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Apple does not plan to release an Apple silicon version of the 27-inch iMac, encouraging buyers to consider a Mac Studio or Mac mini and Studio Display — Apple will not be making an Apple Silicon version of the 27-inch iMac to replace the Intel-equipped model that it discontinued in 2022.
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| Joe Osborne / PCMag: |
Apple iMac 24-inch (2023) review: M3 offers impressive gains over the M1, good for gaming, and excellent webcam, but few ports and no keyboard backlighting — - Impressive performance gains over M1 model — Honest-to-goodness modern gaming chops — High-end look with fun retro references
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: M3 Max surpasses the M1 Ultra, nice design, and ProMotion display, but RAM and SSD upgrades are pricey and the notch remains — A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel. — The next year or two will be a turning point …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023) review: M3 offers great performance and long battery, a worthy entry-level Pro, but 8GB of RAM is silly and loses a Thunderbolt port — The long-awaited replacement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it's exactly as expected. But the line between Air and Pro users is blurrier than ever.
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Some visitors to Yuga Labs' ApeFest event in Hong Kong report experiencing eye burn and blame the lighting; the Bored Ape creator acknowledges the situation — - Bored Ape digital collectibles among most popular in crypto — Yuga Labs organized ApeFest event in Hong Kong last week
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Epic's case against Google Play's app payment restrictions goes to trial in San Francisco, after Google settled with Match on October 31 ahead of a trial — The maker of Fortnite is suing the search giant as it is defending a DoJ antitrust case — The long-running attempt by Epic Games …
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| Eric Zeman / PCMag: |
MediaTek announces its Dimensity 9300 chip, using TSMC's 4nm process, arriving in high-end Android smartphones and tablets before the end of 2023 — MediaTek claims its new flagship mobile processor, the Dimensity 9300, will provide the performance, AI power, and multimedia capabilities needed … | Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal: |
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd plans to step down nearly a decade after founding the dating app, to be replaced by Slack CEO Lidiane Jones on January 2, 2024 — The dating-app founder who marketed her product toward women will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, the Slack chief executive| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Duke University study: personal data from active-duty US service members is cheap, easy to buy, and widely advertised by brokers; data on ~50K people cost ~$10K — Duke University researchers were able to purchase information about thousands of U.S. military personnel often for as little as 12 cents per person.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI enter a multi-year partnership to create multi-platform AI-powered game development tools for story and character creation — Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI have partnered to create AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks confirms acquiring Talon Cyber Security, which offers enterprise browsers for distributed workforces, sources say for $625M — Palo Alto Networks has just confirmed one more major piece of security startup M&A out of Israel: it has acquired Talon Cyber Security … | Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Klarna reports Q3 revenue up 30% YoY to ~$550M, a ~$12M operating profit, the first in four years, and value of goods sold up 22% YoY, ahead of a potential IPO — Klarna Bank AB reported its first quarterly operating profit in four years as it attracted more consumers to buy-now-pay-later loans …
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