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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm — At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.
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| The Verge: |
Apple announces M4, a new chip focused on improving AI-related tasks, featuring up to 4x faster GPU performance than the M2 and 50% faster CPU than M2 — Apple's next-generation chip, the M4, is coming to the new iPad Pro. The new OLED iPad Pro models will include the upgraded chip …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Apple previews a new Final Cut Camera mobile app and announces updates for Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro, including Live Multicam, external projects on iPad, more — Apple is updating two of its biggest pro apps to complement the new iPad Pro models announced today.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces new $599+ 11" and $799+ 13" iPad Airs, featuring an M2 chip, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, available in four colors next week — Apple has officially unveiled the all-new iPad Air 6. For the first time, the iPad Air comes in two sizes: 11-inch and 13-inch.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
The new iPad Pro drops the ultra-wide camera; 1TB and 2TB models have 16GB RAM and M4 chips with 10-core CPUs, vs. 8GB RAM and 9-core CPU M4 in 256/512GB models — While the new iPad Pro with M4 is a major step forward across the board, there a couple gotchas to be aware of.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
iPad Pro hands-on: its thin design is the first thing you notice; the upgraded Magic Keyboard's body and trackpad are much higher end than in the previous model — Apple just announced a new iPad Pro, and at a watch party in New York City, a few reporters got to take a look at Apple's new tablet firsthand.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
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| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him — The identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed.
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LinkedIn: Brian Honan and Brian Krebs
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says the company will announce Switch's successor this fiscal year; Nintendo has sold 141M+ units since Switch's 2017 debut — - Company missed profit estimates for the March quarter — Outlook falls shy of expectations as flagship console ages
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI releases a tool to detect DALL-E 3-created images, claiming 98% accuracy for unaltered images, and joins Microsoft and Adobe's content credentials group — Startup's new tool detects 98% of pictures generated by its DALL-E 3 system, but success drops if the images are altered| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces an update to its AI ad tools, which can now make full new images, not just backgrounds, and claims it's adding strong guardrails to prevent abuse — Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October.| New York Times: |
Sources and messages: Binance compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan told executives and Nigerian contacts of a ~$150M crypto bribe request, prior to his arrest — A compliance officer for the cryptocurrency exchange told senior executives and Nigerian contacts that the company had been asked to pay $150 million in crypto.
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| New York Times: |
TikTok sues the US government, arguing the law forcing a sale or a ban violates its US users' First Amendment rights and divestiture is “simply not possible” — The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users' First Amendment rights.
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Threads: @imdavidpierce. X: @michaelsobolik, @peterhamby, and @tiktokpolicy. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/technology, r/law, r/neoliberal, and r/politics
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI says it's developing a Media Manager tool, slated for release by 2025, to let content owners identify their works to OpenAI and control how they are used — OpenAI says it's developing a tool to let creators better control how their content is used in AI.| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft deploys a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intel agencies can now harness the tech to analyze top-secret information — - Product went live Thursday after overhauling a supercomputer — US spy agencies are keen to harness generative AI technology| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Bedrock Studio in public preview, a web tool to help orgs experiment with and collaborate on generative AI models and then build AI-powered apps — Amazon is launching a new tool, Bedrock Studio, designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI models …
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| CNBC: |
Disney reported Disney+ and Hulu had a $47M operating income in Q2, vs. a $587M loss YoY, the first time the streaming services had a combined quarterly profit — The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World …
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| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
UK banking app Revolut launches Revolut X, a crypto trading service to let “experienced traders” buy and sell 100+ different tokens, with 0% to 0.09% fees — The new platform, called Revolut X, will allow “experienced traders” to buy and sell over 100 different tokens, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
EA reports Q4 revenue down 5% YoY to $1.78B, net income of $182M, net bookings down 14% YoY to $1.67B, and announces a three-year $5B stock buyback — Publisher forecasts revenue decline for coming year, commits to three-year, $5 billion stock repurchase program
More: VentureBeat, Reuters, Variety, and Electronic Arts
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 28% YoY to $1.3B, a $31.5M net loss, gross bookings up 21%, active riders growing at the fastest pace since 2022, up 12% YoY to 21.9M — - Active riders increased at the fastest pace since 2022 — The company has upgraded its full-year free cash flow guidance
More: Reuters and Lyft, Inc.
| Aditya Soni / Reuters: |
GlobalFoundries reports Q1 revenue down 16% YoY to $1.55B, vs. $1.52B est., net income of $134M, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; GFS closes up 7.1% — GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, betting on improving demand … Sponsor Posts
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