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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils MacBook Pros with 14.2" and 16.2" ProMotion displays with a notch, M1 Pro or Max chips, MagSafe, no Touch Bar, HDMI port, SD card slot, and more — As part of its October Unleashed event, Apple today unveiled the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for Macs: M1 Pro is 70% faster than M1 and has 2x the GPU performance with a 32GB RAM limit; M1 Max supports 64GB RAM — Apple today has officially unveiled the next-generation Apple Silicon chip. Dubbed the M1 Pro and M1 Max, the Apple says that these chips …
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| Apple: |
Apple says 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 starts at $1,999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,499, available October 26 — The new MacBook Pro features a 1080p camera, the best audio system in a notebook, and the most advanced connectivity ever in a MacBook Pro
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple's updated MacBook Pros show it has listened to pro users, who never warmed to the Touch Bar or lack of ports — - Apple's new MacBook Pro models, announced on Monday, conspicuously lack many of the least popular features from the 2016 design. — They include ports for connecting cameras …
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| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
NSA, CISA, and FBI say that ransomware group BlackMatter is attacking critical US infrastructure, including the food sector, demanding $80K-$15M in crypto — A government advisory published Monday warned that BlackMatter ransomware attackers are going after U.S. critical infrastructure … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple debuts third-gen $179 AirPods with an updated design, better sound quality, Spatial Audio in Apple Music, and a MagSafe-enabled case, available next week — Preorders start today and they'll be available October 26th — Apple has just introduced its third-generation AirPods … | Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Facebook posts an odd thread attacking 30+ unnamed journalists “finishing up a coordinated series of articles based on thousands of pages of leaked documents” — The company decried the use of embargoes to coordinate a coming series of reporting on thousands of pages of leaks, despite regularly using embargoes itself.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sundar Pichai calls for the creation of new US federal privacy regulations, and stresses the importance of staying ahead in AI, quantum computing, and more — In a wide-ranging interview at the WSJ Tech Live conference that touched on topics like the future of remote work, A.I. innovation … | AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
CrowdStrike details China-linked LightBasin, which has compromised 13 telecom companies since 2019, gaining access to subscriber info, call metadata, and more — An advanced network of digital spies with a nexus to Chinese interests has successfully compromised parts of the global telecommunications network … | Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Google has asked Pixel 6 suppliers to produce over 7M units, double its entire estimated smartphone shipments last year — U.S. tech giant bets it can woo users with in-house chips and security promises — TAIPEI — Google has asked suppliers to produce more than 7 million … | Alexander Michael Pearson / Bloomberg: |
Berlin-based grocery delivery startup Gorillas raises nearly $1B, including $235M from Delivery Hero, at a ~$3B post-money valuation — Delivery Hero SE invested $235 million in Gorillas Technologies GmbH, part of a nearly $1 billion funding round for the Berlin-based grocery startup.
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| Financial Times: |
Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky says Tether has issued USDT in return for cryptocurrencies, calling into question Tether's claim that it only accepts USD — Stablecoin operator accepts crypto in return for some loans, big customer says — A major customer of Tether has said the company lends …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at Google's “moonshot” plans to run entirely on clean energy by 2030, going beyond pledges by Apple, Amazon, and others — Sundar Pichai wants to head the first giant company run without emissions around the clock. It will take far more than money to achieve
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Beats Fit Pro earbuds, with active noise cancellation and Apple's H1 chip, will launch on November 1 — Apple today announced multiple new products at its “Unleashed” special event, such as the new redesigned MacBook Pro, AirPods 3, HomePod mini in new colors, and a new Siri-based plan for Apple Music.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says its Play Store labels that detail user data collection will launch in February 2022 — Back in May, Google announced a new Play Store requirement to have Android apps detail how they collect and use personal information. The Google Play “Data safety” section will go live … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Newfoundland-based CoLab Software, which offers tools for engineering teams, raises a $17M Series A led by Insight Partners — Newfoundland-based CoLab Software, which provides a web-based collaboration tool and issue-tracking platform for engineering teams, announced today that it has raised $17 million in Series A funding.
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| Gabrielle Bikker / App Annie: |
YouTube passes $3B in global consumer spending on iOS, ranking third behind Tinder and Netflix — YouTube was the #3 overall application of all time by consumer spend — YouTube has surpassed $3 billion in consumer spend worldwide as of October 17, 2021 — entirely driven by iOS.| Rob Garver / CoinDesk: |
Crypto firms and trade groups have filed over a dozen new disclosures to hire lobbyists in DC since the tax amendment to the US infrastructure bill this summer — Facing a head-spinning array of new legislative and regulatory action out of Washington, D.C., the crypto industry is reacting …
Tweets: @coindesk, @nikhileshde, @coindesk, and @coindesk
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Finnish startup Aiven, which helps companies build open source projects, raises a $60M Series C extension at a $2B valuation, up from $800M in March — Aiven, a Finnish startup that helps companies combine various open source technologies with public cloud infrastructure resources …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Geniebook, which uses ML and human teachers to provide personalized learning, raises a $16.6M Series A and says it is used by 150,000 students — Founded in 2017, Geniebook is a Singapore-based learning platform that uses a combination of machine learning and human teacheres to personalize each student's education.
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