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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro lines, available on October 25 for $1,000+ with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs or $1,300+ with an ARM SQ3 — Microsoft is combining its Surface Pro X and Surface Pro lines into a single product this year, the Surface Pro 9.
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Microsoft debuts the Surface Laptop 5 in 13.5-inch and 15-inch models with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs, Wi-Fi 6, and Dolby Vision, available on October 25 for $1,000+ — After a year and a half on the market, this fall Microsoft is updating its mainstream notebook line with the new Surface Laptop 5.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft says Apple will launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023; Windows 11's Photo app will add iCloud integration — Microsoft today announced that desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps will be available on Windows PCs next year, downloadable from the Microsoft Store.
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| Taylor Locke / Fortune: |
Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker then passed a malicious DAO governance proposal — Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, looks to be the latest victim of a massive hack within the crypto realm.| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote did nothing to address enormous skepticism and shows why the idea should have been an R&D project, not Meta's future — As Mark Zuckerberg spoke to the camera in a pre-recorded presentation on Tuesday to kick off Meta Platforms Inc.'s annual virtual reality conference …
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| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision acquisition, including withholding games from rivals; Microsoft argues Sony is the dominant player — The CMA expects the deal to impact PlayStation and game streaming — The Competition and Markets Authority has detailed …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022 — Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website/app passwords with “passkeys” that just require you to unlock your device.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft details Edge Workspaces, a shared set of browser tabs for collaboration, and adds new security features and accessibility tools to Edge — It's Microsoft Ignite this week and while a lot of the announcements this week target the kinds of IT professionals and admins who really need … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Teams Premium, adding several AI-based features, like meeting recaps and live translations, expected to launch in February 2023, pricing TBA — Microsoft is launching Microsoft Teams Premium today, a new offering designed to boost its chat and collaboration app with some AI-powered smart features.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with Intel's 11th Gen i7, Nvidia's RTX 3060, Dolby Vision, and 1TB, available for $4,299 or $4,499 — It's been a long time since Microsoft updated its Surface Studio line of all-in-one PCs. While rumors had suggested a Surface Studio 3 was on the way …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the thousands, close to October 27; some divisions, including sales and marketing, could see ~20% cuts — Intel Corp. is planning a major reduction in headcount, likely numbering in the thousands, to cut costs and cope …
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| BBC: |
TikTok plans to take prompt action against “exploitative begging” after an investigation found refugees in Syrian camps pleading for digital gifts on the app — BBC Global Disinformation Unit, BBC News Arabic and BBC Eye Investigations — Displaced families in Syrian camps … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva — - Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google's advertising business from 2013 to 2018, has launched a Web3 company called nxyz.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft plans to integrate DALL-E 2 with the newly announced Microsoft Designer app and Image Creator tool in Bing and Microsoft Edge — Microsoft is making a major investment in DALL-E 2, OpenAI's AI-powered system that generates images from text, by bringing it to first-party apps and services.
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Tweets: @liatbenzur and @jakuuire
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Filings: London-based crypto custody startup Copper raised $196M as part of an ongoing Series C; Copper was reportedly valued at $3B in November 2021 — Crypto custodian Copper Technologies Ltd has obtained $196 million in fresh funding this year, as part of an ongoing series C investment in the business.| Laura Cooper / Wall Street Journal: |
PE firm Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire Florida-based KnowBe4, which offers security awareness training and a simulated phishing platform, for $4.6B — Private-equity firm has agreed to pay $24.90 a share to acquire KnowBe4 — Private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners has struck …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple may be able to supply the US market, or ~25% of global shipments, from assembly sites outside of China — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with some new predictions on how Apple can continue to reduce its reliance on China.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Roku partners with Wyze to release smart home products, including lighting, plugs, and cameras, sold exclusively at Walmart starting October 17 — Roku has officially announced a lineup of smart home gadgets that includes lighting, plugs, and cameras. The devices, which were …
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| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix confirms receiving a one-year exemption from new US export restrictions to China, letting it supply its China-based facilities — The South Korean memory-chip giant is the first to publicly disclose an exemption that avoids production disruptions
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| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Netflix joins the British ratings agency BARB as a full member, planning to publish independently audited viewing figures on individual shows for the first time — Streaming service's decision to sign up to independent ratings agency is world first and will give insight into its cultural power
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