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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
A now-deleted chart on Amazon leaked the new Mac mini: M4 and M4 Pro options, two front-facing USB-C ports, up to a 14-core CPU, up to 64GB of RAM, and more — Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple's announcement this week, revealing several details.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches some Apple Intelligence features like writing tools, image cleanup, and typing in Siri, with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 — Apple on Monday confirmed the general availability of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft accuses Google of running “shadow campaigns” to discredit it with European regulators, including by organizing an “astroturf group” of cloud providers — Microsoft took the unusual step Monday of publicly accusing longtime rival Google of running …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Interviews with current and former Snap staff detail Evan Spiegel's efforts to revive Snap, his divisive AR headset bet, high senior staff turnover, and more — Snapchat creator's ambitions in augmented reality and online advertising hit by growing strength of arch-rival Meta| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India rose 33% YoY to ~$6B in the six months through September 2024, on track to pass $10B by the end of fiscal 2024 — - Exports of device rise a third in six months through September — Apple continues India push to reduce reliance on China
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| Reuters: |
The Biden admin finalizes rules to limit US investments in AI and other tech sectors in China that could threaten national security, effective January 2 — The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says its AI Overview summaries will begin rolling out in over 100 countries and territories this week, meaning the feature will reach 1B+ monthly users — Google's AI Overviews are expanding across more than 100 countries this week. The AI-generated search summaries will appear for users in Canada …
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| Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times: |
Nigeria-based Moniepoint, which offers bank accounts, loans, and POS terminals, raised $110M led by DPI, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, after raising $55M — Company raises $110mn from investors including Google despite slowdown in fundraising for African start-ups
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Meta disagrees with OSI's definition of open-source AI; Llama doesn't fit the definition due to commercial use restrictions and a lack of training data access — The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released its official definition of “open” artificial intelligence, setting the stage …
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad with USB-C; all three have featured the proprietary Lightning port since 2015 — Apple is finally removing the Lightning port from its lineup of Mac accessories. Earlier today, the company announced a new iMac with M4 …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Shopify says it has lured hundreds of Salesforce clients, including Mattel and Casper; analysts say Shopify overtook Salesforce's e-commerce business in 2021 — The Canadian company, which has traditionally targeted mom-and-pops, is wooing larger retailers like Mattel.| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: VC firms are set to make hundreds of millions from Stripe's $1.1B acquisition of Bridge; Sequoia's ~16% stake is worth significantly more than $100M — Venture capital firms including Sequoia, Ribbit and Index notched big wins when Stripe bought Bridge for $1.1 billion.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: TSMC has suspended shipments of 7nm chips to at least two chip developers over suspicions they were trying to circumvent US export controls on Huawei — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has suspended shipments to at least two chip developers over suspicions …
More: The Register
| Reuters: |
Sierra, an AI startup co-founded by OpenAI board chairman and ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, raised $175M, valuing it at $4.5B, up from ~$1B in February 2024 — Sierra, a software startup co-founded by former Salesforce (CRM.N) co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised $175 million in a new funding round led …
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X: @cnbctechcheck and @deedydas
| Politico: |
Sources: in digital euro negotiations, Germany, France, and others say the European Central Bank has gained too much power over how much users' wallets can hold — Politicians are vying with technocrats for control of a revamp of the single currency that both say poses serious economic risks.
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