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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning a 15" MacBook Air for 2023, a 12" laptop for the end of 2023 or early 2024, and MacBook Pros with M2 Pro or M2 Max for 2022 or 2023 — Apple Inc. plans to expand the lineup of laptops using its new, speedier in-house chips next year, aiming to grab a bigger share of the market …
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Macworld, TechCrunch, Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Wccftech, iClarified, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iMore
Tweets: @saranbyte and @markgurman
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Ross Young: Apple is developing a 14.1" iPad Pro with a miniLED display and ProMotion, likely for an early 2023 release; recent rumors corroborate the new model — Apple is reportedly developing an iPad Pro with a 14.1-inch mini-LED display, according to Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young.
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@dsccross. More:
9to5Mac, Macworld, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, and TechRadar
Tweets: @majinbuofficial, @rsgnl, @tapbot_paul, @markgurman, @detroitborg, @lukemiani, and @someofmiles
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox TV app to Samsung's 2022 smart TVs on June 30, letting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers play 100+ Xbox games without a console — Samsung's 2022 smart TVs will be the first to get the Xbox app — Microsoft is launching its Xbox TV app later this month …
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Xbox Wire, GamesIndustry.biz, Tech Advisor, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, HotHardware.com News, GeekWire, Android Police, Reuters, PCWorld, Game Developer, TechCrunch, Techhive.com, Dexerto, CNBC, Samsung Newsroom, Kotaku, SlashGear, 9to5Toys, BigTechWire, The Shortcut, TheGamer, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, 9to5Google, Dot Esports, XDA Developers, Wired, The Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, CNET, OnMSFT.com, Polygon, Engadget, Bloomberg, Digital Trends, Gameranx, GameSpot, Protocol, Variety, and VideoCardz.com
Tweets: @xbox, @jeffrubenstein, @alexhern, @wario64, @nibellion, @shiraovide, @pierce, @zhugeex, and @nibellion
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Project Moorcroft, meant to bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass, rolling out within the next year, initially focused on indie developers — Designed to bring back the excitement of E3 game demos — Microsoft is working on Project Moorcroft, a program designed …
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Xbox Wire, Windows Central, The Verge, OnMSFT.com, Wccftech, Kotaku, TheGamer, Neowin, IGN, TechRadar, Windows Experience Blog, The Verge, Mashable, Polygon, VentureBeat, GameSpot, and Stevivor
Tweets: @zhugeex, @matpiscatella, @russellbrandom, @nibellion, and @tomwarren
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
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Financial Times, Forbes, Ars Technica, purexbox.com, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @tomwarren and @brandolightshed
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Source: Meta halted the two-year development of a smartwatch with dual cameras, targeted for a spring 2023 release for ~$349, to focus on other wrist devices — Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. has halted development of a smartwatch with dual cameras and is instead working …
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AppleInsider, Fortune, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, New York Post, PhoneArena, PCMag, KnowTechie, The Verge, Gadgets & Wearables, TechSpot, Tech-pigułka, Mashable, TechEBlog, Insider, BGR India, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @palafo, @quinnypig, @caseynewton, @caseybriggs, @markgurman, @sarahfrier, @mattnavarra, and @sarahfrier
| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Source: Meta decided not to release the first version of its AR glasses, scheduled for 2024, to focus on its second version, with a release unlikely for years — Meta Platforms has scaled back its plans to release a series of augmented reality glasses over the next several years as part …
Tweets: @amir, @jamespmcleod, @pierce, @kevin_raposo, @stevekovach, and @yorksranter
| Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
Critiques of “anti-crypto media personalities” and the “podcast circuit” miss that Web3 currently sucks and saying so is not an anti-blockchain conspiracy — Read to the end for a truly cursed TikTok — Web3 Being Not Very Good Is Not A Conspiracy| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Browser maker Vivaldi releases a free built-in email client, Mail 1.0, with its Calendar and RSS Feed Reader integrated, for Windows, macOS, and Linux — It's available to use starting today — Vivaldi has launched its own free built-in email client, Mail 1.0, with Vivaldi's Calendar and Feed Reader integrated.
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Vivaldi Browser, XDA Developers, Neowin, The Register, gHacks Technology News, and OnMSFT.com
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Google says Chrome 102 will use machine learning running entirely within the browser to silence unsolicited permission requests from websites before they pop up — And soon it could swap out your browser buttons — Google Chrome has built-in phishing detection that scans pages …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, The Keyword, Android Police, XDA Developers, and 9to5Google
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Dell redesigns the $999 XPS 13 to be slimmer and transforms the XPS 13 2-in-1 into a detachable Surface rival, adds Intel's 9-watt 12th Gen CPUs, and more — While all eyes are on the flashy new XPS 13 Plus, Dell hasn't forgotten about its mainstay premium ultraportable or its convertible cousin.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft plans to stop adding noncompete clauses to US employment agreements, drop NDAs from US worker settlements, add salary ranges to US job posts, and more — Bending to employee sentiment and legislative mandate, Microsoft announced a series of reforms Wednesday that will curtail …
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Microsoft On the Issues, Wall Street Journal, Insider, OnMSFT.com, Computerworld, Windows Central, Seattle Business Journal, Neowin, The Register, and Engadget
Tweets: @superwuster, @krisnova, @gossithedog, @anildash, @sanjaykalra, @fmc_sea, @hnowbar, @sub8u, @realmarkraming, @quinnypig, @pwnallthethings, @martinisoft, @goldman, @richburroughs, @moonalice, and @crashdev. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Washington Post: |
Despite Facebook's ban on gun sales in 2016, internal guidance shows users can violate its rule 10 times before being banned, or five if they call for violence — The company discloses little information about how it enforces its prohibition of firearm sales on the site, leaving its punishment system shrouded in secrecy
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Gizmodo, Protocol, Input, and Ars Technica
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
TikTok expands its screen time controls, adding a dashboard to monitor usage and letting users set time limits; teens will get more restrictions and reminders — TikTok is rolling out more screen time controls to help users manage how much time they are spending in the app.
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TikTok, The Verge, KnowTechie, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, Bloomberg, PCMag, TechCrunch, and RTÉ. Tweets: @fosi
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
GitHub plans to sunset Atom, its text editor for developers introduced in 2011, and to archive all projects under the Atom organization on December 15, 2022 — GitHub today announced that it will sunset Atom, the text editor for software development that the company introduced in 2011.
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The GitHub Blog, BetaNews, gHacks Technology News, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @adrian271, @cra, and @carnage4life
| Bloomberg: |
Sources and filings detail Vy Capital, the third-largest backer of Musk's Twitter bid, a secretive firm run by Alexander Tamas, who has links to Yuri Milner — Elon Musk's bid for Twitter Inc., which has been upended by the billionaire's threat to walk away, attracted a bevy of big-name backers and Silicon Valley mainstays.
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CoinQuora. Tweets: @martinsfp, @benbartenstein, @stengel, @dzuidijk, @paulwallace123, @benbartenstein, @benbartenstein, @benbartenstein, and @benbartenstein
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese financial regulators have begun early talks with Ant Group to revive its IPO, a sign that China is dialing back its tech industry crackdown — Chinese financial regulators have started early stage discussions on a potential revival of Ant Group Co.'s initial public offering …
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Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, CNBC, Quartz, Axios, Pandaily, Tech in Asia, and Benzinga. Tweets: @tommackenzietv
| Emily Peck / Axios: |
Twitter, Coinbase, and other companies are rescinding lucrative job offers as a cost-cutting measure instead of the usual mix of layoffs and slower backfills — Before accepting a job at Twitter, 23-year-old Iris Guo turned down five other offers. Twitter paid well …
Tweets: @matthewphillips, @c0up, @quinnypig, @burtchen, @puppykhan, @wstafrican, and @emilyrpeck
| Wall Street Journal: |
Documents show how Cerebral used social media ads to grow its ADHD drug business, as federal prosecutors look into possible Controlled Substance Act violations — The online mental health company surged to a $4.8 billion valuation after it started dispensing ADHD medication …
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Newslit Daily. Tweets: @maxwellstrachan, @theo_wayt, @marcelolprince, @anshelsag, @anfuller, @richardhanania, @contingentvalue, @mkarolian, @anfuller, and @tomfitton
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Orderly Network, a DEX protocol built on the NEAR blockchain for permissionless spot and future order book trading, raises a $20M Series A — The decentralized exchange offers permissionless spot and future order book trading infrastructure. — Orderly Network, a decentralized exchange … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Maze, a software product research service that facilitates prototype tests and surveys, raises a $40M Series B led by Felicis, bringing its total raised to $60M — Product research generally involves determining whether an idea for a new product might be successful and how to best develop and sell that product.| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: tech lobbying group CCIA and others, backed by Meta, Google, and more, have spent $36.4M+ on ads opposing antitrust bills that ban self-preferencing — Legislation would block Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple from favoring own products; backers of the bill have spent less than $200,000
Tweets: @chadsday and @daviduberti
| Financial Times: |
Palantir is preparing to bid on a £360M contract to underpin UK NHS' operations, to be awarded in November; Palantir employs 600 in the UK and plans to add 250 — US data analytics group hires health service executives in bid to secure £360mn contract| Matt Robinson / Bloomberg: |
Source: the SEC is investigating whether the marketing of the TerraUSD stablecoin before it crashed in May violated federal investor-protection regulations — The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether the marketing of the TerraUSD stablecoin before it crashed … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple will handle Apple Pay Later's lending, a first for the company; in-house subsidiary Apple Financing LLC will oversee credit checks and make loan decisions — Apple Inc. will handle the lending itself for a new “buy now, pay later” offering, sidestepping partners as the tech giant pushes deeper …
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The Verge, iMore, Financial Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR India, iThinkDifferent, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Apple Must, MSPoweruser, TechRadar, AppleInsider, Transistori, and Tech.co
Tweets: @markgurman, @fttechnews, @1br0wn, @sub8u, @bdsams, @excapite, @mondomascots, @detroitborg, @damipayne, @anshelsag, @darth, @cnha, @gareth_rutter, @megaconstellati, @paulmarkbailey, @qbking77, @stevekovach, @stephennellis, @nicolelpinto, @michaelsayman, @caro_milanesi, @freezydorito, @carnage4life, @benedictevans, @gartenberg, @newsynick, @maxwinebach, @rsgnl, @zacbowden, @bvlaar, @lordmatty, @rosebudkane25, @f__peladeau, @vadimyuryev, @soflotrading, @micwasowski, @emmonspired, @dotybilly, and @carnage4life
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Snapshot: 54% of ApeCoin owners vote in favor of remaining on Ethereum, after Yuga Labs floated creating its own blockchain after its huge metaverse land sale — ApeCoin owners have decided to keep the token, which is expected to be key to snagging exclusive metaverse game items and deals …
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Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, Cryptonews, CryptoPotato, The Block, and Crypto Briefing
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Memo: Intel freezes all hiring in its client computing group, which handles desktop and laptop chips, cancels some travel, and makes other cost-cutting measures — Intel Corp (INTC.O) has frozen hiring in the division responsible for PC desktop and laptop chips, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters …
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Oregonian, The Register, Silicon Valley Business …, CRN, Benzinga, Tom's Hardware, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Fox Business
Tweets: @quinnypig and @stephennellis
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