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June 9, 2022, 7:40 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning a 15" MacBook Air for 2023, a 12" laptop for the end of 2023 or early 2024, and MacBook Pros with M2 Pro or M2 Max for 2022 or 2023  —  Apple Inc. plans to expand the lineup of laptops using its new, speedier in-house chips next year, aiming to grab a bigger share of the market …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Ross Young: Apple is developing a 14.1" iPad Pro with a miniLED display and ProMotion, likely for an early 2023 release; recent rumors corroborate the new model  —  Apple is reportedly developing an iPad Pro with a 14.1-inch mini-LED display, according to Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young.
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Source: Meta moved away from its goal of establishing its Portal smart display as a consumer product, instead focusing on selling future versions to businesses  —  Meta is moving away from its goal to establish its Portal smart display as a consumer product, Protocol has been able to confirm.
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information:
Source: Meta decided not to release the first version of its AR glasses, scheduled for 2024, to focus on its second version, with a release unlikely for years  —  Meta Platforms has scaled back its plans to release a series of augmented reality glasses over the next several years as part …
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Source: Meta halted the two-year development of a smartwatch with dual cameras, targeted for a spring 2023 release for ~$349, to focus on other wrist devices  —  Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has halted development of a smartwatch with dual cameras and is instead working …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox TV app to Samsung's 2022 smart TVs on June 30, letting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers play 100+ Xbox games without a console  —  Samsung's 2022 smart TVs will be the first to get the Xbox app  —  Microsoft is launching its Xbox TV app later this month …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Project Moorcroft, meant to bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass, rolling out within the next year, initially focused on indie developers  —  Designed to bring back the excitement of E3 game demos  —  Microsoft is working on Project Moorcroft, a program designed …
Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD updates its Zen architecture roadmap, including Zen 4 improvements in 2022 and Zen 5 in 2024 with a mix of 4nm and 3nm processes and AI and ML optimizations  —  Today is AMD's Financial Analyst Day, the company's semi-annual, analyst-focused gathering.  While the primary purpose …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The NHTSA upgrades its Tesla Autopilot investigation to an “Engineering Analysis”, which precedes a possible recall and expands it from 765K to 830K vehicles  —  Upgrading to an Engineering Analysis, which precedes a recall  —  The federal government is upgrading its investigation …
Sarah Emerson / BuzzFeed News:
Seth Green gets his Bored Ape NFT back after losing it to a phishing scam; transaction records suggest Green may have paid 165 ETH, worth ~$297K, to “Mr Cheese”  —  Seth Green's “kidnapped” Bored Ape has been returned to its original owner, ending weeks of frantic speculation …
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Washington Post:
Despite Facebook's ban on gun sales in 2016, internal guidance shows users can violate its rule 10 times before being banned, or five if they call for violence  —  The company discloses little information about how it enforces its prohibition of firearm sales on the site, leaving its punishment system shrouded in secrecy
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Dell redesigns the $999 XPS 13 to be slimmer and transforms the XPS 13 2-in-1 into a detachable Surface rival, adds Intel's 9-watt 12th Gen CPUs, and more  —  While all eyes are on the flashy new XPS 13 Plus, Dell hasn't forgotten about its mainstay premium ultraportable or its convertible cousin.
Bloomberg:
Sources and filings: Vy Capital, the third-largest backer of Musk's Twitter bid, is a Dubai-based firm founded by Alexander Tamas, who has links to Yuri Milner  —  Elon Musk's bid for Twitter Inc., which has been upended by the billionaire's threat to walk away, attracted a bevy of big-name backers and Silicon Valley mainstays.
Emily Peck / Axios:
Twitter, Coinbase, and other companies are rescinding lucrative job offers as a cost-cutting strategy instead of the usual mix of layoffs and slower backfills  —  Before accepting a job at Twitter, 23-year-old Iris Guo turned down five other offers.  Twitter paid well …

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