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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple updates 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M1, 8-core GPU, Thunderbolt, up to 2TB storage, 5G, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a mini-LED screen on 12.9" model — As part of the Apple event today, the company unveiled the new lineup of iPad Pro tablets. The 2021 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro feature …
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| Apple: |
Apple says the updated M1 iPad Pro starts at $799 for the 11-inch and $1,099 for the 12.9-inch; pre-orders open April 30, shipping in second half of May — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced the most powerful and advanced iPad Pro ever, pushing the limits of what's possible on iPad.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple officially launches AirTag, an item tracker that works with Apple's Find My app, with one unit for $29 and four units for $99, launching April 30 — The long-rumored trackers are now official — Apple is officially launching a Tile-like item tracker that will work with the company's software and services.
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Tweets: @_inside, @kingthor, @kellymakena, @kingthor, @ct_bergstrom, @justintse, @iansherr, and @mkbhd
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Ahead of its congressional testimony, Tile shares concerns of unfair competition regarding AirTag, which is tightly integrated with Apple's Find My network — Now that Apple's lost item finder AirTag has officially been introduced, competitor Tile is going on record ahead of its testimony …
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Bloomberg, The 8-Bit, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, TechRadar, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, Trusted Reviews, BetaNews, and PCMag
Tweets: @mikeaschneider, @joshgnosis, and @edzitron
| Apple: |
iMac with M1 starts at $1,299 for 8-core CPU/7-core GPU in four colors and $1,499 for 8-core GPU in seven colors with Touch ID keyboard, shipping late May — iMac offers the best camera, mics, and speakers ever in a Mac, and Touch ID for the first time — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple updates iMac with M1, slimmer design with two small fans, seven colors, 1080p webcam, six speakers, beamforming three-mic array, and 24-inch 4.5K display — Apple has announced a new, redesigned 24-inch iMac, featuring an M1 chip, a 4.5K display, and a range of color options …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple's new Siri Remote will be sold separately from the new Apple TV 4K for $59 and is backwards compatible with previous Apple TV 4Ks and Apple TV HD — It's also available separately for previous Apple TV boxes — The Apple TV remote is one of the weakest parts of the company's set-top box …
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Apple, The Verge, AppleInsider, Macworld, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore, The Streamable, and Gizmodo
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @joannastern, @ijustine, @troth000, and @patrickmoorhead
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Podcasts Subscriptions for new premium and ad free content and a new Podcasts app design with channels, launching next month in 170 regions — Apple has officially an all-new feature coming to Podcasts next month. Apple Podcasts Subscriptions will allow listeners …
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Apple, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, iTnews, PCMag, MacRumors, TechCrunch, iMore, Nieman Lab, iThinkDifferent, CNET, Apple Must, and iPhone Hacks
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
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| Reuters: |
FireEye and networking company Pulse Secure say two China-linked hacking groups used a flaw in its VPN devices to target customers in the US defense industry — At least two groups of China-linked hackers have spent months using a previously undisclosed vulnerability in American networking devices …
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FireEye, us-cert.cisa.gov, kb.pulsesecure.net, Pulse Secure Blog, The Register, CyberScoop, The Hill, Federal Computer Week, HotHardware.com News, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @seanwrightsec, @summer__heidi, @r0wdy_, and @snlyngaas
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple debuts Apple Card Family to let spouses build credit together and extend access to family members over 13, with optional controls, coming to US in May — Apple has been slowly building a position for itself as a financial services giant, banked around its digital wallet for storing …
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Apple, 9to5Mac, CNET, BGR, The Points Guy, MacStories, ZDNet, American Banker, The Mac Observer, SlashGear, iThinkDifferent, and TidBITS
Tweets: @reneritchie, @danfinlay, @wintonark, @patrickmoorhead, and @ericnakagawa
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is revamping its Store app on Windows 10 and will let devs submit unpackaged Win32 apps, use third-party commerce platforms in apps, and more — Microsoft wants to bring life back to the Store app on Windows 10. — What you need to know — Microsoft is working on a new Store app for Windows 10.
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Tweets: @zacbowden, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @nibellion
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft introduces new settings in Outlook to allow breaks between back-to-back meetings after its own research showed that “digital overload is real” — Back-to-back meetings can now have a break in between — Microsoft is updating Outlook to give companies the option …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Internal Facebook emails, accidentally sent to a journalist, show its “long-term strategy” for data scraping incidents, framing it as a “broad industry issue” — More scraping incidents are “expected” in the future. — An internal email accidentally leaked by Facebook …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a purple iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini, arriving on April 30 with pre-orders starting on Friday — Apple today announced that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini will be available in a new purple color starting April 30, with pre-orders starting this Friday.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Forbes, Gizmodo, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, MacRumors Forums, and MacRumors
Tweets: @yvanr02, @film_girl, @strngwys, @film_girl, @mkbhd, and @sdw
| Netflix - Investors: |
Netflix reports Q1 revenue of $7.16B, up 24% YoY, and 208M paid memberships, up 14% YoY but below its forecast of 210M; stock down 8%+ after hours — April 20, 2021 Fellow shareholders, Revenue grew 24% year over year and was in line with our beginning of quarter forecast, while operating profit and margin reached all-time highs.
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Tweets: @thestalwart and @mylesudland
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
REvil ransomware gang claims to have breached Apple contractor Quanta Computer and is threatening to leak Apple product schematics unless a ransom is paid — The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding that Apple pay a ransom demand to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web.| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Amazon is opening a hair salon in London, where customers can try on virtual hair colors using an AR color bar and shop beauty products using QR codes — Amazon reinvented supermarket shopping with its — checkout-less Go stores, now the e-commerce giant is applying its tech prowess to hairdressing.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Discord has ended talks to sell itself, including rejecting a $12B bid from Microsoft, as it resumes planning for a potential IPO — Microsoft Corp. and video-game chat company Discord Inc. have ended takeover talks, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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iTnews, The Verge, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, XDA Developers, SlashGear, PCWorld, Neowin, Thurrott, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechSpot, Wccftech, and Game Rant
Tweets: @kevinakwok and @dinabass
| Wall Street Journal: |
An in-depth look at the reasons behind the chip shortage, including a focus on higher-margin, cutting-edge chips, and stockpiling due to US-China trade tensions — Semiconductor producers are trying to increase output, but the small gains are unlikely to fix the shortfalls hampering production …
Tweets: @wsj, @chinarealtime, and @robmay
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: UiPath priced its IPO at $56 per share, above its target range, raising $1.3B and giving it a $29B valuation — UiPath Inc., an automation software maker, and its shareholders raised more $1.3 billion in an initial public offering, pricing the shares above a marketed range, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says iOS 14.5 is coming to iPhone and iPad “next week” with app tracking protections, new Siri voices, redesigned Podcasts, and more — iOS 14.5 will be available for iPhone and iPad next week after an extended software beta period that started in February.
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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Binance hires Brian Brooks as CEO, starting May 1; he was previously acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the Trump administration — Brian Brooks, an acting head of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under Trump, will become CEO of Binance.US
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Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, U.Today, Coingape, Ledger Insights, Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @flitteronfraud
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
FTC warns companies over “the sale or use of ... racially biased algorithms”, which could violate federal laws, including the fair credit acts FCRA and ECOA — In a blog post this week, the Federal Trade Commission signaled that it's taking a hard look at bias in AI … | New York Times: |
Governments around the world are moving to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry has experienced before — Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry.
Tweets: @robbysoave, @satariano, @jbarro, @nytimes, @ron_fournier, and @paulmozur
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup BlaBlaCar, known for its long distance carpooling marketplace, raises $115M led by VNV Global and has added a bus marketplace — French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). While the company is better known for its long distance … | Linda Sui / Strategy Analytics: |
Strategy Analytics: global smartphone shipments rose to 340M units in Q1 2021, up 24% YoY, representing the highest growth since 2015 — According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments were 340 million units in Q1 2021, up +24% YoY representing the highest growth since 2015.
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