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October 31, 2023, 12:05 PM

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Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces the 3nm M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max with a dynamic caching GPU, 20% faster performance cores over the M2, and 50% faster efficiency cores over the M1  —  Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max.  These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro.
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple's new M3 Pro has lower memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro and fewer performance cores; Apple repeatedly compared the M3 to the M1, not the M2  —  Apple's latest M3 Pro chip in the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro has 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro chips used …
Apple:
Apple's 14" MacBook Pro with M3 starts at $1,599, the 14" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $1,999, and the 16" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $2,499  —  14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 now starts at $1,599  —  14- and 16-inch models with M3 Pro and M3 Max are available in a gorgeous new space black finish
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
John Davidson / Australian Financial Review:
Andrew Ng, who taught Sam Altman at Stanford and co-founded Google Brain, says Big Tech is lying about AI extinction to trigger heavier regulation of rivals  —  Key Points  — Big Tech wants tough AI rules that would make life hard for small competitors
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils an M3 24-inch iMac that processes photos and produces videos up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, with Wi-Fi 6E and up to 24GB of RAM, for $1,299+  —  Folks banking on the arrival of the iMac Pro will have to wait a bit longer.  If you've been looking to upgrade your 24-inch all-in-one …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada bans WeChat and Moscow-based Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices as they “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”  —  Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due …
Tim Starks / Washington Post:
The US SEC charges SolarWinds for failing to disclose alleged cybersecurity failures ahead of a breach by suspected Russian hackers that began as early as 2019  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the company with failing to disclose its problems ahead of a breach …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian opposition leaders say Apple warned more than six of them of state-backed iPhone attacks; Apple confirms the notification but did not attribute the hacks  —  Apple has warned over a half dozen Indian politicians, other members of political parties and journalists of their iPhones …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed  —  While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung reports Q3 revenue down 12% YoY to ~$50B, net income down 40% YoY to ~$4.1B vs. an 86% decline in Q2 2023, and a chip division operating loss of ~$2.78B  —  - Net income was more than twice what analysts estimated  — Company is stepping up spending on advanced chipmaking tech
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
News Media Alliance study: AI chatbot developers rely more on articles than generic web content to train AI; NMA says this shows AI companies violate copyright  —  The News Media Alliance, a trade group that represents newspapers, says that A.I. chatbots use news articles significantly more than generic content online.
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
SBF blamed top FTX executives on his second day of testimony, and lawyers disputed his answers using his own emails, DMs, tweets, and more; some were profane  —  - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried resumed his testimony on Monday as his criminal trial nears its end.

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