Apple announces a new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with M2 chip, Wi-Fi 6E, and a new Apple Pencil hover feature, in stores October 26 and starting at $799 and $1,099
Apple today unveiled the new generation of 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, powered by the latest M2 Apple Silicon chips.
Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable outside observers describe the messy fight between Meta and The Wire
The journalists behind a controversial series of stories tell us they haven't been hoaxed. We're not so sure
Apple unveils a redesigned 10th-gen iPad with the A14 Bionic chip, flat sides, 10.9" display, Touch ID side button, USB-C, and Wi-Fi 6E, coming Oct. 26 for $449
Apple today announced the 10th-generation iPad, featuring the A14 Bionic chip and a complete redesign with a range of color options.
Apple announces an Apple TV 4K with the A15 Bionic chip, support for HDR10+, and an updated Siri Remote with USB-C, starting at $129 and available on November 4
Apple today announced an updated Apple TV 4K model with the A15 Bionic chip, support for HDR10+, and an updated Siri Remote for a starting price of $129.
Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: less than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world
Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed. — Why it matters: The move …
Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer all their personalized viewing data to a new account, ahead of a crackdown on account sharing in 2023
Netflix is making it easier for people to disentangle their personal viewing data: The streaming service is rolling …
Analysis: why the Biden administration's sweeping export controls on China's chip sector happened now and how they could usher in a new global economic paradigm
In the week+ since the US government issued its sweeping set … John Naughton / Memex 1.1 : Tuesday 18 October, 2022 — In my favourite Provencal village. And I didn't use a drone to get the shot! Je...
Meta confirms it will divest itself of Giphy globally after UK's CMA gives a final order to sell the company, following a court-ordered reassessment in July
Bye-bye: Meta has again been ordered by the UK's competition watchdog to sell animated GIF platform, Giphy. And this time it's final.
Apple unveils the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio for the 10th-gen iPad, with detachable keyboard, a 14-key function row, and an adjustable stand, shipping October 26
To complement the just announced 10th gen iPad, Apple has launched the new Magic Keyboard Folio.
Sources: Apple freezes its plans to use YMTC memory chips in its products, including iPhones, following the latest US export controls on China's tech sector
Company previously planned to put Chinese-made memory in some iPhones
Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 on October 24 with the new Stage Manager window management feature
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Carl Pei's Nothing will hike the price of its Ear (1) wireless earbuds from $99 to $149 on October 26, citing “an increase in costs”
Nothing is hiking the price of its debut Ear 1 earbuds from $99 to $149, the company's CEO Carl Pei has announced.
The Wire says it is suspending its stories on Meta and India's ruling party as it does a “thorough review”; “experts” cited in coverage deny they were consulted
Varadarajan confirmed the news site will review ‘all material and documents and sources’.
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set to close in Q4 2022
and will also sign up to Truth Social Clare Duffy / CNN : Kanye West's biggest challenge with owning Parler may come from Elon Musk Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times : What to know about Parler, the ...
Internal doc: Amazon has a high attrition rate across all levels, costing $8B annually, and workers choose to leave twice as often as layoffs and firings occur
Amazon churns through workers at an astonishing rate, well above industry averages. According to a tranche of documents marked …
Apple restores Russia's largest social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other apps from VK, three weeks after removing them citing UK sanctions
Apple has restored Russian apps for social network VKontakte and webmail provider Mail.ru to the App Store, three weeks after removing …
Salesforce stock is up 5%+ after activist investor Starboard reveals a “significant” stake; shares of Salesforce have fallen more than 40% in 2022
Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT — Jeffrey Smith, CEO of Starboard Value LP and Chairman of Papa John's International Inc.
A recent Kakao outage has raised monopoly concerns in South Korea; the company had previously claimed it had ~47.5M active users in the country of 51M+ people
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Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions
Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts …
New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English Wikipedia page for the Russo-Ukrainian war, could be used to create models to detect disinfo
Masha Borak / Wired :
Filing: Texas' securities regulator is investigating crypto exchange FTX US over allegations the company offers unregistered yield-bearing securities products
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised $125M led by Insight Partners at a $1.7B valuation
As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper, a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform, has raised $125 million at a $1.7 billion valuation.
TikTok plans to raise the age requirement for hosting a livestream from 16 to 18 on November 23 and let hosts limit their livestreams to adult-only audiences
Mia Sato / The Verge :
Stability AI raised a $101M seed, a source says at a ~$1B valuation, and its CEO says Stable Diffusion has 10M DAUs and its web app DreamStudio has 1.5M+ users
no billionaires, big funds, governments or anyone else with control of the company or the communities we support. We're completely independent," The future is open-source🔥 https://twitter.com/... Jim ...
Sources: worried about Apple stealing customers from Android's ecosystem, Google refocuses on its hardware, moving more staff to work on Google-branded devices
It may be Google's worst nightmare. Apple's iPhone is stealing share from Samsung phones powered by Google's Android software.
Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for connecting games built on the Unity platform to the blockchain, raised a CA$25.7M Series A led by Round13
Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph :
Research: crowdsourced fact-checking can improve social media moderation by channeling partisan motivations to be productive if opposing sides police each other
and most experts — see #misinformation as a “major problem” and believe internet companies should do more to curb its spread. - via @FT By Prof. @DG_Rand @MIT #Tech https://www.ft.com/... David G. Ran...
May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions: 48% monetize content, including 53% in the US; 77% of those who monetize started in the past year
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Sources: Intel is eyeing a significantly lower sub-$20B valuation for the IPO of its Mobileye self-driving car unit, down from the originally expected $50B+
Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal :
RisingWave Labs, which is developing a data stream processing service, raised a $36M Series A led by Yunqi Partners, bringing its total funding to $40M+
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Visa and Mastercard's security tokens restrict debit-card routing competition on online payments
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal :
Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate programs, raised a $94M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $156M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A profile of Google Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler, who leads sales for Google's online advertising products and most of the company's other services
A look at Gas, an iOS app for teens to “gas each other up”; Data.AI: Gas had 500K+ downloads since its August launch, despite being limited to a few US states
Discord debuts Activities, which lets users share experiences like playing games and watching videos, an App Directory, Premium App Subscriptions, and more
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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.