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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees — By Jez Corden Contributions from Zachary Boddy last updated — Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee. — What you need to know
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Threads: @tomwarrenuk and @joreljordan
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Forums: r/wildrift, r/LegendsOfRuneterra, r/gaming, r/Genshin_Impact, and r/technology
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple announces the 6.1" iPhone 15 Pro and 6.7" iPhone 15 Pro Max, with Grade 5 titanium in four finishes, a 3nm A17 Pro, a customizable Action Button, and more — Apple just announced its new high-end iPhones, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. It's made of titanium, it has an Action button …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/iPhone14Pro, r/DeathStranding, r/gadgets, and Slashdot
| Peter Cohen / AppleInsider: |
The A17 Pro in iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max offers hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Qualcomm and Samsung have released ray tracing-capable mobile chips — Apple's latest flagship, the iPhone 15 Pro, promises the best gaming experience on any smartphone with hardware-based ray tracing …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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| Reuters: |
After France ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 due to radiation levels, Apple says the device was certified by multiple bodies as radiation compliant — Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards …
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| New York Times: |
A recap of the first day of US et al v. Google, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals — In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Apple's environmental announcements, including its first carbon-neutral products, are progress but may act as a red herring to distract from its overall impact — Apple announced its first-ever carbon-neutral products today, but don't get too excited about what that means for the planet.
More: AppleInsider, iMore, International Business Times, The Overspill, Pixel Envy, Insider, Hindustan Times, TimesNow, and Cult of Mac
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| Michael Stroup / AppleInsider: |
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple does not plan to sell the new AirPods USB-C charging case as a standalone product; users will instead need to buy a whole new $249 pair — Apple on Tuesday made second-generation AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case available to order, but unlike its move to wireless charging cases … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony releases a PS5 software update, including support for Dolby Atmos, using a second controller as an “assist controller”, and up to 8TB SSDs — Sony has rolled out a major PlayStation 5 system software update globally. — It introduces a number of new features …
More: PlayStation.Blog, Engadget, The Verge, Wololo.net, Neowin, Game Rant, GameSpot, Eurogamer.net, TechRadar, Push Square, IGN, TouchArcade, Wccftech, and Press Start
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple announces the iPhone 15, with the Dynamic Island, up to 2,000 nits, or twice as bright as the iPhone 14, a new 48MP main camera, and more, in five colors — Apple has just announced the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, and the big news is a USB-C port. Finally!
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Forums: r/technology, r/tech, and Slashdot
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Apple hikes the prices of the iPhone 15 range in China, Japan, India, and other markets, keeps prices flat in the US, and cuts prices in the UK by £50 to £100 — - Apple hiked the prices of its latest iPhones in some of its key markets including China, Japan and India, even as it kept them the same in the U.S.
More: Livemint, Reuters, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, BGR, Android Headlines, Trak.in, The Independent, Bloomberg, MacRumors, and iMore
| Philip Glamann / Bloomberg: |
China claims to have noticed “some security incidents concerning Apple phones”, without elaborating, after the government reportedly curtails staff iPhone use — - Beijing makes its first comments since reports of iPhone ban — The government attaches ‘great importance’ to security| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Mozilla releases an emergency security update to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, impacting Firefox and its Thunderbird email client — Mozilla released emergency security updates today to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild …
More: Mozilla, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and Ghacks
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Symantec: Chinese cyberespionage group Redfly used the ShadowPad trojan to compromise a national grid in an Asian country from February 28 until August 3, 2023 — An espionage threat group tracked as ‘Redfly’ hacked a national electricity grid organization in Asia and quietly maintained access to the breached network for six months.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder departs, replaced on an interim basis by Chief Legal Officer Norman Reed, as the company cuts 100+ jobs, a third of its workforce — - More than 100 positions are eliminated in second round of cuts — Platform shifted to a crypto-only exchange after US crackdown| Bloomberg: |
Since releasing Final Fantasy XVI in June 2023 to mixed reviews, Tokyo-based Square Enix shed ~$2B in market value and its new CEO faces skepticism about growth — - Square Enix is heavily reliant on hit series to drive sales — New CEO faces skepticism about company's growth prospects| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US sentences Karl Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 alongside Ruja Ignatova, to 20 years and orders him to pay $300M; Greenwood had pleaded guilty — - Karl Sebastian Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 with the so-called “Crypto Queen” Ruja Ignatova, was sentenced to 20 years on Tuesday.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Solidus Labs: wash trading on Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges amounted to at least $2B worth of cryptocurrencies since September 2020 — - Liquidity providers have manipulated prices of 20,000 tokens — Solidus examined a sample of 30,000 pools on three exchanges| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
T-Mobile plans to acquire more 5G airwaves from Comcast, which is selling 600MHz spectrum licenses that the company is “unlikely” to need, for up to $3.3B — T-Mobile is buying airwaves from Comcast in a deal valued at up to $3.3 billion.
More: Comcast Corporation, CommsUpdate, Bloomberg, PhoneArena, and TmoNews
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
WhatsApp rolls out Channels to users in over 150 countries, after introducing the broadcast feature in June 2023 in Colombia and Singapore, and adds features — WhatsApp is rolling out its new Channels feature to more users. The messaging app announced on Wednesday that it's expanding … | Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Telegram plans to add the Open Network-based crypto wallet TON Space in November 2023 for all users outside the US, after rolling out to Wallet users now — - Telegram has integrated The Open Network-based crypto wallet “TON Space.” — The wallet will be rolled out globally beginning in November.| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Court filing: the US DOJ claims Elon Musk repeatedly made decisions that likely ran afoul of a 2022 FTC order restricting Twitter's data security practices — The Justice Department makes the accusation in its response to a motion from X asking that the consent decree be dismissed| Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC is frustrated with its Arizona plant and has growing confidence in Japan, where its $8.6B fab is on track to produce mature-tech chips in 2024 — Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW), which is making an unprecedented push into chip manufacturing overseas, is taking an increasingly optimistic view … | Tim Starks / Washington Post: |
Researchers: the iPhone of Meduza journalist Galina Timchenko was infected with Pegasus in Germany, the first known case of its use against a Russian journalist — Unclear is who planted the spyware while the founder of the Meduza news outlet was in Germany
More: Access Now, The Citizen Lab, and Meduza.io
X: @rondeibert, @citizenlab, @rondeibert, @rondeibert, @criticalvas, and @timstarks
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