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iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max hands-on: iPhone 13 Pro design without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; the always-on display looks great — A first look at the new always-on display, camera, and more — Apple just announced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Geekbench's test score reveals the iPhone 14 Pro's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is marginally faster than the iPhone 13 Pro's A15, built on a 5nm process — A Geekbench score for the iPhone 14 Pro with the new A16 Bionic chip has revealed little performance improvement compared to the iPhone 13 Pro from last year.
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Geekbench, iThinkDifferent, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, SPARROWS NEWS, and Trusted Reviews
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Ultra hands-on: the large, flat 49mm rectangular display, which can hit 2,000 nits, is in a class of its own and the device is lighter than expected — Two incremental updates and one big newcomer — Today was a big day for Apple wearables. Not only did Apple announce …
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Ultra's app ecosystem challenges Garmin, which dominates the $699+ premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position — Apple begins slow-rolling its way onto Garmin's lucrative turf — I had a funny feeling watching yesterday's announcement …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook partner to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, a website featuring emails, videos, and historical materials tied to Jobs — CodeCon 2022 held an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs on Wednesday.| Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals he would support Congress giving the CFTC authority to oversee and regulate bitcoin and ether, if the SEC can retain its power — Former CFTC chief says he could back giving agency oversight of nonsecurity tokens — WASHINGTON—Securities …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: the US Treasury will warn the White House that cryptocurrencies pose significant financial risks that outweigh the benefits, and need major regulations — A new assessment from the Biden administration is expected to find that cryptocurrencies pose threats to investors| The Verge: |
Tim Cook dismisses Apple adopting RCS in iMessage and suggests that a questioner at Code buy their mom an iPhone to end green bubbles and fuzzy videos — Asked about RCS support in iMessage, Apple's CEO said users aren't asking for it — Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea …
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone 14 safety features, like satellite emergency calling and car crash detection, are ominous and unsettling — The newly unveiled Watch and iPhone 14 features — car crash detection, satellite emergency calling, extreme weather — all seem a little ominous.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions — Six users of Tornado Cash, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency service, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Treasury Department …
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Apple partners with satellite company Globalstar on Emergency SOS, agreeing to pay 95% of the approved capital expenditure to deploy new Globalstar satellites — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday selected Globalstar Inc (GSAT.A) as its partner for a feature that would allow iPhone 14 users …
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
At Code, former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found “a substantial portion” of Twitter users “were not real” when it considered buying Twitter in 2016 — Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn't. — Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he decided he didn't.
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| Reuters: |
Russia's trade minister says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme — Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks to Moscow's parallel import scheme …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google adds accessibility and productivity features to Android, including a Nearby Share feature to automatically accept transfers between users' own devices — Oh, and you can stick Bitmoji on your watch, too — Android is introducing a clutch of new features to improve accessibility … | Bloomberg: |
Apple's state-backed Chinese data center partner, Guizhou Cloud Big Data, says lockdowns have paralyzed the city of Guiyang, stopping workers from seeing family — China's latest Covid lockdown has virtually paralyzed a city of 6 million that houses much of the country's electronic information …
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Mysten Labs, creator of the yet-to-launch Sui blockchain, raised a $300M Series B led by FTX at a $2B+ valuation; all five founders worked in Meta's crypto unit — - Mysten's Series B round values the company at over $2 billion, giving investors equity and token warrants.
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Wall Street Journal, Blockworks, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, Reuters, CoinDesk, and Watcher Guru. Tweets: @kevinolearytv
| CoinDesk: |
Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group earlier in 2022 — Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year. — Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis announced Thursday it helped …
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new funds in August: $3.85B for young startups, the firm's biggest fund to date, and $780M for PE buyouts — Venture capitalists aren't striking many deals with tech founders these days. Initial public offerings are nonexistent and public tech stocks …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Draft EU legislation, set to be unveiled next week, mandates IoT product makers to meet cybersecurity rules or face heavy fines of €15M or 2.5% of turnover — Companies will face fines of €15mn or 2.5% of turnover if they do not comply with cyber security requirements| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's has missed its own deadlines to file audited financials for the year ending March 2021 by nearly 18 months; Indian government demands an explanation — It took Byju's 10 years to become India's most valuable startup, expanding its empire of online learning apps to many markets including … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
YouTube launches a video player for education, removing ads, external links, and recommendations, available for Google Classroom and other education apps — Plus creator tools for courses and quizzes — YouTube is introducing a handful of new features for creators and institutions using the platform for educational content.
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Engadget and YouTube Official Blog
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Community Labs, which is building crypto projects on blockchain data storage platform Arweave, has raised $30M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Instead of baking sourdough or hanging out on Zoom during the depths of the pandemic, Tate Berenbaum spent most of the time coding in his basement.
Tweets: @ryanlawler
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team, set up to address concerns about the downsides of its products, but says it remains committed to the team's goals — Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company's products; Meta says efforts will continue| Hugh Schofield / BBC: |
France designates “dark stores” run by Gorillas, Getir, and other instant delivery startups as warehouses, not shops, forcing them to close in some cities — France has taken steps to outlaw so-called dark stores - city-centre food depots used for instant home deliveries ordered over the internet.
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