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Apple updates the Mac mini with a much smaller design, M4 or M4 Pro, two front-facing USB-C ports, up to 64GB of RAM, and more, shipping November 8 for $599+ — As part of the company's week of Mac-focused announcements, Apple has just introduced a smaller, yet even more powerful Mac Mini.
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: in a first, Apple is using an Indian factory to do the early manufacturing work for the base iPhone 17; the primary iPhone 17 Pro sites remain in China — When Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China last week, he pledged to government officials that the company would continue to increase … | Reuters: |
The Biden admin says it is finalizing rules to limit US investments in AI and other tech 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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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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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India rose 33% YoY to ~$6B in the six months through September 2024, putting 2025 exports on track to pass FY 2024's ~$10B — - Exports of device rise a third in six months through September — Apple continues India push to reduce reliance on China| 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.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Why Meta is well positioned to be AI's main beneficiary in the short, medium, and long term: generative AI, ads, infinite content, XR, “generative UI”, and more — Stratechery has benefited from a Meta cheat code since its inception: wait for investors to panic, the stock to drop … | Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Apple updates its $199 Magic Keyboard, $99 Magic Mouse, and $149 Magic Trackpad with USB-C, keeping the same pricing; all three have used Lightning since 2015 — Apple is finally removing the Lightning port from its lineup of Mac accessories. Earlier today, the company announced a new iMac …
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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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| 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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on “founder mode” and why it's not about micromanagement, obsessing over company structure, Airbnb's Co-Host Network, and more — The Airbnb cofounder discusses being ‘in the details’ and why traditional management is doing it wrong.
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| Washington Post: |
An analysis of the top 100 US congressional X accounts: since July 2023, Republicans had nearly all the posts with 20M+ views and saw bigger gains in followers — A Washington Post analysis found that Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the … | 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 …
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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 its commercial use restrictions and no access to training data — The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released its official definition of “open” artificial intelligence, setting the stage …
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| 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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| 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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| 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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