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Apple announces new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M2, Wi-Fi 6E, and a new Apple Pencil hovering feature, in stores on October 26 and starting at $799 and $1,099 — Apple today unveiled the new generation of 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, powered by the latest M2 Apple Silicon chips.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils a redesigned 10th-gen iPad with A14, flat sides, a 10.9" display, a Touch ID side button, USB-C, and Wi-Fi 6E, coming on October 26 for $449 — Apple today announced the 10th-generation iPad, featuring the A14 Bionic chip and a complete redesign with a range of color options.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple announces an Apple TV 4K with A15, HDR10+ support, and an updated Siri Remote with USB-C, starting at $129 for preorder now and shipping on November 4 — Apple today announced an updated Apple TV 4K model with the A15 Bionic chip, support for HDR10+, and an updated Siri Remote, for a starting price of $129.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
iOS 16.1 RC, available to developers, debuts iCloud Shared Photo Library, a way to share car, hotel, and other keys in Wallet, and an Apple Card savings account — Apple today seeded the iOS 16.1 Release Candidate to developers ahead of the update's expected release next week.| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-gen iPad, with detachable keyboard, a 14-key function row, and an adjustable stand, shipping October 26 — To complement the just announced 10th gen iPad, Apple has launched the new Magic Keyboard Folio.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
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Meta confirms plans to divest itself of Giphy globally after the UK's CMA gives a final order to sell the company following a court-ordered reassessment in July — Bye-bye: Meta has again been ordered by the UK's competition watchdog to sell animated GIF platform, Giphy. And this time it's final.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: fewer than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world — Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed. — Why it matters: The move … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Source: Parler has around 50,000 DAUs and its parent company had been trying over the last few weeks to sell the social network at a “wildly inflated” price — On Monday, Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, announced that he would buy Parler, an alternative social media platform … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised a $125M Series A led by Insight Partners at a $1.5B valuation — As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper, a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Carl Pei's Nothing plans to hike its Ear (1) earbuds' price from $99 to $149 on October 26, citing “an increase in costs” and “15 firmware and tuning updates” — Nothing is hiking the price of its debut Ear 1 earbuds from $99 to $149, the company's CEO Carl Pei has announced.| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Stardust, which makes developer tools for building blockchain-based games, raised a $30M Series A led by Framework Ventures — Despite a steep drop in venture funding for crypto companies, some startups are still managing to secure fresh capital. Stardust, which provides developer tools … | Aditi Agrawal / Newslaundry: |
The Wire suspends its stories on Meta's controversial XCheck program until it carries out a “thorough review”; cited cybersecurity experts deny being consulted — Varadarajan confirmed the news site will review ‘all material and documents and sources’.| Yun Li / CNBC: |
Salesforce's stock jumps 4%+ after activist investor Starboard reveals a “significant” stake, without specifying the amount; the stock is down ~40% in 2022 — Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT — Jeffrey Smith, CEO of Starboard Value LP and Chairman of Papa John's International Inc.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google adds kids-focused features to Google TV including parent-controlled watchlists, AI-driven suggestions, and support for parent-supervised YouTube accounts — Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV …
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