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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, with 5.8" and 6.5" screens, no 3D Touch, better battery life, triple camera system with zoom and wide angle, in 4 colors — As usual, Apple's latest batch of iPhones aren't exactly surprising, thanks to plenty of detailed leaks throughout the year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the 6.1" iPhone 11, the XR's successor, with low-light night mode, A13 Bionic chip, dual cameras with an ultra wide lens, in six colors — A successor to the default iPhone — Apple is introducing a successor to its iPhone XR today, dubbed iPhone 11.
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Tweets: @nandu79, @nexusben, @marcoarment, @reneritchie, @raywongy, @techcrunch, and @rjonesy
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models feature Haptic Touch, which was introduced in iPhone XR, effectively discontinuing 3D Touch from the newest iPhones — When introducing the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models on stage this morning during the “By Innovation Only” keynote, Apple execs mentioned …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The biggest surprise at Apple's keynote was not a new feature, device, or service, but an aggressive pricing strategy that's a departure for the company — - Company lowers cost of some iPhone, Apple Watch models — $4.99 a month for TV+ video service undercuts many rivals
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| The Verge: |
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
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Washington Post, The Verge, 500ish, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Daily Dot, 512 Pixels, MacStories, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @9to5mac, @tomemrich, @macrumors, and @detroitborg
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, OneZero, iMore, The Verge, Business Insider, MacRumors, and Engadget. Tweets: @alexhern
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple announces Watch Series 5 with built-in compass, always-on display, and new materials, shipping on September 20 from $399; Series 3 price drops to $199 — Apple has just officially announced the next generation of the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Series 5.
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Tweets: @_nandavardhan, @neilcybart, @horwitz, @sdw, @gruber, @neilcybart, @viticci, @neilcybart, and @neilcybart
| The Verge: |
Hands-on with Apple Watch Series 5: a dead ringer for Series 4, always-on display makes it a competent timepiece, compass mode is neat when it works — Always-on display is finally here — Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 5 today, bringing the one thing that many have wanted …
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CNET, 9to5Mac, TechRadar.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechCrunch, and iMore
| New York Times: |
California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft — SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers …
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San Francisco Chronicle, The Verge, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Slate, PYMNTS.com, Quartz, USA Today, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET, Axios, Washington Post, OneZero, and VICE
Tweets: @noamscheiber, @eveewing, @lilyjamali, @joegill1987, @robdaemon, @owenthomas, and @sameerpatel
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber says it has laid off 170 people from its product team and 265 people from its engineering team — Uber has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent about 8% of the organizations …
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New York Times, The Next Web, Silicon Republic, Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, Gizmodo, The Overspill, Bloomberg, Fortune, Engadget, CNET, CNN, FutureSin, Quartz, Vox, Mercury News, Washington Post, The Verge, Newser, Business Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @om, @rkischuk, @willoremus, @ezramechaber, @wongmjane, @grady_booch, @blairreeves, and @gojektech
| The Verge: |
Apple Arcade to debut on September 19 for $4.99/month with a one month free trial; Apple says it will add hundreds of games to its catalog in the coming weeks — Apple's subscription gaming service is coming soon. Today, at its latest iPhone event, the company revealed that Apple Arcade …
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Tweets: @nickstatt, @erinasimon, @9to5mac, and @viticci
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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BetaNews, Business Wire, Variety, GameSpot, TidBITS, Engadget, Telecompetitor, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla partners with Cloudflare to launch the beta of Firefox Private Network VPN, a VPN service via a browser extension for US desktop users — Mozilla today announced that it is bringing back the Firefox Test Pilot program to allow users to try out new features before they are ready for mainstream usage.
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The Mozilla Blog, VentureBeat, bit-tech.net, The Next Web, The Hacker News, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, and TechSpot
Tweets: @theponderheart and @firefox
| John Jurgensen / Wall Street Journal: |
Interview with Bill Gates on his public image, Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Jobs, and more ahead of a docuseries, Inside Bill's Brain, debuting on Netflix Sept. 20 — A new documentary profiles the tech-titan-turned-philanthropist. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Gates reflects on his shifting public image.
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The Verge, CNBC, CNET, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @johndoe78359022, @mmcowrd, @adriangrant, @kbandersen, @ellengamerman, @michael_calia, and @mayawiley
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Filing: Blockstack raised $15.5M from its SEC-approved token offering under Reg A+, and another $7.6M in a separate token offering in Asia under Reg S — Blockstack has raised more than $20 million in a token sale approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company announced Tuesday.
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Blockstack Blog, Crowdfund Insider, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, Messari Crypto, and The Block
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple says iPadOS is coming on September 30, alongside the new 10.2-inch iPad, with support for iPad models going back several years — Apple will release iPadOS on September 30th, with support for the last several years of iPad models. — While it's mostly just a name change, this is technically the first ever release of iPadOS.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @johnvoorhees and @reckless
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Oregon-based Dutchie, a Shopify-like e-commerce platform used by 450 cannabis dispensaries in 18 states, raises $15M Series A — Ross Lipson comes from an entrepreneurial family, so perhaps it's no wonder that as a college student, he dropped out of school to jump into the online food space …
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