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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.
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.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Microsoft says Apple plans to launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023; Windows 11's Photos app will get 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.
Taylor Locke / Fortune:
Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker made a DAO proposal to waive any investigations  —  Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, looks to be the latest victim of a massive hack within the crypto realm.
Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, like withholding games from rivals; Microsoft says Sony is the market leader  —  The CMA expects the deal to impact PlayStation and game streaming  —  The Competition and Markets Authority has detailed …
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.
Parmy Olson / Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote didn't address the enormous skepticism around his vision and shows why VR 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 …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and “incredibly thirsty”; the long pitch for VR and the metaverse came off as one of tech's hardest sells in a decade
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta announces Horizon Worlds avatars are getting legs using an AI model to predict the body's position, an avatar store, avatars are coming to Reels, and more  —  Meta's Horizon avatars will be getting legs.  So far, the company's avatars have weirdly just hovered off the ground …
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 …
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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@nytimespr:
A NYT headline on Friday “misstated” NATO's full name as the “North American Treaty Organization”; the NYT says a correction appears in Saturday's print edition

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at nonprofit VTDigger, which has been operating at a loss since 2022 and is seeking its third EIC in just over a year after tough union negotiations

Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
The Las Vegas Review-Journal stops printing the Las Vegas Sun, ending the last joint operating deal stemming from a 1970 law; the Sun vows to fight in court

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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
Halisia Hubbard / NPR:
British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram, “completing the transformation” from physical to NFT, after selling each for $2K

Earlier Picks

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
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries
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