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A recording of Made by Google 2023 event, where the company announced the Pixel 8, the Pixel 8 Pro, the Pixel Watch 2, and more  —  Watch the #MadeByGoogle '23 event and get to know the new #Pixel8, #Pixel8 Pro, and #PixelWatch 2.  Our phone, earbuds and watch all come together in a portfolio …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google announces Pixel 8 Pro with a 6.7-inch LTPO display, a 50MP main camera sensor and 48MP ultrawide and telephoto sensors, and more, starting at $999
Florence Ion / Gizmodo:
Pixel 8 and 8 Pro hands-on: an iterative update focused on camera and AI improvements, new Bay blue color is stunning, and Pro's temperature sensor is confusing
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Google announces the Pixel 8 with a 6.1-inch 120 Hz refresh rate display, better camera, Tensor G3 chip, a 50-megapixel wide camera, and more, starting at $699
Billy Steele / Engadget:
Google updates Pixel Buds Pro with conversation detection, improved call quality, hearing health, a low-latency gaming mode, and more  —  The firmware update brings improved call quality, hearing health and a low-latency gaming mode.  —  Like Apple recently did with its second-gen AirPods Pro …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Hands-on with the Pixel Watch 2: very similar to the first generation, upgraded haptics, Snapdragon W5 chip performance is a leap ahead of Exynos 9110, and more
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Google announces Pixel Watch 2 with a fast-charging battery that lasts 24 hours, a quad core chip, improved heart rate sensor, IP68, and more, starting at $349
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google announces Assistant with Bard, adding generative AI capabilities to its mobile assistant, including planning trips and writing social media captions  —  Google Assistant is getting an AI-powered update.  At today's Made by Google live event, the company introduced Assistant with Bard …
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
Ripple's Singapore arm secures a license as a major payment institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, after an in-principle approval in June 2023  —  After a June in-principle approval, a subsidiary for Ripple has been granted its license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
A US judge rejects the SEC's motion to file an interlocutory appeal against July 2023's Ripple ruling and sets an April 2024 trial date to resolve other issues  —  XRP rallied about 5% following the decision.  —  Register Now  —  A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Securities …
Reuters:
Filing: citing a Terraform Labs court ruling, the US SEC asked a federal judge on October 3 to deny Coinbase's motion seeking to dismiss the regulator's lawsuit
James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz:
French police arrest five ex-Ubisoft execs, including a chief creative officer and VP of editorial and creative services, after a year-long sexual assault probe  —  Serge Hascoët and Tommy François among those in custody  —  News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on Bing's rivalry with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, open-source AI models, AI and art, and more  —  Microsoft's Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing's competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs …
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The Information:
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $2B+ from Google and others, at a $20B to $30B valuation, and projects generating $200M in revenue by the end of 2023  —  Anthropic, one of the main rivals of OpenAI, is in talks with investors to raise at least $2 billion in new funding …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Patreon rolls out a slew of new features and products, including a new visual brand identity, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers  —  A decade since launching with the mission of helping creatives make money directly through fan support, Patreon is undergoing a major rebrand …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils new OneDrive features, like Copilot integration coming in December, a Fluent design refresh for its web app, better offline support, and more  —  Microsoft is announcing the third generation of its OneDrive cloud storage today, complete with the company's AI-powered Copilot system …
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Memo: Qualtrics plans to cut about 14% of its workforce, or 780 employees, citing a need to address the “complexity” created by its past hiring and growth  —  Qualtrics is cutting about 14% of its workforce to reduce costs and restructure its organization, citing a need to address …
New York Times:
Spotify starts offering Premium subscribers 15 hours of audiobook streaming per month across 150K+ titles, first in the UK and Australia, and the US this winter  —  A year after adding à la carte sales of audiobooks, Spotify is offering paying subscribers 15 hours of books a month.
David Pierce / The Verge:
The Browser Company updates Arc with GPT 3.5 and Anthropic features: Ask ChatGPT, Tidy Tab Titles, Tidy Downloads, Five-Second Previews, and Ask on Page  —  At some point, if you're a company doing pretty much anything in the year 2023, you have to have an AI strategy.  It's just business.
János Allenbach-Ammann / Euractiv:
The European Commission starts collective risk assessments on advanced chips, AI, quantum, and biotech, the most sensitive areas for security and tech leakage  —  Content-Type:  —  News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: in September, Meta pitched EU regulators a plan to charge Facebook and Instagram users a subscription to avoid ads, starting at ~€10/month for desktop  —  European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company's pitch to regulators

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Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more

Michael Gennaro / Courthouse News Service:
The First Amendment Coalition sued the CA AG and SF City Attorney for allegedly punishing journalists who publish info related to sealed arrest records

Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Pakistani TV host Matiullah Jan was picked up off the street and charged with terrorism after investigating claims of casualties in a protest march in Islamabad

More News

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Bengaluru-based fintech Slice, which was valued at ~$1.5B in 2022, secures a rare approval from India's central bank to merge with North East Small Finance Bank
Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers:
Samsung announces the 6.4" Galaxy S23 FE for $600, the 10.9" Galaxy Tab S9 FE for $450, the 12.4" Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ for $700, and the Galaxy Buds FE for $100

Earlier Picks

Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
MrBeast asks whether social media platforms are “ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes” after a deepfake scam TikTok ad, since deleted, used his likeness
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Intel plans to turn its programmable chip unit created from its Altera acquisition into a standalone business, by selling shares publicly or seeking an investor
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
The FTC's lawsuit against Amazon details a company algorithm that raised product prices and held them there if rivals followed, allegedly showing consumer harm
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Oligo Security finds since-patched RCE flaws in open-source AI model-serving tool TorchServe and vulnerable instances at tens of thousands of IP addresses
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service a few months after the Hollywood actors strike ends, likely starting with the US and Canada
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