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| Apple on YouTube: |
A recording of Apple's livestream of the “Wonderlust” event at Apple Park — Join us for a special Apple Event on September 12 at 10 a.m. PT. Set a reminder now, and we'll notify you before showtime.
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Threads: @jw. X: @tolmasky, @thomasgermain, @neilcybart, @nielsrogge, @mgsiegler, @adamscochran, @jon_prosser, @mkbhd, and @maxwinebach. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils the $399 Watch Series 9, with an S9 chip, 30% faster than the S8, a four-core neural engine, Double Tap, on-device Siri, and a 2,000-nit display — Apple today unveiled the Apple Watch Series 9, featuring significantly improved performance thanks to the S9 Apple silicon chip …
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Threads: @crumbler. X: @anshelsag, @maxwinebach, @twostraws, @neilcybart, @stevemoser, @samsheffer, @parkerortolani, @rsgnl, @lukew, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @autismcapital, @mkbhd, @panzer, @_alialkhatib, @mgsiegler, @parkerortolani, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @stevesi, @parkerortolani, @vnchocotaco, @caro_milanesi, @panzer, @durvidimel, @mkbhd, @joannastern, @benbajarin, @thurrott, @mkbhd, @rayredacted, @snazzylabs, @stevemoser, @neilcybart, @jiteshubrani, @bengeskin, @maxwinebach, and @raywongy
Forums: r/apple, r/AppleWatch, and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple announces the iPhone 15, with the Dynamic Island, up to 2,000 nits, or twice as bright as the iPhone 14, a new 48MP main camera, and more, in five colors — Apple has just announced the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, and the big news is a USB-C port. Finally!
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X: @film_girl, @mkbhd, @jiteshubrani, @neilcybart, @durvidimel, @munster_gene, @gak_pdx, @nickatfp, and @mkbhd. Forums: Slashdot
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone 15 features USB-C, the iPhone 14 Pro's A16 chip, and a second-gen UWB chip; the 6.1" iPhone 15 starts at $799 and the 6.7" 15 Plus starts at $899 — The iPhone 15 has arrived. As anticipated Apple's 17th generation handset took centerstage at today's “Wonderlust” event in Cupertino.
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils the $799 Apple Watch Ultra 2, with an S9 chip, a second-gen UWB chip, up to 3,000 nits brightness, 36-hour battery, and a Modular Ultra watch face — Apple has announced Apple Watch Ultra 2, replacing the top-end model first introduced a year ago.
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X: @sdw, @vadimyuryev, @mkbhd, @ianzelbo, @aaronp613, @munster_gene, @benbajarin, and @panzer
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
More: US Department of Justice, Bloomberg, and Matthew Russell Lee's …
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple announces the 6.1" iPhone 15 Pro and 6.7" iPhone 15 Pro Max, with Grade 5 titanium in four finishes, a 3nm A17 Pro, a customizable Action Button, and more — Apple just announced its new high-end iPhones, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. It's made of titanium, it has an Action button …
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Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon … and @stshank@mstdn.social
X: @benbajarin, @_alialkhatib, @tim_cook, @_alialkhatib, @markgurman, @panzer, @benbajarin, @mkbhd, @neilcybart, @patrickmcgee_, @markgurman, @joannastern, @spiketeejoint, @ianzelbo, @its_shevi, @mkbhd, @i_am_fabs, @durvidimel, @munster_gene, @parkerortolani, @maxwinebach, @mgsiegler, @hamburger, @mkbhd, @mkbhd, @stevesi, @refsrc, @munster_gene, @maxwinebach, and @mkbhd. Forums: r/gadgets
| New York Times: |
A live blog of the US et al v. Google trial, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals — Here is the latest on the Google antitrust trial. Opening statements are underway in a major antitrust case against Google …
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| VideoCardz.com: |
Intel announces Thunderbolt 5, offering up to 120 Gbps bandwidth and support for DisplayPort 2.1, USB v4, USB 3 20G, and PCIe Gen4, and up to 240W charging — Thunderbolt 5 offers up to 3x the speed over Thunderbolt 4 — Intel has revealed its newest iteration of the Thunderbolt technology.
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X: @iancutress, @tomwarren, @intelnews, @detroitborg, @markhachman, and @mgsiegler. Forums: r/gadgets
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
TikTok begins rolling out TikTok Shop to all US users, adding a button to the app's home screen that sends users to a marketplace, and already has 200K sellers — The company is beginning to introduce TikTok Shop to all of the app's users in the U.S., hoping to add a major new revenue stream.
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Lyft announces Women+ Connect, a feature that prioritizes matching female and nonbinary drivers and riders, falling back to men when no other people are nearby — The company said it hoped to improve safety and encourage more female drivers. — Lyft said on Tuesday that it was introducing …
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to release its India-built iPhone 15 in the country and others on the global debut day; the majority will be built in China — - Devices from India to debut at same time as China-made ones — IPhone 15 marks a milestone for India's electronics ambitions
More: CNET, Digit, AppleInsider, and Business Today
X: @sreemoytalukdar and @subrat_patnaik
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/india, r/apple, and r/technology
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
As some supposedly “leaked” Harry Styles songs are being sold on Discord, fans and AI-analysis companies struggle to determine if the clips are AI-generated — Discord communities within the Harry Styles and One Direction fandom are tearing themselves apart over “leaked snippets” … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Investor video: Arm CEO Rene Haas pitches a pivot toward complex design work on specific products, a “purpose-built approach” to address clients' urgent needs — - SoftBank-owned chip designer has shifted its strategy — Arm stock offering is set to get underway later this week
More: Financial Times, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNBC, and Reuters
X: @deitaone and @katie_roof
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces a service that lets its 2M merchants deliver inventory directly to physical retail stores and warehouses, rolling out broadly later in 2023 — - Service brings inventory to stores instead of shoppers' homes … Amazon on Tuesday announced that the service …
More: About Amazon, GeekWire, The Verge, The Information, Supply Chain Dive, TechCrunch, and Amazon
LinkedIn: Doug Herrington, Andy Jassy, Tom Raftery, and Dharmesh Mehta
| Michael Stroup / AppleInsider: |
Apple plans to stop using leather for accessories, announces a recycled FineWoven material for Watch bands, and plans to phase out all plastic packaging by 2025 — Apple's commitment to environmental impacts takes a bold new stand with a claim the tech giant will phase out all plastic packaging …
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X: @stevemoser, @ianzelbo, @stevesi, @vadimyuryev, @snazzylabs, @samifathi_, @rsgnl, @ijustine, @deliprao, @jiteshubrani, @panzer, @mkbhd, @mkbhd, @daveleebbg, and @autismcapital. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
How Finland-based AI startup Metroc, which helps construction companies find projects, pays prisoners €1.54/hour to label data, with widespread public support — In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bio: before buying Twitter, Elon Musk promised Jack Dorsey that, if Dorsey ever needed money, Musk would buy Dorsey's stock at the $54.20/share takeover price — Jack Dorsey had second thoughts about supporting Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, so Musk made Dorsey a secret offer he couldn't refuse …
Mastodon: @hunterwalk@mastodon.cloud and @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social
X: @danprimack and @oswaldvalue
| Financial Times: |
An in-depth look at how Google's Transformer model, developed by eight researchers in 2017, radically sped up and augmented how computers understand language — Over the past few years, we have taken a gigantic leap forward in our decades-long quest to build intelligent machines: the advent of the large language model, or LLM.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on 25 years of Google, competition in AI, ChatGPT in Bing, DeepMind and Google Brain, AI chips, staff's bureaucracy complaints, and more — The tech giant is 25 years old. In a chatbot war. On trial for antitrust. But its CEO says Google is good for 25 more.
More: Insider, Search Engine Land, Fortune, and CNBC
X: @alexmacgregor__, @hpc_guru, and @stevenlevy
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| SemiAnalysis: |
A look at the Huawei Kirin 9000S, the impact on Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, SMIC's 7nm and future 5nm chips, and what the West can do to limit China's chips — Huawei, SMIC, 7nm, H800, Domestic AI Capabilities, ASML, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Apple, RF Capabilities, Potential Sanctions
More: Nikkei Asia. X: @industrlpolicy, @_fabknowledge_, @xlr8harder, @alyssamvance, @dalperovitch, and @trengriffin
Forums: r/artificial and r/hardware
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