor_carmi, @sub8u, @taylorlorenz, @cfchabris, @zck, @adamnash, @weselymd, @harrybr, @pt, @rmac18, @carnage4life, @eileenguo, @natashanyt, @hankgreen, @donmoyn, @jodiecongirl, @zenofdesign, @alexstamos, @mmasnick, @benjamingoggin, @as_2103, @seyitaylor, @hunterwalk, @joshelman, @martinsfp, @caseynewton, @taylorlorenz, @eric_seufert, @michaelzimmer, @jeffjarvis, @moonalice, @fabiochiusi, and @natashanyt
| Rest of World: |
A look at the fight between delivery apps in Brazil after the local government launched delivery app Valeu to take on iFood, which controls 80%+ of the market — Free-market politicians argue that a government-controlled app is unfair competition. — • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Tweets: @restofworld
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