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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts M1-powered 13.3" MacBook Air without a fan, claims up to 3.5x better CPU performance and up to 18 hour video playback, starting at $999 — Apple today introduced a new MacBook Air as its first Mac with a custom Apple Silicon processor known as the M1 chip.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple announces M1, the first Apple Silicon SoC for Macs, with 5nm process, 16B transistors, 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and a 16-core neural engine — A big boost over its Intel-based machines — Apple has introduced the new M1 chip that will power its new generation of Arm-based Macs.
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| Apple: |
Apple says its new M1-equipped Mac Mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are available to order today, arriving as early as next week — A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple's breakthrough chip for the Mac — Cupertino, California — On a momentous day for the Mac …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Apple says macOS Big Sur will be available on November 12 — Featuring big design changes and new app features — Apple says it'll release macOS 11.0, dubbed Big Sur, on November 12th. The company first announced the new OS at its developer's conference in June and released it as a public beta in August.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over its dual role as a marketplace for third-party vendors and a competitor selling its own goods — Vestager says group uses non-public data it gathers on sales on its website to inform its own-label products — The EU has hit Amazon …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Spotify to buy Megaphone, which offers technology for podcast publishers and advertisers seeking targeted slots on podcasts, for $235M — - Spotify has been on a podcast acquisition tear in the past couple years, striking deals for shows from those including Joe Rogan …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Remote, which simplifies hiring remote workers, raises $35M Series A led by Index Ventures, bringing its total raised to $46M — Remote working has become the norm in many offices around the world this year, as organizations do what they can to help contain the rapid transmission of Covid-19 …
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| Derek Robertson / The Guardian: |
How AI-powered tools like OpenAI's Jukebox are being used to create deepfake music, which could lead to a host of ethical and intellectual property issues — 'It's Christmas time! It's hot tub time!" sings Frank Sinatra. At least, it sounds like him. With an easy swing, cheery bonhomie …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Facebook removed seven pages, with over 2.45 million followers, tied to Steve Bannon for pushing misinformation about voter fraud and election results — The pages, which promoted the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages related to the election, were removed over the weekend …
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| New York Times: |
US officials and experts say a crippling cyberattack on election infrastructure did not come to pass due to the pre-emptive steps taken by the US Cyber Command — The 2020 election was the biggest test yet of a new approach of pre-emptive action against adversaries trying to hack election infrastructure …
Tweets: @ohra_aho, @john_sipher, @nytimes, and @ericgeller
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Isovalent emerges from stealth to debut Cilium, its cloud-native networking and security service, after raising $29M Series A round led by a16z and Google — Isovalent, a startup that aims to bring networking into the cloud-native era, today announced that it has raised a $29 million Series …
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| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
Take-Two Interactive agrees to acquire British game developer Codemasters for $956M in cash and stock, after disclosing negotiations last week — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company behind popular video games including Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, agreed to buy …
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| South China Morning Post: |
China drafts new antitrust guideline to rein in tech giants; Meituan's stock drops 10%+, JD.com is down 5%+, and Alibaba is down 8%+ — Draft guideline ‘targeting tech giants’ in e-commerce, online food delivery and ride hailing, Atta Capital's Alan Li says Tech giants plunge broadly … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nigerian mobile-first challenger bank Kuda raises $10M, the biggest seed round ever raised in Africa, led by Target Global — The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth, and financial technology companies that are building services …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Walmart and Cruise partner to launch pilot to deliver orders from a Scottsdale, Arizona store using self-driving cars, scheduled to begin in 2021 — GM-backed autonomous vehicles startup Cruise today announced a partnership with Walmart that'll see Cruise's cars deliver orders from a Scottsdale, Arizona store to customers' homes.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial recognition, and tech with military uses to get a license, be more transparent — The goal is to make sales of technologies like spyware and facial recognition more transparent in Europe first, and then worldwide.
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Facebook and Twitter's warning labels during the election were a win for their public relations, but as a tech product, they were too little, too late — This election proved Big Tech still hasn't figured out how to make truth spread faster than lies — It was the equivalent of Big Tech slapping the …
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @attorneynora, @jason_kint, and @micheldkerrigan
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
British startup Hopin, which allows conference hosts to run gatherings online, raises $125M Series B co-led by IVP and Tiger Global at a $2B+ valuation — - Britain's Hopin announced Tuesday that it's raised $125 million in a round of funding that values the firm at more than $2 billion.| Mehr Nadeem / Rest of World: |
The Iranian regime begins cracking down on users of Instagram, which is the last open social media platform in Iran and could be a source for political change — After countrywide protests and pandemic lockdowns, Iranian Instagram has taken a decidedly political turn. The authorities are taking note.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @anupkaphle, @sidhubaba, and @cengizyar
| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
A look at exam monitoring software, which uses facial detection, eye tracking, mouse clicks, full room scans, and more to flag students who may be cheating — Using hand mirrors and making 3D room scans are among the bizarre instructions students must follow while using software like ProctorU and Respondus.
Tweets: @motherboard, @johnregehr, and @zenalbatross
| Financial Times: |
SoftBank's Vision Fund invests $250M in Berlin-based e-scooter rental service Tier Mobility, valuing the startup just below $1B — Latest investment values Berlin-based electric scooter start-up just below $1bn — SoftBank's Vision Fund has made its first investment into the fast-growing …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max review: terrific camera, battery life, and performance, but it's close to being too big and 60Hz display lags behind the competition — Apple's biggest iPhone brings along an impressive camera — The iPhone 12 Pro Max is a big phone. The biggest iPhone ever made, in fact.| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
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