Apple unveils the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max with a Dynamic Island notch, 48MP main camera, an A16 4nm chip, and an always-on display
is the iPhone 14 to blame? Lori Grunin / CNET : From iPhone 14 to Apple Watch 8: Everything Apple Revealed at ‘Far Out’ Abdullah / Gizchina : iPhone 14 series battery life comparison with previous mod...
Hands-on with iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max: similar design to 13 Pro but without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; always-on display looks great
A first look at the new always-on display, camera, and more — Apple just announced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Answering a question on iMessage-RCS interoperability at Code, Tim Cook suggests “[buying] your mom an iPhone” to end green bubbles
Asked about RCS support in iMessage, Apple's CEO said users aren't asking for it — Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging …
Hands-on with Apple Watch Ultra: the large, flat 49mm display, which can reach 2,000 nits, is in a class of its own and the device is lighter than expected
Two incremental updates and one big newcomer — Today was a big day for Apple wearables. Not only did Apple announce the brand-new Series 8 …
Apple debuts the Watch Ultra, for athletes, with a 49mm titanium case, improved multiband GPS, “action button”, second speaker, and 36-60-hour battery, for $799
Victoria Song / The Verge :
Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook partner to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, which features emails, videos, and historical materials related to Jobs
CodeCon 2022 held an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs on Wednesday.
Geekbench test shows the iPhone 14's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is only marginally faster than the iPhone 13's A15 chip, built on a 5nm process
A Geekbench score for the iPhone 14 Pro with the new A16 Bionic chip has revealed little performance improvement compared to the iPhone 13 Pro from last year.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals support for Congress giving the CFTC oversight on bitcoin and ether, as long as the SEC retains its power
Former CFTC chief says he could back giving agency oversight of nonsecurity tokens — WASHINGTON—Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler signaled …
At Code, former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found “a substantial portion” of Twitter users “were not real” when it considered buying Twitter in 2016
Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn't. — Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he decided he didn't.
Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data, says lockdowns have paralyzed the city of Guiyang, stopping workers from seeing family
China's latest Covid lockdown has virtually paralyzed a city of 6 million that houses much of the country's electronic information …
Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone 14 safety features, like satellite emergency calling and car crash detection, are ominous and unsettling
The newly unveiled Watch and iPhone 14 features — car crash detection, satellite emergency calling, extreme weather — all seem a little ominous.
Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme
Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks …
A look at the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island pill-shaped notch, which has custom UI elements for incoming phone calls, timers, turn-by-turn navigation, and more
Apple Watch Ultra is a serious challenge to Garmin, which dominates the premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position
Apple begins slow-rolling its way onto Garmin's lucrative turf — I had a funny feeling watching yesterday's announcement of the Apple Watch Ultra: I've seen this show before.
Apple partners with satellite company Globalstar on Emergency SOS, agreeing to pay 95% of the approved capital expenditure to deploy new Globalstar satellites
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday selected Globalstar Inc (GSAT.A) as its partner for a feature that would allow iPhone 14 users …
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions
Six users of Tornado Cash, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency service, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Treasury Department …
Apple unveils Watch Series 8 in 41mm and 45mm sizes with a body temperature sensor, new Sleep app, focus on women's health, and more for $399+ on September 16
Sources: US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies need major regulations as they pose significant financial risks that outweigh benefits
A new assessment from the Biden administration is expected to find that cryptocurrencies pose threats to investors
Apple announces the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus with the iPhone 13's design and notch, 2021's A15 chip, satellite connectivity, and more
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
Apple makes eSIM the only option on iPhone 14 models in the US, working with T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T; outside the US, the phones will have a SIM card tray
Apple keeps iPhone 14 prices the same in the US but raises them around the world, including in the UK, Japan, and Germany, due to a strong dollar
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Anxious about regulators, Naspers, SoftBank, Berkshire, and other early investors in Chinese tech giants are selling; $7.6B in Tencent shares could be sold
Bloomberg :
Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates IoT product makers to meet cybersecurity rules or face heavy fines of €15M or 2.5% of turnover
Companies will face fines of €15mn or 2.5% of turnover if they do not comply with cyber security requirements
Mysten Labs, which is developing the Sui blockchain, raised a $300M Series B led by FTX at a $2B+ valuation; all five founders worked at Meta's crypto unit
- Mysten's Series B round values the company at over $2 billion, giving investors equity and token warrants.
Apple unveils satellite-based Emergency SOS, free for two years in the US and Canada with iPhone 14 models, offering low-bandwidth messaging in November 2022
Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group earlier in 2022
Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year. — Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis announced Thursday it helped …
Apple drops the starting prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 mini to $599 and of the iPhone 13 to $699, and stops selling the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 12 mini
Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via convertible notes led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, and GGV, after raising $434M in 2022
- Animoca Brands confirmed earlier reports it had raised a fresh funding round of $110 million. — Temasek, Boyu Capital and CGV Capital are now backing the firm.
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss confirms she wants to dilute the draft Online Safety Bill, focusing on protecting minors while making sure free speech is allowed
Financial Times :
In a closely watched trial, ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan's lawyers say the company scapegoated him over the 2016 breach after Travis Kalanick's turbulent exit
A federal trial began on Wednesday for Joe Sullivan, a former federal prosecutor who is accused of not disclosing a data breach while at the company.
NBA and NBPA partner with Sorare, which makes NFT-based sports games and claims to have 2M users, to launch a digital collectibles-based fantasy basketball game
Sorare is a fantasy sports game that allows users to collect non-fungible token … Wayne Jones / crypto.news : Gameplay Galaxy, Spice AI, Omni Wallet, and Tesseract Complete Successful Venture Rounds T...
Arize AI, a service for machine learning operations, or MLOps, raised a $38M Series B led by TCV, bringing its total funding to $62M
Arize AI, a startup developing a platform for machine learning operations, today announced that it raised $38 million in a Series B round led by TCV …
GameStop partners with FTX on “e-commerce and online marketing initiatives” in the US and reports a $108.7M net loss in Q2, up from $61.6M YoY; stock jumps 10%+
Melissa Repko / CNBC :
Internal memo: CEO Evan Spiegel unveils Snap's plans to grow its user base and revenue in 2023, including onboarding more users in their 30s and pushing AR ads
Alex Heath / The Verge :
Apple upgrades AppleCare+ to “unlimited repairs for accidental damage protection”, subject to service fees, up from the previous limit of two incidents per year
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Byju's has missed its own deadlines to file audited financials for the year ending March 2021 by nearly 18 months; Indian government demands an explanation
It took Byju's 10 years to become India's most valuable startup, expanding its empire of online learning apps to many markets including …
Apple debuts AirPods Pro 2 with an H2 chip, a new low-distortion driver, personalized Spatial Audio, volume touch controls, available on September 23 for $249
The Verge :
Google plans a one-year pilot in India to allow daily fantasy sports apps and rummy games but bars the use of Google's billing for IAPs, starting September 28
TechCrunch :
Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new funds in August: $3.85B for young startups, the firm's biggest fund to date, and $780M for PE buyouts
Venture capitalists aren't striking many deals with tech founders these days. Initial public offerings are nonexistent and public tech stocks … Tweets: @kateclarktweets , @jessicalessin , @dbhurley ,...
Snap's ad archive shows some Democratic and progressive orgs were able to target ads using the data of a GOP data broker; Snap blames an internal mistake
A slip-up by social media giant Snap allowed leading Democratic campaigns and party committees to unwittingly tap into a vast repository … Tweets: @tommyhicksgop , @bgmasters , @baseballcrank , and @j...
Amazon's Andy Jassy has no plan to force employees to return to the office, will “proceed adaptively as we learn”, and says most have returned for some weekdays
CommerceHub, which connects retailers and brands with suppliers, agrees to acquire and take private e-commerce software provider ChannelAdvisor in a ~$660M deal
Colin Kellaher / MarketWatch :
London-based SteelEye, which offers SaaS tools to help financial institutions comply with regulations, raised a $21M Series B led by Ten Coves Capital
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
A Delaware judge sharply criticizes Elon Musk for failing to turn over text messages, ruling there were “glaring deficiencies” in the response to Twitter
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg :
Berlin-based Latana, which offers brand tracking and consumer insights tools, raised a €36M Series B led by Oxx, with participation from Balderton and Kreos
Megha Paul / Tech.eu :
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @keachhagey , @jason_kint , @matthewstoller , @froomkin , and @jtoonkel See also Mediagazer Tweets: @keachhagey : Google News Showcase, Google's program that pays publis...
After India's TikTok ban, Meta and Google are battling for the lead in the country's short-video app economy that could generate up to $19B in sales by 2030
Bloomberg : Tweets: @venkatananth Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : some wild numbers from this @business story on india's short-video market: - $19 billion in sales by 2030 - 20% of digital ad...
NYC-based Hebbia, a startup founded by Stanford AI researchers to develop AI-powered search tools, has raised a $30M Series A led by Index Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Despite the recent downturn in the cryptocurrency market, Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch has 30 crypto startups, up from 25 in its Winter 2022 batch
TechCrunch :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
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