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September 12, 2018, 2:25 PM
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Live stream of the Apple Special Event — - This stream is best experienced on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using Safari on iOS 10 or later; a Mac using Safari on macOS Sierra 10.12 or later; or a PC using Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. Streaming to Apple TV via AirPlay requires an Apple TV …
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| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's event from the Apple Park in Cupertino where new iPhones, Apple Watches, and more are expected — We're live from Apple Park in Cupertino, CA, where Apple will announce its new iPhones. Expect an update to the iPhone X called the iPhone XS, a larger iPhone XS Max …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple announces 5.8" iPhone Xs and 6.5" Xs Max with OLED displays, A12 Bionic 7-nanometer processor, dual-SIMs, available in gold, silver, and space grey — Apple has announced its next generation of iPhones, and one of them is by far the biggest iPhone yet.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces Watch Series 4 with 40mm and 44mm displays, a larger focus on health data, 2x faster 64-bit Dual Core processor, WatchOS 5, and more for $399+ — Heavily rumored since shortly after the release of its predecessor, and accidentally revealed in pre-event leaks of images and basic specs …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Apple says it is about to sell its two billionth iOS device, up from about ~1.2B iPhones in August 2017 — As usual, Apple used its annual iPhone event to provide us with a few fresh stats about the state of its business. The most important one came right at the start of today's event.| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Apple's A12 Bionic is the industry's first 7nm smartphone chip, with 6.9B transistors, 6-core CPU, 4-core GPU, and 8-core Neural Engine for 5T operations/second — Apple's new iPhones come with a brand new chip called the A12 Bionic. The company says it's the industry's first 7-nanometer chip … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter”; final vote in Jan. 2019 — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU proposes massive fines for online tech firms of up to 4% of worldwide revenue for the previous year, if they fail to remove terrorist content within one hour — Proposed legislation would require tech firms to remove terrorist content within one hour — The European Union …
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Total value of cryptocurrencies fell to under $200B, down from its high of $832B in January, as Bitcoin and the largest altcoins see 35%+ drops — Value of cryptocurrencies has slid 76% after exceeding $800 billion earlier this year — The cryptocurrency rout that began early this year …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo says the Switch's online service, costing $3.99/month or $19.99/year, will launch on September 18 with a free seven-day trial — The Nintendo Switch's online service is launching in less than a week. In a tweet today, Nintendo revealed that the service will be available on September 18th …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Next Web, CNET, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Paul Thurrott, GeekWire, iMore, Neowin, TechSpot, SlashGear, Polygon, BGR, Liliputing, Variety, Siliconera, Polygon, GameSpot, and Business Insider. Tweets: @nintendoamerica
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google and Samsung announce expanded collaboration on RCS messaging support across each companies' chat clients, as Google keeps pushing RCS to rival iMessage — Google has secured a bit more buy in from Samsung for a next generation text messaging standard it's long been promoting.| Diana Pearl / Adweek: |
Uber unveils a new design, including a logo that does away with the icon and simply features the name, a custom typeface, and a redesigned in-app look — The company wants to be known as a ‘platform of mobility’ — Uber has spent the past year trying to convince customers that it has put its problematic reputation in the past.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @ow, @jw, @saraashleyo, @dianapearl_, and @mikeisaac
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Senate Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on privacy practices of tech firms on Sept. 26 with execs from Apple, Twitter, Google, Amazon testifying — Hearing is to help inform consumers and to determine where the federal government may need to assert itself, committee chairman says
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U.S. Senate Committee …, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, CNET, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Online storage service Wasabi, which offers one terabyte of storage for $5/month, raises $68M Series B from Swiss entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli and others — Chances are you see a story about cloud storage, and you yawn and move on, but Wasabi, a startup from the folks who brought you Carbonite backup, might make you pause.| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
In a letter, the FCC has told Sprint and T-Mobile that it needs more time to review their proposed merger — - The agency has paused an “informal” 180-day transaction clock “to allow for thorough staff and third-party review” of recently submitted materials.
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