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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm — At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.
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| The Verge: |
Apple announces M4, a new chip focused on improving AI-related tasks, featuring up to 4x faster GPU performance than the M2 and 50% faster CPU than M2 — Apple's next-generation chip, the M4, is coming to the new iPad Pro. The new OLED iPad Pro models will include the upgraded chip …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces new $599+ 11" and $799+ 13" iPad Airs, featuring an M2 chip, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, available in four colors next week — Apple has officially unveiled the all-new iPad Air 6. For the first time, the iPad Air comes in two sizes: 11-inch and 13-inch.
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| Apple on YouTube: |
A recording of Apple's “Let Loose” event — Join us for a special Apple Event on May 7 at 7 a.m. PT. Set a reminder now and we'll send you an update before showtime.
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| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says the company will announce Switch's successor this fiscal year; Nintendo has sold 141M+ units since Switch's 2017 debut — - Company missed profit estimates for the March quarter — Outlook falls shy of expectations as flagship console ages
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| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
Nintendo reports net profit up 13% YoY to ~$3.2B in the past fiscal year and expects net profit to drop 39% YoY and revenue to drop 19% YoY in this fiscal year — The Japanese videogame maker expects revenue to fall 19% for the fiscal year that started in April 1| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him — The identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple has been working on its own chip designed to run AI software in data center servers; the project is internally codenamed Project ACDC — The company is leaning on its long history of chip development in the effort, code-named Project ACDC — Apple has been working …
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| New York Times: |
Sources and messages: Binance compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan told executives and Nigerian contacts of a ~$150M crypto bribe request, prior to his arrest — A compliance officer for the cryptocurrency exchange told senior executives and Nigerian contacts that the company had been asked to pay $150 million in crypto.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud security startup Wiz raised a $1B Series E co-led by a16z, Lightspeed, and Thrive at a $12B valuation, and plans to expand its business via acquisitions — Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO.
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| Sky News: |
Sources: China has hacked a payroll system used by the UK's Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel; names and bank details have been exposed — MPs will be told on Tuesday of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI releases a tool to detect DALL-E 3-created images, claiming 98% accuracy for unaltered images, and joins Microsoft and Adobe's content credentials group — Startup's new tool detects 98% of pictures generated by its DALL-E 3 system, but success drops if the images are altered
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail an attack against many VPN apps that force them to send some or all traffic outside of the VPN encrypted tunnel; Android mitigates the flaw — TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers. — Researchers have devised an attack …
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| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
UK banking app Revolut launches Revolut X, a crypto trading service to let “experienced traders” buy and sell 100+ different tokens, with 0% to 0.09% fees — The new platform, called Revolut X, will allow “experienced traders” to buy and sell over 100 different tokens, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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| Nqobile Dludla / Reuters: |
Amazon launches its online store in South Africa, offering same-day and next-day delivery and 3,000+ pickup points, challenging local rivals like Takealot.com — Amazon (AMZN.O) launched its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging a number of online retailers dominated by Naspers' (NPNJn.J) Takealot.com.
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| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft deploys a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intel agencies can now harness the tech to analyze top secret information — - Product went live Thursday after overhauling a supercomputer — US spy agencies are keen to harness generative AI technology| Kyle Alspach / CRN: |
Google Cloud unveils Google Threat Intelligence, which uses Gemini and combines insights from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and Google to provide faster protection — Launched at RSAC 2024, the new Google Threat Intelligence offering provides faster protection against threats by combining insights from Mandiant … | Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces plans to double its cloud infrastructure investment in Singapore to $9B over the next four years, to meet the cloud and AI demand — - Cloud operator is latest global tech company to target region — Firms grow in Southeast Asia as they diversify away from China
More: CNBC, Proactive, ExchangeWire.com, Tech in Asia, and Wall Street Journal
| Rick Claypool / Public Citizen: |
OpenSecrets: crypto sector-backed super PACs have raised $102M+ so far, the third-most of 2024 election PACs, including $54M from companies like Coinbase — Key Findings — Super PACs backed by the cryptocurrency sector have raised more than $102 million, the third-most of all super PACs engaged … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Akamai agrees to acquire Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for ~$450M, closing in Q2 2024; Noname was valued at $1B in December 2021 — A couple of weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that Akamai was in discussions to acquire Noname Security, a specialist in API security, for around $500 million.| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Amazon's hexacopter drones, planned for use in Tolleson, Arizona, can't operate when temperatures top 104°F, less than the average summer highs in the city — Amazon's newest delivery drones will take off from just outside Phoenix but don't count on rush ordering a fan on a hot day.
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