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Livestream of Apple's “Far Out” event — Watch the special Apple Event.September 7, 2022, at 10 a.m. PT.Set a reminder and we'll send you an update before the show.
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| The Verge: |
A live blog of Apple's “Far Out” event — Live from Apple's ‘Far Out’ event in Cupertino — It's time for Apple's annual September event, and this should be a big one: we're expecting iPhones, Apple Watches, AirPods, and plenty of models between them.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
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 — Apple has finally unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 8. After months of rumors, the company has announced the successor of the Apple Watch Series 7.
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple debuts Watch Ultra, aimed at athletes, with a titanium case, 49mm screen, precision GPS, “action button”, second speaker, and 36-60 hour battery, for $799 — Say hello to Apple's biggest fitness watch — After over a year of rumors, Apple has finally announced the Apple Watch Ultra …
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| The Verge: |
Apple debuts AirPods Pro 2 with an H2 chip, new low distortion driver, personalized Spatial Audio, volume touch controls, available September 23 for $249 — The new flagship earbuds face much stiffer competition than Apple's original pair — The long-awaited refresh of Apple's AirPods Pro is here.
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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Cloudflare belatedly dropping Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover so long as no one explicitly calls for murder — On platforms and the stochastic terrorism loophole — I. — Kiwi Farms is a nearly 10-year-old web forum …
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A Delaware judge denies Elon Musk's attempt to delay the October trial over his abortive Twitter acquisition but allows adding Peiter Zatko's claims to the case — But he can add whistleblower claims to his lawsuit — A Delaware court has denied billionaire Elon Musk's attempt to push …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says Twitter Blue subscribers can edit their tweets up to five times in 30 minutes, starting in New Zealand; the number of edits could still change — Twitter announced a much-anticipated feature last week — the ability to edit tweets. The company said that once the feature …
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| Associated Press: |
Albania cuts diplomatic ties with Iran and expels embassy staff over a major cyberattack in July 2022 that shut down many government digital services and sites — Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country's embassy staff over a major cyberattack nearly two months ago …
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| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
As the US legitimizes gambling, a look at the rise of gambling and gambling-like activities on smartphones, leading some to financial catastrophe and addiction — Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Netflix scours its business to cut costs, including by reducing real estate, curbing cloud spend, limiting corporate swag, and hiring more junior staff — The streaming giant seeks to impose more financial discipline as growth stagnates — As Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.67%▲ … | Neirin Gray Desai / Rest of World: |
How Minecraft's ban on NFTs impacted the play-to-earn Critterz NFT community; some players bought thousands of dollars of crypto and earned hundreds per month — Kids in the Philippines were earning hundreds of dollars from a play-to-earn Minecraft game, until new rules sent the community into a tailspin.
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ring adds end-to-end audio and video encryption to its battery-powered doorbells, matching its hardwired and plug-in devices, but the option disables features — Ring users can now keep their video completely private at the cost of some conveniences — Ring is now offering end-to-end encryption …
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| Bloomberg: |
At Code, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says Google is “pro-competitive”, citing Apple and Microsoft as competitors in advertising, and TikTok as a rival in video — Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google parent Alphabet Inc., defended the internet-search giant against claims …
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| Bloomberg: |
US Senator Amy Klobuchar, the AICO's primary sponsor, says an “incredible onslaught of money” to fund ads against the bill has been an obstacle to passing it — An “incredible onslaught of money” against a landmark bill meant to rein in the power of the biggest US technology companies … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Filing: Vermont says Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky repeatedly misled investors about the lender's finances and used its own CEL token to bolster its balance sheet — The crypto lender admitted in a recent creditor call that it could not earn enough revenue to support its yields, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation said.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro review: longer battery life, looks nice, and improved touch bezel, but misleading specs, thick, and uncomfortable for petite users — At least, in terms of reading and battery life — I didn't think I was going to like the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
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Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter plans to add 1,000 contributors weekly to its Birdwatch fact-checking tool, each assigned a “rating impact” score out of five — On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite …
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro run on a “Tensor G2” SoC, bringing “personalized features” to photos, videos, security, and speech recognition — Ahead of October's Pixel 7 launch event, Google has confirmed that their next series of phone will run on the second-generation “Tensor G2” chip.
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