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October 28, 2024, 4:40 PM

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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple refreshes the 24" iMac with an M4 chip, Thunderbolt 4, 16GB+ of RAM, a nano-texture screen option, and a 12MP webcam, shipping from November 8 for $1,299+  —  Apple today announced that it has updated the 24-inch iMac with the M4 chip, which debuted in the iPad Pro earlier this year.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple says Apple Intelligence will roll out to iOS and iPadOS in the EU from April; EU macOS users can access Apple Intelligence in US English with macOS 15.1  —  Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025 …
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple launches some Apple Intelligence features like writing tools, image cleanup, and typing in Siri, with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1  —  Apple on Monday confirmed the general availability of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
John Voorhees / MacStories:
iOS 18.1 Apple Intelligence hands-on: Type to Siri is useful, Photos features are mixed, and Siri has a fancy new animation, but some features don't work well  —  The day has finally arrived. iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 are all out and include Apple's first major foray into the world of artificial intelligence.
Kalley Huang / The Information:
Source: Meta is working on a web search engine to provide conversational answers about current events for Meta AI users, hoping to lessen its reliance on Google  —  As Meta Platforms tries to keep up with OpenAI in developing artificial intelligence, the Facebook owner is working on a search engine …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix adds a Moments feature on iOS, letting users save, rewatch, and share scenes across Instagram, Snapchat, and others, and plans an Android launch soon  —  Netflix just added a way for you to watch that carriage scene from “Bridgerton” over and over and over again — and share it with your friends — without breaking a sweat.
John Melloy / CNBC:
Robinhood says US citizens who meet certain criteria can trade a Kamala Harris or a Donald Trump contract via its Robinhood Derivatives unit and ForecastEx  —  WATCH NOW  —  Upstart broker Robinhood is jumping into the prediction betting game, announcing on Monday that users can begin trading …
Financial Times:
A UK judge sentences a 27-year-old man who used AI tool Daz 3D to create child sexual abuse imagery to 18 years in prison, a landmark prosecution over deepfakes  —  A man who used artificial intelligence technology to create child sexual abuse imagery was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday …

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