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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces the iPhone XR with 6.1" edge-to-edge LCD display, Face ID and no home button, no 3D Touch, A12 chip, and six colors including blue, yellow, red — Confirming rumors that have persisted since January, Apple today officially announced the iPhone Xr — a sub-flagship iPhone loosely based upon …
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Tweets: @itsnicolenguyen, @gizmodo, @macrumorslive, and @neilcybart
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple announces 5.8" iPhone Xs and 6.5" Xs Max with OLED displays, A12 Bionic 7-nanometer processor, dual-SIMs, available in gold, silver, and space grey — Apple has announced its next generation of iPhones, and one of them is by far the biggest iPhone yet.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iPhone XR starts at $749 for the 64GB model, in stores by October 26; iPhone Xs starts at $999 and Xs Max at $1,099, in stores from September 21 — Apple just unveiled brand new phones. The iPhone XS and XS Max are the two new flagship devices, replacing the iPhone X. The iPhone XR …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with iPhone Xs and Xs Max: both feel like the iPhone X, and Xs Max feels better than any Plus model iPhone ever has — Apple just announced the iPhone XS and XS Max. They're iterations on last year's iPhone X, but the XS Max at least stands out in one very notable way: it's so much larger.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU Parliament approves controversial internet copyright law, including Articles 11 and 13, dubbed the “link tax” and “upload filter”; final vote in Jan. 2019 — Key provisions were amended to reduce potential harm, but critics say vote is ‘catastrophic’
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU proposes massive fines for online tech firms of up to 4% of worldwide revenue for the previous year, if they fail to remove terrorist content within one hour — Proposed legislation would require tech firms to remove terrorist content within one hour — The European Union … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces Watch Series 4 with 40mm and 44mm displays, a larger focus on health data, 2x faster 64-bit Dual Core processor, watchOS 5, and more for $399+ — Heavily rumored since shortly after the release of its predecessor, and accidentally revealed in pre-event leaks of images and basic specs …
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Tweets: @backlon, @kifleswing, and @danielhowley
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Apple Watch Series 4 can detect low rate and irregular heartbeats, like AFib, and perform ECG when user touches digital crown; features expected later this year — Featuring a Stunning New Display, Electrocardiogram and Fall Detection — Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced …
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Tweets: @steven_aquino, @jaredmecham, @techledes, @htsuka, and @julianchokkattu
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Google says it's decided to discontinue its email app Inbox, which focused on simplicity, by the end of next March — Back in 2014, the folks at Google responsible for Gmail did something unexpected: They introduced a new email app. On the back end, Inbox was the same thing as Gmail, and worked with your existing Gmail address.
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Tweets: @inboxbygmail, @thekitze, @martinsfp, and @harrymccracken
| Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
Breitbart posts leaked video of Google execs responding in dismay to Trump's election; Google says employees' personal views do not influence its products — - A leaked video shows Google's leaders responding in dismay at an all-hands meeting after the 2016 presidential election.
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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @parscale, @donaldjtrumpjr, @cwarzel, and @rmac18
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo says the Switch's online service, costing $3.99/month or $19.99/year, will launch on September 18 with a free seven-day trial — The Nintendo Switch's online service is launching in less than a week. In a tweet today, Nintendo revealed that the service will be available on September 18th …
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Engadget, TechCrunch, iMore, TouchArcade, Polygon, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, and SlashGear. Tweets: @nintendoamerica
| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Total value of cryptocurrencies fell to under $200B, down from its high of $832B in January, as Bitcoin and the largest altcoins see 35%+ drops — Value of cryptocurrencies has slid 76% after exceeding $800 billion earlier this year — The cryptocurrency rout that began early this year …
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Tweets: @jebus911 and @wsjgraphics
| Megan Wollerton / CNET: |
Apple says new HomePod features, including setting multiple timers, making and receiving calls, and searching for Apple devices, are coming September 17 — Apple on Wednesday announced a few updates to its $349 HomePod smart speaker, all expected to hit on Sept. 17. They include:
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Apple's AirPower wireless charging mat, once slated for “early” 2018, has been almost entirely removed from its website; sources: AirPower was “too ambitious” — A year after teasing us with the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods …
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