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August 28, 2023, 10:10 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: for 2024, Apple is planning the iPad Pro's first major upgrade since 2018, featuring an M3, an OLED screen, and a Magic Keyboard with a larger trackpad  —  Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
Benedict Evans:
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, which makes things that were previously only possible on a small scale practical at a massive scale  —  We've been talking about intellectual property in one way or another for at least the last five hundred years …
Gwyn Topham / The Guardian:
UK's National Air Traffic Services is experiencing network-wide computer failure, as hundreds of flights in and out of the country have been delayed  —  Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held  —  Hundreds of flights …
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn founder Terry Gou plans to run in Taiwan's 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019  —  Terry Gou's independent candidacy could split opposition vote and boost the ruling party, which seeks closer U.S. ties amid Chinese pressure
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted victims' stolen data; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June  —  The Portuguese-language app WebDetetive was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date  —  A Portuguese-language spyware …
Roger Montti / Search Engine Journal:
WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years  —  WordPress announces the availability of 100-year domain name registrations that include 24/7 assistance and managed web hosting
James Hunt / The Block:
A Pepe memecoin team member says three former colleagues stole ~16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges  —  - Approximately 16 trillion Pepe tokens ($15 million) were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges OKX, Binance …

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