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October 19, 2022, 8:10 PM
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Filings with the UK's CMA: as part of its Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft plans to build an Xbox Mobile Platform and a “next generation game store”  —  Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company's mobile gaming efforts.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4 v2, with up to 80Gbps both ways, or 120Gbps one way and 40Gbps the other for “video-intensive usages”  —  Intel is showing off a preview of the next generation of Thunderbolt, which it says can “deliver up to three times the capability of Thunderbolt 4.”
The Markup:
Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer lower-income and least-white areas slow internet for the same price as faster service in other regions  —  An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income …
Canalys:
The global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3 2022, the third consecutive decline and the worst Q3 since 2014; Apple's market share grew from 15% to 18% YoY  —  In Q3 2022, the global smartphone market recorded its third consecutive decline this year, dropping 9% year-on-year, marking the worst Q3 since 2014.
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for languages that are primarily spoken rather than written, which can currently translate between Hokkien and English  —  Nearly half of the world's roughly 7,000 known languages four in ten of them exist without an accompanying written component.
Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Apple's iPad lineup is a mess: the M2 iPad Pro is missing some of the advances offered in the low-end 10th-gen iPad and the 9th-gen iPad is still available  —  On Tuesday morning, Apple announced new iPad and iPad Pro models via press release.  On their own, they are reasonable …
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
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
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
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with a $150K one-time hardware cost and $12.5K to $25K monthly fees  —  Airplane operators can reserve now for Starlink deliveries in mid-2023.  —  SpaceX is now advertising Starlink Aviation …
Dave Lee / Financial Times:
Uber launches a global advertising unit, targeting $1B in annual gross ad bookings by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars  —  Rideshare company looks to accelerate revenue growth with new business division  —  Uber has launched its global advertising unit …
Rachel Cheung / VICE:
Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using Apple's AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China  —  “This is the first time I saw or received a medium of any kind that is critical of the current regime.”  —  RC

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A group of 22 advocacy organizations including the ACLU, EFF, and PEN America writes Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro to support Disney's defense against the FCC

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
A study of 14,419 self-published novels on Amazon using Pangram's AI detection tools: in 2,168 of the books, 50%+ of prose was AI, and in 970 books, 90%+ was AI

Cameron Coats / Radio Ink:
Filing: a major Cumulus Media post-bankruptcy stakeholder is likely to be Alden Global Capital President Heath Freeman, who may hold a 31.86% voting interest

More News

Bloomberg:
Documents: as early as December 2022, Japan could let crypto exchanges list tokens without a lengthy screening process, unless the tokens are new to the country
Brian Feldman / Bloomberg:
Gamers, who have accepted pay-to-play models and paid digital items, have largely succeeded in rejecting the video game industry's efforts to incorporate NFTs

Earlier Picks

Jacob Silverman / New Republic:
A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David Sacks, who is using his wealth and online clout to lead a reactionary movement against liberalism
Sander Lutz / Decrypt:
Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol, formerly ADX, for large distributed social applications and says a Bluesky social app is “coming soon”
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B net income, down from $1.45B YoY, 2.4M net global subscribers added, vs. 1.09M est.; stock is up 10%+
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