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October 7, 2024, 8:35 AM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1  —  Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays.
Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains  —  A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market  —  Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.
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Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid  —  The News  —  Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business.
Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg:
A Ukrainian official says the country's hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters, including Rossiya 24  —  - Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack  — Disruption coincided with Russian president's 72nd birthday
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Politico:
Court filing: the US DOJ defends the White House ban on Politico, CNN, and MS Now, saying they published “classified and national security information”

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A US federal judge sets a Thursday hearing on state AGs' settlement with Paramount to address “outstanding questions” about the proposed consent decree

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK music blog Drowned in Sound is launching its first-ever print issue, 26 years after its launch, and will distribute 50K free copies across 500 music venues

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Reuters:
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Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
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Q&A with UCLA's Terence Tao, widely considered the world's greatest living mathematician, about OpenAI's o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock
Jay Peters / The Verge:
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more
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