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August 29, 2023, 6:20 AM

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Kuo: Apple aims for the iPhone 15 Pro Max to make up 35% to 40% of iPhone 15 shipments, optimistic about its exclusive periscope lens camera as a selling point  —  Apple is aiming for the highest-end iPhone 15 Pro Max to account for roughly 35-40% of initial shipments for the iPhone 15 series …
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
In a first, the SEC charges Impact Theory with offering unregistered securities by selling NFTs; the LA-based entertainment company agreed to pay a $6.1M fine  —  Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission  —  In an enforcement action announced on Monday …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches GPT-4-powered ChatGPT Enterprise, with improved privacy, performance, and data analysis features; pricing is “dependent on each company's usage”  —  Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT's viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise …
Eugene Kim / Insider:
Meeting: Andy Jassy told employees who refuse to return to the office “at least three days a week” that “it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon”  —  - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who disagree with the return-to-office mandate that it's “not going to work out for you.”
Nathan Edwards / The Verge:
Google announces new automation starters and actions for its Google Home app, plus new features for its Home script editor, which is available in Public Preview  —  Google Home is getting smarter.  In a pair of blog posts published today, Google announced a bunch of new automation starters …
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel details its Xeon chips Sierra Forest and Granite Rapids set for 2024, claiming Sierra Forest has a 2.4x higher performance per watt than fourth-gen Xeons  —  Intel shares P- and E-Core architectures at Hot Chips 2023.  —  At Hot Chips 2023, Intel unveiled the first deep-dive details …
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others are expected to attend Senator Schumer's first AI Insight Forum on September 13  —  The top executives at tech companies, including the world's richest man Elon Musk, are among the confirmed guests …
Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report:
Doc: Lenovo plans to unveil a €799 Legion Go gaming handheld, with an 8.8" 144Hz 2560×1600 display and 16GB of RAM, and €499 Legion AR glasses, on September 1  —  Lenovo's Legion Go has a hefty price, but maybe it's worth it  — An official document confirms the Lenovo Legion Go rumors we've shared so far
Wall Street Journal:
Binance is reevaluating its Russian business, including potentially a full withdrawal, after stopping P2P trading in Russia for all currencies but the ruble  —  Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is reevaluating its Russian business, including the possibility of a full withdrawal …

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