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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple was caught flat-footed by the generative AI fever and is on course to spend ~$1B/year to add the tech across iOS 18, Siri, Music, and other apps — But the company is now preparing its response and plans to develop features for its full range of devices.
More: MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, Wccftech, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Forbes, Supercharged, Notebookcheck, PCMag, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, The Apple Post, iMore, The Decoder, Wccftech, NewsBytes, 9to5Mac, and Pocket-lint
Threads: @gwestr. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @markgurman, @sherifhanna, @markgurman, @gampawe, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Gurman: Apple is planning a “Mac-centered product launch” around October's end and may release an updated 24-inch iMac; the current model launched in April 2021 — Apple is planning a Mac-focused product launch, likely including the announcement of a refreshed 24-inch iMac …
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, The Apple Post, Wccftech, AppleInsider, Forbes, NewsBytes, iClarified, and Engadget
Threads: @parkerortolani and @parkerortolani
Forums: Hacker News, r/mac, and MacRumors Forums
| Beth Wang / Bloomberg Law: |
A US jury finds Google guilty of gender bias and awards female executive Ulku Rowe $1M+, the first pay discrimination case against Google since 2018's walkouts — Google LLC treated female executive Ulku Rowe differently than other employees because of her gender and must pay her more than $1 million …
More: The Verge and Engadget
Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @skry@mastodon.social. X: @sarumbear. LinkedIn: Judah Richardson, MSME and Daniel Tunkelang
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Crunchbase: Black US founders raised ~$39.7M, or 0.13% of all capital allocated to startups in Q3 2023, down from $212M in Q2, $352M in Q1, and $1B in Q3 2022 — Black founders raised 0.13% of all capital allocated to U.S. startups in Q3, according to Crunchbase. That's about $39.7 million out of $29.9 billion.
X: @johnhenrystyle, @poettpetty, and @dominicmadori
LinkedIn: Gary Stewart, Jailany Thiaw, Pedro Moore, and Johnnie Turnage
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
How Russia helped overthrow governments in Burkina Faso and the surrounding French-speaking Sahel region using wide-ranging online disinformation campaigns — This never-before-told tale reveals how covert online battles in the French-speaking Sahel region helped topple governments.
More: Financial Times. Threads: @renee.diresta, @carnage4life, and @carnage4life
X: @moonalice, @alenapopova, @lizzadwoskin, @catherinebelton, @lizzadwoskin, @gerritd, and @maxboot. Forums: Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
The Global Times: China opens a Foxconn investigation over tax and land use, inspecting Guangdong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Hubei sites; Foxconn plans to cooperate — Tax authorities said to have inspected a number of the Apple supplier's sites in provinces — China has launched an investigation …
More: Global Times, The Straits Times, Nikkei Asia, Associated Press, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Business Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, New York Times, and Global Times
X: @brianroemmele and @martijnrasser
LinkedIn: Wei-Chieh Wang and Martijn Rasser
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Paddy Cosgrave steps down as the CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO; the event, set to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned — Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Web Summit after his remarks following attacks …
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Threads: @profgalloway. Mastodon: @Slatteryz@todon.eu. X: @conner_healy, @pieterdorsman, @davidu, @gdibner, @obrien, @mattzeitlin, @tbald101, @richgallagher1, @hilzfuld, @villagemagire, @philipnolan1, @chastaylor, @tomlyonsbiz, @tomlyonsbiz, @john_mcguirk, @handsome_booger, @aideenblackwood, and @rosney
LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang, Priel Manes, Ouriel Ohayon 🇮 …, Anat Paiss, Masha Shal Bar, and Barak Orbach
| Richard Sandomir / New York Times: |
Martin Goetz, who received the first US software patent, died on October 10 at 93; Goetz was awarded a patent for data-sorting software for mainframes in 1968 — “I knew at some point in time the patent office would recognize” computer software, he said. It happened in 1968, helping to ignite the software market.
More: The Verge and International Business Times
| Wall Street Journal: |
Q&A with Fei-Fei Li and NTIA head Alan Davidson on regulating AI, US and China tech competition, the representation of women and PoC in AI discussions, and more — Fei-Fei Li of Stanford and the Commerce Department's Alan Davidson agree that artificial intelligence has the potential to do a lot of good.
LinkedIn: Fei-Fei Li and Rudolf Wagner
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Okta's stock closed down 11.57% on October 20 after the cybersecurity firm said a hacker used a stolen credential to access its support system and client files — - Cybersecurity firm Okta said an unidentified hacker had accessed the company's support system and viewed client files.
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Mastodon: @trisha_m_clay@infosec …, @Enigma@infosec.exchange, @jbhall56@infosec.exchange, @shellcromancer@infosec …, and @mjg59@nondeterministic …
| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
A look at the Allen Institute for AI's plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi — The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying to democratize cutting-edge research.
X: @stevelohr, @vore_jm, @dataengines, @allen_ai, @seangraf, @billhilf, @stevelohr, @uwcse, @metaviv, and @carysafoko
LinkedIn: Rachel Shepheard, Matt Fleischl, Steve Lohr, Ali Farhadi, and Ashley Boyd
| Nikkei Asia: |
Analysis: the iPhone 15 lineup features ~10% costlier components than the iPhone 14 models; iPhone 15 Pro Max costs rose to $558, up 12% from iPhone 14 Pro Max — Apple largely shoulders costs of zoom camera and 3-nm chip: Nikkei analysis — South Korea provided 29% of the latest iPhone series' parts …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog, Supercharged, MacRumors, and XDA Developers
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