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  1. Google reorg moves AR, VR, Starline and Area 120 into new ‘Labs’ team
    Google reorg moves AR, VR, Starline and Area 120 into new ‘Labs’ team

    Google Labs is back, but this time around, it’s not a consumer-facing brand delivering a range of experimental products. Instead, it’s the internal name given to a new team at Google

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  2. Why quantum ‘utility’ should replace quantum advantage
    Why quantum ‘utility’ should replace quantum advantage

    A long-sought objective was to attain quantum “supremacy” — demonstrating that a quantum computer could solve a calculation that no traditional computer on Earth could do

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  3. Bringing AV1 Streaming to Netflix Members’ TVs
    Bringing AV1 Streaming to Netflix Members’ TVs

    SVT-AV1 is an open-source AV1 codec implementation hosted on GitHub under a BSD + patent license. As mentioned in our earlier blog post, Intel and Netflix have been collaborating on the SVT-AV1 encoder and decoder framework...

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  4. Apple TV app gets new sidebar on iPad and dedicated Store tab with iOS 15.2 beta 2
    Apple TV app gets new sidebar on iPad and dedicated Store tab with iOS 15.2 beta 2

    Apple today released the second beta of iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 for developers, which comes with child communication safety features in iMessage and a Hide My Email option in Apple’s Mail app. Interestingly, today’s beta also...

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  5. Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android, While the iPhone Experience Maximizes 'Security and Privacy'
    Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android, While the iPhone Experience Maximizes 'Security and Privacy'

    Amid a heightened amount of scrutiny and tension surrounding the App Store and how users download and install apps on the iPhone, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that customers who wish to sideload apps should consider...

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  6. Instagram will soon let users support creators through subscriptions
    Instagram will soon let users support creators through subscriptions

    After the huge success of platforms like Patreon and OnlyFans, some social networks have been implementing ways to let users support the people they follow with money. Instagram is about to do just that, as the Meta-owned platform...

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  7. Popular trading platform Robinhood reports security breach and user data leak
    Popular trading platform Robinhood reports security breach and user data leak

    Popular financial services company and trading platform Robinhood today reported a security breach in its database that led to leaked user data. According to the company, an “unauthorized third party” gained access to personal...

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  8. Apple shares new ‘Everyday Experiments’ video with iPhone 13: ‘Hollywood at Home’
    Apple shares new ‘Everyday Experiments’ video with iPhone 13: ‘Hollywood at Home’

    Apple is continuing its popular “Everyday Experiments” video series this weekend to promote the iPhone 13’s camera features. 

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  9. TSMC hands over data demanded by US, but nothing specific to Apple
    TSMC hands over data demanded by US, but nothing specific to Apple

    Update: TSMC is one of a number of chipmakers to have over ‘partial’ data in response to the demand. The company said (per Bloomberg) that ‘no customer specific information was disclosed.’

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  10. Charges against alleged member of REvil ransom group that obtained MacBook Pro designs
    Charges against alleged member of REvil ransom group that obtained MacBook Pro designs

    An alleged member of the REvil ransom group has been charged, with $6.1M in funds seized from another suspect, according to the US Department of Justice.

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  11. Apple rolls out fix for macOS Monterey bug that bricked some Macs with the T2 chip
    Apple rolls out fix for macOS Monterey bug that bricked some Macs with the T2 chip

    macOS Monterey was released to the public last month with new features such as Focus modes, Shortcuts, and more. For users of select older Macs, however, the update bricked their machines and prevented them from turning...

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  12. Intel Alder Lake Chips for Desktops Faster Than M1 Max in Benchmarks, But Use Much More Power
    Intel Alder Lake Chips for Desktops Faster Than M1 Max in Benchmarks, But Use Much More Power

    Intel last week unveiled its first 12th-generation "Alder Lake" processors with the launch of six new processors aimed at desktop computers

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