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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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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
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| 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 …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Businesses are using SEO-driven names like Thai Food Near Me and Dentist Near Me to optimize for Google Search, but the scheme is likely technically ineffective — Thai Food Near Me, Dentist Near Me, Notary Near Me, Plumber Near Me — businesses across the country picked names meant to outsmart Google Search.| 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 … | 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.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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| Simon Willison's Weblog: |
How OpenAI is using ChatGPT prompt engineering to get around fundamental biases in DALL-E 3, discourage it from recreating the work of living artists, and more — Last year I wrote about my initial experiments with DALL-E 2, OpenAI's image generation model.
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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. …
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| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Source: Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create a news wire service called XWire, akin to Cision's PR Newswire, during an all-hands — Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors while pursuing new business lines in video and hiring.| Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Flexport is in talks to buy the tech of collapsed digital freight startup Convoy, a move that would expand Flexport's push into the US trucking market — The deal would move the digital-focused freight forwarder into the domestic trucking market — Flexport is in talks to buy …
More: FreightWaves and The Information
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Tata Group acquires Apple manufacturer Wistron's India unit for $125M; India's Deputy IT Minister says Tata will now 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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| Counterpoint Research: |
Chinese smartphone sales fell 3% YoY in Q3 2023; Honor led with 18.3%, Huawei grew the most, up 37% YoY, after the Mate 60's launch, and Apple dropped 10% YoY — - In Q3 2023, smartphone sales in China declined 3% YoY in a sign the market could be closer to bottoming out.
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