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Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Apple's new MacBook Pro features M4 Pro/Max with 24GB+ RAM, Thunderbolt 5 for $1,999+ (14") and $2,499+ (16"), or M4 with 16GB+ RAM for $1,599+, shipping Nov. 8  —  Apple is updating the MacBook Pro and introducing some even more powerful chips.  Announced this morning via a low-key press release …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple unveils the M4 Max: up to a 16-core CPU for up to 2.2x speeds over the M1 Max, up to a 40-core GPU, up to 128GB of memory, Thunderbolt 5 support, and more  —  Apple today announced the M4 Max chip alongside new MacBook Pro models—its most advanced and powerful Apple silicon chip to date.
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Apple says the MacBook Air with M2 or M3 chips will now come with 16GB of RAM as standard, up from 8GB, and leaves the pricing unchanged at $999+
Meta Investor Relations:
Meta reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to $40.59B, net income up 35% to $15.69B, and family daily active people up 5% to 3.29B on average for September 2024  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Super Micro's stock drops 30%+ after disclosing that auditor Ernst & Young had resigned following months of disagreement over governance and board independence  —  Super Micro's shares plunged 33% on Wednesday after the company disclosed its auditor had resigned following months …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Dropbox is laying off 528 employees, or 20% of its workforce, in what CEO Drew Houston says is a “transitional period”; filing: the layoffs cost $63M to $68M  —  Dropbox is letting go 20% of its workforce as the cloud company undergoes what CEO Drew Houston calls a “transitional period.”
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
PlayStation closes Firewalk Studios, which debuted shooter game Concord in August 2024 before taking it offline, and mobile studio Neon Koi, impacting ~210 jobs  —  The company will also close the mobile game studio Neon Koi, which hasn't released a game, according to a blog post from Sony on Tuesday.
New York Times:
Former FTX chief engineer Nishad Singh avoids prison time over his role in the collapse of FTX, after a US judge lauded his cooperation with prosecutors  —  Mr. Singh, who was a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried's business empire, had pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign finance violations that contributed to the collapse of FTX.
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Visa and Coinbase partner to let eligible US and EU users deposit funds into their Coinbase accounts, sometimes instantly; Visa powers the Coinbase debit card  —  - Access to crypto used to be challenging but is becoming easier … Coinbase already has millions of connections …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates Chrome desktop to let users choose how aggressively it frees up inactive tab resources across three modes, and adds a Performance Detection tool  —  Last year, Chrome introduced Memory and Energy Saver modes, and Google is now updating its desktop browser with Performance issue alerts.
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
Robinhood reports Q3 revenue up 36% YoY to $637M, vs. $657.9M est., and crypto transaction revenue up 165% to $61M; HOOD drops 8%+ after hours  —  Brokerage Robinhood (HOOD.O) reported a third-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by robust equities and crypto trading volumes.
Washington Post:
Sources: in August, Andy Jassy called Donald Trump to outline Amazon's plans, and Trump said Amazon should cut him a large check for his presidential efforts  —  Executives at companies founded by the billionaire Post owner have sought contact with Trump.  He argues he didn't end presidential endorsements out of self-interest.
The GitHub Blog:
Contributions to generative AI projects on GitHub grew 59% YoY from October 2023 to September 2024 and Python overtook JavaScript as the most popular language  —  In this year's Octoverse report, we study how public and open source activity on GitHub shows how AI is expanding as the global developer community surges in size.
Niket Nishant / Reuters:
Global Payments agrees to sell medical software business AdvancedMD to investment firm Francisco Partners for $1.13B; the deal is expected to close in Q4 2024  —  Global Payments (GPN.N) will sell its medical software business, AdvancedMD, to investment firm Francisco Partners for $1.13 billion …

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ABC could lose ~$50M in licensing costs to WBD and an estimated $35M in advertising revenue after abruptly pulling the new season of The Bachelorette

Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First Amendment

Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
A federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order and eliminates the March 23 deadline, now ordering 70 people due back each week

More News

Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Colorado says that some partial passwords for the state's voting systems were accidentally posted online but pose no threat to the November 5 general election
Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Starlink Mini review: super compact and light, can be powered by a small power bank, installs quickly at new locations, but Wi-Fi range is sometimes a concern
Rebekah Valentine / IGN:
Ubisoft quietly debuted its first blockchain game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, for free on PC last week; in-game figurines are listed for $7 to $63K
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A Bluesky board member discusses the state of decentralized social media: big growth after Elon Musk bought X, but needs a “killer app” for long-term appeal

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Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
Microsoft says Russian hackers have sent “highly targeted spearphishing emails” to thousands of US officials, defense workers, and others during the past week
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