Apple debuts $999 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro and $1,099 6.7" iPhone 12 Pro Max with flat-edge design, 5G, LiDAR, three rear cameras with 5x zoom, and 128GB base storage
Apple today unveiled the new 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max at its pre-recorded “Hi, Speed” digital event.
Apple unveils iPhone 12 with 6.1" OLED display and 460ppi, A14, thinner and lighter design, 5G, improved durability, and five color options, starting at $829
The right iPhone for most people gets a new design, OLED screen, and 5G — It might be happening a bit later than usual, but Apple has just announced the iPhone 12.
iPhone 12 pre-orders start on October 16, shipping on October 23, while iPhone 12 mini pre-orders begin November 6, shipping on November 13
Jony Ive must be spinning in his grave Mike Flaminio / Insanely Great Mac : Apple announces iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : iPhone 12 Introduced With Flat-Edge Design, 5G, A14...
iPhone 12 Pro pre-orders start on October 16, shipping on October 23, while iPhone 12 Pro Max pre-orders begin November 6, shipping on November 13
5G speed. A14 Bionic, the fastest chip in a smartphone. All-new design. Andrew O'Hara / AppleInsider : What MagSafe on the iPhone 12 is, how it works, and what can it do Tristan Rayner / Android Aut...
iPhone 12 models, as well as the iPhone 11, XR, and SE, no longer come with EarPods or power adapters but include a USB-C to lightning cable
but there's good news Joe Wituschek / iMore : Apple lowers price of accessories no longer included in the iPhone box Omar Sohail / Wccftech : New iPhone SE, Older iPhone 11 and iPhone XR Models Won't ...
Microsoft says backward compatible titles on the Xbox Series X and S will support Auto HDR, alongside better visuals and faster frame rates
We already knew that Xbox Series X and Series S users will be able to play thousands of previous-generation games at launch.
Snap is among the first to leverage iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR Scanner for immersive AR and says it will launch a Lens specifically for the iPhone 12 Pro models
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UK admits that Amazon will not be affected by its new digital services tax but small traders using its online marketplace will be penalized
Amazon will not be affected by the new digital services tax but small traders who use its online marketplace will be penalised, HMRC has admitted.
Baseless claims about Democrat-led coup on Facebook and Twitter are riling up Trump supporters and raising concerns about election-day violence
Baseless claims are circulating online about a Democrat-led coup, inflaming tensions in an already turbulent election season. Tweets: @meanprogress , @ronrosenbaum1 , @puiwingtam , @daveyalba , @davey...
Review of new $749 OnePlus 8T: nice performance and 65W fast charging with a 120Hz display, but fourth camera feels unnecessary and there's no wireless charging
A capable, if incremental, update — OnePlus has always been very proud of the raw specs of its phones, and the OnePlus 8T is no different.
Google Pixel 4a 5G review: a strong mid-range handset with great battery, screen, and camera, but no wireless charging and mmWave 5G makes it too expensive
The 5G is nice, but the improved processor matters more — The Google Pixel 4A 5G is a good phone for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the “5G” in the name.
Sources: Huawei is in talks with Digital China Group and others to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal worth up to $3.7B
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit …
Dropbox says it will be a “virtual first” company and will set up “Dropbox Studios” in SF, Seattle, Austin, and Dublin for employees to meet in-person
- San Francisco-based Dropbox announced Tuesday that will stop asking employees to come into its offices and instead make remote work the standard practice.
Facebook announces a global policy banning anti-vaccination ads but will allow ads that advocate for legislation around vaccination policies
- Facebook said Tuesday it is launching a new global policy that bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccines.
Apple announces the $729 iPhone 12 mini with 5.4-inch OLED display, five colors, and similar specs to the iPhone 12
Google Pixel 5 review: Android 11 is clean and clever, long battery life, and well-built, but stagnating camera performance and other phones offer better value
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Support for high-frequency mmWave 5G bands in the iPhone 12 lineup is limited to models sold in the US, with models sold outside US limited to sub-6GHz bands
Profile of General Paul Nakasone, the four-star general who is in charge of both Cyber Command and the NSA, one of the most powerful roles in intelligence
Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks. Tweets: @ericgeller , @dnvolz , @zcohencnn , @dnvolz , @vermontgmg , @mruiz1...
Google Analytics 4 launches with AI-powered insights, deeper integration with Google Ads, cross-device measurements, and more granular data controls
The new Analytics adds AI-powered insights, tracks users across devices and provides more granular data controls.
YouTube says it will now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the WHO
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines …
Zoom says its OnZoom paid events platform and marketplace is now generally available and launches Zapps, letting third-parties integrate with its main app
Zoom is hosting its virtual Zoomtopia user conference this week. Given the attention the company has received as the de facto …
Apple debuts HomePod mini with spherical design, S5 chip, fabric mesh exterior, black and white options, a small screen on top; pre-orders start Nov. 6 from $99
Apple's speaker will sound worse, do less, and force you to use Apple's inferior music streaming service. Gee, sign me up. https://www.protocol.com/... Jeremy C. Owens / @jowens510 : Apple seriously j...
Apple announces MagSafe for iPhone 12, letting users magnetically attach chargers, wallets, and other accessories
iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini cost $30 more than their starting advertised prices of $699 and $799, as those prices include “special offers” from AT&T, Verizon
Research across 65 countries finds that governments have exploited the pandemic to expand their domestic surveillance capabilities and curtail internet freedom
From arrests to surveillance, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty.
Verizon launches its 5G Nationwide network, though users might not experience better performance than 4G, as Apple brings 5G to its new iPhones
Aggregators like Google and Facebook seek to serve the maximum number of users, while “Integrators” like Disney seek to monetize users to the maximum extent
Disney just announced that Soul, its next Pixar film, will be released exclusively on Disney Plus,1 setting …
“DeFi” replaces “blockchain” as the must-have crypto moniker, leading to rebranding efforts as Tron, EOS, and other project say they are part of DeFi movement
- Tron, EOS, other coins announce they are part of DeFi movement — Rebranding efforts are prompting a surge in token prices
New York has developed into a bona fide tech hub, an East Coast rival to Silicon Valley that has become a second home to tech giants, which have 22K staff there
The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year. Tweets: @sallygold , @sally_hubbard , ...
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas signals an openness to scaling back Section 230 protections, arguing “sweeping protection” for platforms misinterprets the law
The longstanding but now hotly contested law that keeps online platforms from being held liable for what users post should be narrowed … Tweets: @axios Tweets: @axios : The longstanding but now hotly ...
Documents show how Clear, which lets its members skip security lines at 35 US airports, is building a digital ID system for storing health care info and more
'You are your driver's license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card' — In March, the air travel industry ground to a halt. Tweets: @davegershgorn , @dlberes , @turnern...
Toronto-based Wealthsimple, an online investment management service with 175,000+ users globally, raises ~$87M at a $1B+ valuation led by TCV
- Canadian startup seals deal to raise cash from Silicon Valley — Existing backers include Power Financial and Allianz unit
Microsoft details its new image captioning AI, part of Azure, that will improve accessibility for Word, Outlook, and other apps
The algorithm even beats humans in some limited tasks — Microsoft has developed a new image-captioning algorithm that exceeds human accuracy in certain limited tests.
Brazilian startup Take Blip, which helps companies engage with customers on messaging apps like WhatsApp, raises $100M Series A led by Warburg Pincus
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC has invested $100 million in a series A round in the Brazilian startup Take Blip …
Apple starts selling a 20W USB-C power adapter for $19
Netflix has stopped offering its 30-day free trial across all markets
A global survey of journalists finds Facebook to be a greater source of COVID-19 disinformation, outstripping elected officials who are also a top source
The majority of journalists covering the pandemic say Facebook is the biggest spreader of disinformation, outstripping elected officials … Tweets: @mediagfmd and @chrisinparis See also Mediagazer Twee...
WordPress debuts a tool that can take blog posts, including accompanying images and videos, and post them as Twitter threads automatically
Engageli, a video conferencing tool designed for digital learning, comes out of stealth with $14.5M seed funding from Benchmark and others
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Facebook partners with Carnegie Mellon University to use AI in a bid to find new “electrocatalysts”, which help store electricity from renewable energy sources
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Car rental service Getaround raises $140M Series E led by PeopleFund, bringing its total raised to $600M
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Sources detail how Google, under intense scrutiny, has limited discussion of antitrust issues among employees, executives, and potential recruits
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Dataloop, which helps businesses manage the entire data lifecycle of their AI projects, raises $11M Series A, bringing its total raised to $16M
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Investigation: software used for targeting medical services to US patients is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care
Casey Ross / STAT : Tweets: @frankpasquale , @rsvassellmd , @ravindranize , @docjeffd , @uche_blackstock , @erbrod , @statnews , and @rebeccadrobbins Tweets: Frank Pasquale / @frankpasquale : “None o...
Activists worry about misinformation disrupting African elections, driven by high Facebook usage, as social media companies operate with little oversight
Bloomberg : Tweets: @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , @alykhansatchu , and @smith_jeffreyt Tweets: Aly-Khan Satchu / @alykhansatchu : Many of the administrators hide...
The EU is seeking applicants for the next Registry of the .eu TLD, limited to non-profits, and is offering a five-year contract to manage 3.6M domain names
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Augury, which uses AI to predict industrial machine faults based on changes in sound, vibration, and temperature, raises $55M Series D led by Qumra Capital
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Britain's QAnon movement is still fringe compared to US but shows no signs of stopping, and may have begun with one woman who created the FFTCUK Facebook group
Shayan Sardarizadeh / BBC : Tweets: @ciaranoconnor , @drjohnhorgan , and @franklangfitt Tweets: Ciarn O'Connor / @ciaranoconnor : How did a wide-ranging conspiracy about Satan-worshipping elites in t...
McAfee seeks to raise as much as $814M in its IPO in new filing as sources say it plans to price it on Oct. 21 and begin trading the next day
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Improvements to iPhone 12 Pro cameras include Deep Fusion for all cameras, larger image sensor in main lens, support for new “ProRaw” format, OIS for ultrawide
Study: 1,000+ UK startups have filed for administration, liquidation, or dissolution since lockdown began, with Sept. seeing highest monthly figure in 10 years
Kumutha Ramanathan / Yahoo Finance : Tweets: @sam_l_shead Tweets: Sam Shead / @sam_l_shead : British startups are dying in the pandemic https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/ ...
Vivun, which helps companies track pre-sales data, raises $18M Series A led by Accel
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Source: meditation and sleep app maker Calm is looking to raise ~$150M at a $2.2B valuation; Calm was valued at $1B in July 2019
Nuvemshop, a Shopify rival that helps businesses across Latin America develop their online presence, raises $30M led by Kaszek Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures
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Israel-based Nym Health, which develops auditable ML tools for hospital billing automation, raises $16.5M Series A led by GV
Google releases an Apple Watch app for YouTube Music, providing basic playback controls and library browsing but no offline access
Fitness tech company JAXJOX raises $10M Series A as it gets ready to ship its InteractiveStudio workout system to BestBuy stores
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Cybersecurity services company deepwatch raised $53M Series B led by Goldman Sachs to accelerate R&D of the firm's cloud platform and partner ecosystem
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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