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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 6 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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| The Verge: |
Hands-on with iPhone 11 Pro: looks slightly better than XS, but the camera bump is big and Apple is not trying to hide it, the new camera interface is great — The glass is nice, but we can't judge the cameras yet — Apple just announced the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
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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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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
All iPhone 11 models have the U1 ultra-wideband chip for spatial awareness, whose underlying tech would enable Apple's rumored Tile-like tracking tags — Apple introduced the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro with nary a mention of its rumored tracking tags, but the underlying technology appears to be present and accounted for.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| 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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| 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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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
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| 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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| 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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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @pkafka, @benbajarin, and @jetscott
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @johndoe78359022, @mmcowrd, @adriangrant, @kbandersen, @ellengamerman, @michael_calia, and @mayawiley
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
After criticism, Lyft hopes to improve rider safety by mandating driver education and adding a new notification system for potentially dangerous off-track rides — The company will mandate driver safety education and use prediction to determine if riders or drivers need help.| Alex Danco: |
E-commerce and other internet companies can take cues from industries like retail and commercial aviation to build loyalty businesses — Each day on Tech Twitter, we get up in the morning, open up the website, and then go see what it is we're mad about. A few days ago, it was this:
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