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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3, offering an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU, starting at $1,099 or $1,299 and shipping on March 8 — Apple today announced its next-generation M3 MacBook Air range, in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. The new models are available to order today, and will start shipping March 8.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Tech_Philippines, r/macbook, r/MacOS, r/apple, r/apple, and r/mac
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says, after a software update, the M3 14-inch MacBook Pro will be able to drive two external displays with its lid closed, just like the M3 MacBook Airs — Apple introduced the M3 MacBook Air with a headlining new feature. For the first time, the Apple silicon MacBook Air will be able …
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X: @apollozac and @stevemoser
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic announces Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, aiming to reduce AI model hallucinations; Opus and Sonnet are available now, and Haiku in the coming weeks — The startup says new versions of Claude will be twice as likely to answer a question correctly.
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
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Forums: r/artificial, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
The EU Commission fines Apple €1.8B for stifling competition from rival music streaming services, the EU's third-largest antitrust fine; Apple plans to appeal — iPhone maker hit by first-ever Brussels fine as competition watchdogs step up scrutiny of Big Tech
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/business, r/technology, r/apple, r/apple, r/wallstreetbets, and MacRumors Forums
| Apple: |
Apple says Spotify was the “primary advocate” and “biggest beneficiary” of the EU's ruling, Spotify pays Apple nothing, and that “free isn't enough for Spotify” — Today, the European Commission announced a decision claiming the App Store has been a barrier …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets users edit DMs up to 15 minutes after sending them, pin three messaging threads to the top of their inbox, and save their favorite stickers — Instagram announced today that it's rolling out the ability for users to edit their direct messages for up to 15 minutes after sending them.| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
Google's new Pixel updates include a Hello button to let Google Assistant screen calls, Circle to Search on Pixel 7, and 10-bit HDR video uploads to Instagram — Google Assistant will speak on your behalf to find out why someone is blowing up your spot. — Google just announced …
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| TechCrunch: |
X's audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users' IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting — The new X calling feature can hurt your privacy — In his quest to turn a simple and functioning Twitter app into X …
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Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.io
X: @jsrailton, @lowcotv, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @gergelyorosz, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @sanyaburgess, and @jsrailton. Forums: r/technology
| Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter's former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and general counsel sue Elon Musk over $128M+ in unpaid severance and Musk's claim that he had cause to fire them — Former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and general counsel dispute Musk's claim he had cause to fire them — Four former top Twitter executives …
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Threads: @reporterzoe, @goldman, @reporterzoe, @reporterzoe, and @reporterzoe
Forums: r/law and r/technology
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT with a “read aloud” feature supporting 37 languages, allowing it to read its responses out loud, available on the web and mobile apps — OpenAI's new Read Aloud feature for ChatGPT could come in handy when users are on the go by reading its responses in one of five voice options out loud to users.
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X: @openai, @kimmonismus, @agivman, @scobleizer, and @thiojoe
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
At an event, Sergey Brin said Google “definitely messed up” Gemini's image generation launch and it's “not our intention” to have it leaning left in many cases — - Google's Sergey Brin spoke to a roomful of entrepreneurs over the weekend at the “AGI House” in Hillsborough, California.
More: Fortune, Android Headlines, and Quartz
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Tropic Haze, the developer of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, agrees to pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit with Nintendo and will completely shut down the emulator — The emulator was sued for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale.’ — Just over a week ago, Nintendo sued the developers …
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