Category Archives: Tech News

Apple debuts M4 Pro: Thunderbolt 5, up to a 14-core CPU, up to a 20-core GPU with up to 2x more power than the M4, a 16-core Neural Engine, and up to 64GB RAM (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple debuts M4 Pro: Thunderbolt 5, up to a 14-core CPU, [...]

29
Oct
Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 hands-on: a mixed bag with nice Photos updates, useful Type to Siri, a fancy Siri animation, but some features don't work well (John Voorhees/MacStories)

John Voorhees / MacStories: Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 hands-on: a mixed bag with nice [...]

28
Oct
FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange (Alex Wolf/Bloomberg Law)

Alex Wolf / Bloomberg Law: FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a [...]

27
Oct
Alibaba agrees to a $443.5M settlement in a US shareholder lawsuit alleging that Alibaba hurt investors by making misstatements about its exclusivity practices (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: Alibaba agrees to a $443.5M settlement in a US [...]

26
Oct
Filing: Satya Nadella earned $79.1M during the FY ending June 30, up from $48.5M a year ago; compensation was reduced by $5M+ due to Microsoft's security issues (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Filing: Satya Nadella earned $79.1M during the FY ending June 30, [...]

25
Oct
Anthropic launches an analysis tool to help Claude write and run JavaScript code, perform calculations, and analyze data from files, in preview (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic launches an analysis tool to help Claude write and run [...]

24
Oct
The US CFPB says Goldman Sachs and Apple will pay $89M following a long-running Apple Card investigation; Goldman must pay $64.8M and Apple must pay $25M (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: The US CFPB says Goldman Sachs and Apple will pay $89M [...]

23
Oct
Anthropic releases a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model that can interact with desktop apps by imitating mouse and keyboard input via a "computer use" API, now in beta (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic releases a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model that can interact [...]

22
Oct
UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79% of Secureworks (Joe Warminsky/The Record)

Joe Warminsky / The Record: UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for [...]

21
Oct
Sources: some at Apple think it is over two years behind the leaders in generative AI; a closer look at changes in Apple's HR and hardware engineering groups (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: some at Apple think it is over two years behind [...]

20
Oct