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Apple plans to add a Clean Energy Charging feature to iOS 16 in 2022, optimizing iPhone charging times for when the power grid is using cleaner energy sources — iOS 16 is now available to iPhone users everywhere, but there are still many other new features coming this year.
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iOS 16 has an option to remove Rapid Security Responses, security fixes that don't require a full iOS update and by default are installed automatically — Apple in iOS 16 added a new Rapid Security Response feature that's meant to make it quicker and easier for the company to deploy security improvements …
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iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not interactive, are an instant upgrade and the myriad other changes make the iPhone more functional and easier to use — The story of iOS 16 is all the things that your phone does when you're not using it. Apple has been saying for years that we need …
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| The Verge: |
Sources: Google canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop slated for 2023 and dissolved the team building it, as part of recent cost-cutting measures — Google is getting out of the laptop game — Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop and dissolved the team responsible for building it.
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
The new Apple Watches' S8 chip appears to have the same CPU as the S6 and S7, which may explain why Apple has lately only used the S5 or earlier for comparisons — The S8 chip in the Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and second-generation Apple Watch SE features the same CPU as the S6 and S7 chips …
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a letter with 12+ questions about Twitter's security practices and request responses by September 26 — US lawmakers sent Twitter more than a dozen questions about its security practices Monday, on the eve of a company whistleblower's testimony …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Meta research: Instagram users spend 17.6M hours/day on Reels vs. 197.8M hours/day on TikTok; ~1/3 of Reels are recycled posts from other platforms — Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views
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| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
The US SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance; VMware will pay $8M to settle without denying or admitting the findings — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has charged cloud computing company VMware Inc (VMW.N) …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
CEO Kyle Vogt says that Cruise will launch commercial robotaxi services in Austin, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, “in the next 90 days and before the end of 2022” — GM's self-driving technology unit Cruise will launch commercial robotaxi services in Austin, Texas and Phoenix …
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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical marketing and a public-facing figure on Reddit, Discord, YouTube, and others, is leaving the company after 12 years — The director of technical marketing is stepping down. — Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical marketing …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Uber pays New Jersey $100M for four years of back taxes plus interest, after the state said the company had misclassified its drivers as independent contractors — New Jersey demanded back taxes from the ride-hailing company, claiming it misclassified drivers as independent contractors.| Financial Times: |
Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering US efforts to rally South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan behind the “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance — Internal tensions and concerns over China undermine proposed grouping with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B, total cloud revenue up 45% YoY to $3.6B, and health data provider Cerner, acquired in June 2022, generated $1.4B — Oracle Corp.'s quarterly sales jumped 18%, buoyed by the software maker's transition to cloud computing and the acquisition of health records provider Cerner.Sponsor Posts
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