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Microsoft debuts the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro lines, available on October 25 for $1,000+ with Intel's 12th Gen CPUs or $1,300+ with an ARM SQ3 — Microsoft is combining its Surface Pro X and Surface Pro lines into a single product this year, the Surface Pro 9.
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Microsoft Devices Blog, Microsoft Surface on YouTube, TechRepublic, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, Thurrott, PCWorld, Ars Technica, Neowin, TechSpot, BetaNews, Engadget, Appuals.com, Windows Central, Liliputing, iClarified, Tech Advisor, Fossbytes, Tom's Guide, and Laptop Mag
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with Intel's 11th Gen i7, Nvidia's RTX 3060, Dolby Vision, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 1TB SSD, for $4,299 or $4,499 — It's been a long time since Microsoft updated its Surface Studio line of all-in-one PCs. While rumors had suggested …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Teams Premium, with some AI-based smart features like meeting recaps and live translations, expected to launch in February 2023, pricing TBA — Microsoft is launching Microsoft Teams Premium today, a new offering designed to boost its chat and collaboration app with some AI-powered smart features.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, Engadget, TechCrunch, TechRadar, PCWorld, Petri IT Knowledgebase, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, Windows Central, ZDNet, The Verge, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @quinnypig
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote didn't address the enormous skepticism around his vision and shows why VR should have been an R&D project, not Meta's future — As Mark Zuckerberg spoke to the camera in a pre-recorded presentation on Tuesday to kick off Meta Platforms Inc.'s annual …
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| Taylor Locke / Fortune: |
Mango Markets, a Solana DeFi platform, says a hacker stole ~$100M by manipulating its coin's price; the hacker made a DAO proposal to waive any investigations — Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, looks to be the latest victim of a massive hack within the crypto realm.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out beta features for creating and using passkeys on Android and building passkeys into websites for Chrome, ahead of a stable launch later in 2022 — Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website/app passwords with “passkeys” that just require you to unlock your device.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft says Apple plans to launch desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps for Windows in 2023; Windows 11's Photos app will get iCloud integration — Microsoft today announced that desktop Apple TV and Apple Music apps will be available on Windows PCs next year, downloadable from the Microsoft Store.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple told unionized store staff in Maryland that they won't get its new benefits and would need to negotiate via the collective bargaining arrangement — Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store … | Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, like withholding games from rivals; Microsoft says Sony is the market leader — The CMA expects the deal to impact PlayStation and game streaming — The Competition and Markets Authority has detailed …
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| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Google Pixel Watch review: beautiful, comfortable, bright but cramped screen, lackluster battery life, slow charging, few apps, and no auto workout tracking — I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. That's effectively the Google Pixel Watch's mantra.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Google approved Truth Social in the Google Play Store after the app updated its content moderation policies in response to being denied in August 2022 — Google has approved Donald Trump's Twitter-like social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, Axios has learned.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft plans to integrate OpenAI's DALL-E 2 into its newly announced Microsoft Designer app and Image Creator tool in Bing and Microsoft Edge — Microsoft is making a major investment in DALL-E 2, OpenAI's AI-powered system that generates images from text, by bringing it to first-party apps and services.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to expand its Resso music streaming service globally, starting with over a dozen markets excluding the US, and integrate it into TikTok — Company is negotiating with labels as it seeks more than a dozen new global markets — BeReal vs. TikTok: Can ‘Authentic’ Social Media Compete Without Ads?| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Blockchain search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May 2022 led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva — - Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google's advertising business from 2013 to 2018, has launched a Web3 company called nxyz.
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| Digiday: |
Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies about monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023 — Apple's growing designs on the ad industry are already well-documented with the iPhone maker's media unit already generating $4 billion per year on search.
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9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, Appleosophy, MacRumors, iMore, and The Streamable
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Corporate expense management tool TripActions raised a $154M Series G at a $9.2B valuation, up from $7.25B in October 2021, and $150M in structured financing — TripActions, a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 billion …
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TikTok plans to take prompt action against “exploitative begging” after an investigation found refugees in Syrian camps pleading for digital gifts on the app — BBC Global Disinformation Unit, BBC News Arabic and BBC Eye Investigations — Displaced families in Syrian camps … | Christian Davenport / Washington Post: |
Amazon plans to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype internet satellites in early 2023 on the new Vulcan rocket developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin — Two prototypes would launch early next year as the company seeks to build a constellation that would eventually grow …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
In a staff letter, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company plans to create greater decision-making separation between its chip design and chip production arms — New structure allows the company's chip-making factories to work like contract operations — Intel Corp. INTC -0.63%▼ … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Roku partners with Wyze to launch smart home products, including lighting, plugs, and cameras, sold exclusively at Walmart in the US starting on October 17 — Roku has officially announced a lineup of smart home gadgets that includes lighting, plugs, and cameras.
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Roku Newsroom, The Ambient, Fast Company, XDA Developers, Light Reading, BGR, Stacey on IoT, Variety, Wired, 9to5Google, Protocol, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, Pocket-lint, HD Guru, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, AFTVnews, The Streamable, and Engadget. Tweets: @davezatz
| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022 — - The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.
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Bloomberg, Bitcoin News, Ethereum World News, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, and Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @coindesk
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