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October 27, 2023, 12:00 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's “Scary Fast” event on Monday: high-end MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max, new 24-inch iMac with M3, and USB-C accessories  —  The company is poised to introduce computers with speedier chips.  —  Apple Inc.'s last product unveiling of the year kicks off on Monday …
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft publishes a profile of Octo Tempest, a “dangerous” hacking group targeting organizations across tech, gaming, financial services, and other sectors  —  Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities …
Financial Times:
In a testimony without the jury present, SBF says he followed the counsel of lawyers to make critical decisions around passing FTX customer money to Alameda  —  Former crypto billionaire blames lawyers as court hears first snippets of testimony without jury present
Bloomberg:
A live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony in front of a jury at his criminal fraud trial in NYC over the collapse of FTX  —  Welcome to TOPLive.  FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is taking the witness stand at his own fraud trial in New York over the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but will continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles  —  Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California Department …
Amazon:
Amazon Q3: revenue up 13% YoY to $143.1B, net income up 244% to $9.9B, operating income up 343% to $11.2B, subscription revenue up 14% to $10.2B; AMZN jumps 6%+  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
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Casey Hall / Reuters:
Documents: Shein and PDD's Temu file joint declarations in the US to end their legal fights, asking judges to dismiss the cases “without prejudice”  —  Fierce rivals Shein and PDD Holdings-owned (PDD.O) Temu have applied to end their legal fights with each other in the U.S. …
More: Tech in Asia and Tech.co
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
The UN creates a 39-member body, including tech executives, government officials, and academics, to examine issues in the international governance of AI  —  The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the creation of a 39-member advisory body to address issues …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: Tata Group acquires the India unit of Apple manufacturer Wistron for $125M; an Indian IT minister says Tata will make iPhones for the global market  —  Tata Group will start making iPhones in India for the local and global markets, India's Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday …
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