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Apple announces the 3nm M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max with a dynamic caching GPU, 20% faster performance cores over the M2, and 50% faster efficiency cores over the M1 — Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro.| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple's new M3 Pro has lower memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro and fewer performance cores; Apple repeatedly compared the M3 to the M1, not the M2 — Apple's latest M3 Pro chip in the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro has 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro chips used … | Apple: |
Apple's 14" MacBook Pro with M3 starts at $1,599, the 14" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $1,999, and the 16" MacBook Pro with M3 Pro starts at $2,499 — 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 now starts at $1,599 — 14- and 16-inch models with M3 Pro and M3 Max are available in a gorgeous new space black finish| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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Andrew Ng, who taught Sam Altman at Stanford and co-founded Google Brain, says Big Tech is lying about AI extinction to trigger heavier regulation of rivals — Key Points — Big Tech wants tough AI rules that would make life hard for small competitors| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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Apple unveils an M3 24-inch iMac that processes photos and produces videos up to 2x faster than the M1 iMac, with Wi-Fi 6E and up to 24GB of RAM, for $1,299+ — Folks banking on the arrival of the iMac Pro will have to wait a bit longer. If you've been looking to upgrade your 24-inch all-in-one … | Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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The US SEC charges SolarWinds for failing to disclose alleged cybersecurity failures ahead of a breach by suspected Russian hackers that began as early as 2019 — The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the company with failing to disclose its problems ahead of a breach … | Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Canada bans WeChat and Moscow-based Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices as they “present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security” — Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due … | Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
The US says 40 countries plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism — Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating … | Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
A US judge dismissed AI copyright infringement claims against Midjourney and DeviantArt by three artists, but allowed a claim against Stability AI to proceed — While a federal judge advanced an infringement claim against Stability AI, he dismissed the rest of the lawsuit.| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung reports Q3 revenue down 12% YoY to ~$50B, net income down 40% YoY to ~$4.1B vs. an 86% decline in Q2 2023, and a chip division operating loss of ~$2.78B — - Net income was more than twice what analysts estimated — Company is stepping up spending on advanced chipmaking tech| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian opposition leaders say Apple warned more than six of them of state-backed iPhone attacks; Apple confirms the notification but did not attribute the hacks — Apple has warned over a half dozen Indian politicians, other members of political parties and journalists of their iPhones … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: new US rules may compel Nvidia to cancel $5B+ in 2024 orders for its chips in China; Nvidia had already fulfilled its 2023 orders before the controls — Artificial-intelligence company scrapped plans to rush shipments to China this month before new restrictions were brought forward| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
SBF blamed top FTX executives on his second day of testimony, and lawyers disputed his answers using his own emails, DMs, tweets, and more; some were profane — - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried resumed his testimony on Monday as his criminal trial nears its end.| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
A look at the creators who report and aggregate news on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and others, as people under 35 move away from traditional news sources — One recent study concluded consumers are looking for news that “feels more relevant,” giving a boost to creators on social media| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says “all presenters, locations, and drone footage” in the pre-recorded “Scary Fast” event video were shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max — Apple today held a short and unusual special event to introduce a new generation of MacBook Pro and iMac with M3 chip.| Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
News Media Alliance study: AI chatbot developers rely more on articles than generic web content to train AI; NMA says this shows AI companies violate copyright — The News Media Alliance, a trade group that represents newspapers, says that A.I. chatbots use news articles significantly more than generic content online.| Eric Geller / The Messenger: |
IBM research: AI can make phishing, already used in ~90% of cyberattacks, more effective at scale, though widespread use has not yet been detected — Phishing attacks are already devastatingly successful. What happens when artificial intelligence makes them even harder to spot?| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks acquires Tel Aviv-based Dig Security, which helps organizations track cloud assets, sources say for $400M — We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon.| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's stock dropped 11% since its Q3 results on August 3, erasing nearly $400B in value, the first year since 2015 that AAPL slid between WWDC and Q4 earnings — Worries about China and the future of a lucrative Google relationship could outlast even a strong earnings report
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