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A look at the M4 Macs coming this week; sources say Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G4-like base and a square screen about the size of two iPhones — Also: fresh details on the company's upcoming smart home device. — Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips.
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| Claire Jiao / Bloomberg: |
Indonesia bans iPhone 16 series sales, saying that Apple has not fulfilled its 40% local content requirements and invested ~$95M, below its ~$108M commitment — - Indonesia says Apple hasn't fulfilled investment pledges — Rivals Samsung, Xiaomi have set up local factories to comply
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| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Elon Musk says there's a “chance” that HW3, in millions of Teslas, “does not achieve the safety level that allows for unsupervised FSD” and floats free upgrades — Elon Musk finally admits Tesla's HW3 might not support full self-driving and that he doesn't actually know what it will take.
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| Bloomberg: |
Hong Kong outlines an AI policy for finance and proposes an extension of a tax break on owning digital assets, as it seeks to become Asia's go-to financial hub — - Tax break law to be tabled by year-end: treasury secretary Hui — City was denied access by major AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini
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| Bloomberg: |
Analysis of trade data: Mumbai-based Shreya Life Sciences exported 1,111 of Dell's advanced PowerEdge XE9680 servers, worth $300M+, to Russia in April to August — Trade-tracking data show that the Indian firm is selling top-end Dell servers optimized for artificial intelligence to Russia.
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: Google plans to preview an AI tool codenamed Jarvis, which controls a user's browser to complete tasks like booking a flight, as early as December 2024 — Google is developing artificial intelligence that takes over a person's web browser to complete tasks such as gathering research …
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Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social and @toddindeed.bsky.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/Bard, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC halted shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo, which Bitmain's Micree Zhan co-founded, after a TSMC chip was found in Huawei's Ascend 910B chip — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2330.TW) suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip …
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X: @pstasiatech, @wublockchain, @wublockchain, @amir, and @yueqi_yang
Forums: r/fucktheccp and r/worldnews
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of ex-eBay and HP CEO Meg Whitman, who became US ambassador to Kenya in late 2021, as the US seeks to counterbalance Chinese tech influence in Africa — As ambassador to Kenya, the former eBay and HP CEO has made a priority of counterbalancing Chinese influence on the continent.
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| New York Times: |
How Jeff Bezos, who bought The Washington Post in 2013 and a DC mansion in 2016, never made a splash in the capital, visiting only on occasion for glitzy events — The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington. But his status as a power player in the nation's capital was never realized.
More: The Boston Globe, The Indian Express, and BIG by Matt Stoller
| Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli / Financial Times: |
EssilorLuxottica gives “full support” to Chief Strategy Officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio after an Italian hacking probe; the company is not part of the probe — EssilorLuxottica has expressed its “full support” to chief strategy officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio … | Financial Times: |
Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi says he is overhauling corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond Prosus' $115B stake in Tencent — Fabricio Bloisi will overhaul corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond its stake in the Chinese internet giant| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
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