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November 4, 2024, 9:35 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: iOS 18.2 may arrive during the week of December 2; thoughts on the Mac mini as a gaming device, the Pixelmator deal, Q4 earnings, and Peloton's new CEO  —  The new Mac mini could become Apple's long-awaited answer to the PlayStation and Xbox.  Also: The company's next AI features …
Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac:
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Perplexity launches a dedicated hub for the US general election, including ballot measures and voting results, while rivals like OpenAI have been more cautious  —  Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time.  But the company wants to show that it's trustworthy enough …
@mingchikuo:
Sources: Apple delays the production of a cheaper Vision Pro beyond 2027, meaning its only new headset in 2025 will be a Vision Pro with an M5 chip  —  As I understand it, production of the cheaper Vision Pro has been delayed beyond 2027 for a while now.  This means Apple's …
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen is easy to build, works with the latest OS, and holds the Pi on its back, but scrolling can be awkward  —  It has been nine years since the previous Touch Display was released. … The official Raspberry Pi Touch Display debuted …
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Physical Intelligence, which plans to use AI to create brains for robots, raised $400M led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital at a $2B valuation  —  The start-up raised $400 million in a funding round with investments from the likes of Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital and OpenAI.
Reuters:
The US fines GlobalFoundries $500K and says it sent 74 shipments worth $17.1M to SJ Semiconductor, an affiliate of SMIC, without seeking a license  —  The U.S. said on Friday it imposed a $500,000 penalty on New York-based GlobalFoundries (GFS.O), the world's third-largest contract chipmaker …
Washington Post:
An analysis of 800 US adults' TikTok feeds: female users received ~11% more content about Harris than men did, and saw 40% more Harris campaign videos than men  —  When we asked Post readers to send us their TikTok viewing histories, we found distinct differences in political news shown to men and women.
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