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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/24/22690338/apple-iphone-lightning-ports-convenience-control-usb-c-eu-wireless-charging-mfi-magsafe
The Verge
The Lightning port isn’t about convenience; it’s about control
Apple’s walled garden extends to hardware, too.
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https://artificialintelligence-news.com/2021/09/24/openais-latest-model-can-summarise-those-tldr-books/
AI News
OpenAI's latest model can summarise those tl;dr books
OpenAI has unveiled a new model that tests scalable alignment techniques by summarising those tl;dr (too long; didn’t read) books.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-elon-musk-beta-update-safety-score-2021-9
Business Insider
Tesla drivers with a favorable safety score can request its Full Self-Driving beta, despite criticism from regulators
Only Tesla users that have a "safe" driving record for an entire week will be granted access to the FSD beta software.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/27/tiktok-reaches-1-billion-monthly-users.html
CNBC
TikTok says 1 billion people use the app each month
The company reported nearly 700 million monthly active global users last summer.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/27/22696139/polestar-spac-public-value-ev-startup-volvo-geely
The Verge
Electric car company Polestar is going public via SPAC
The deal values the company at $20 billion.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/amazon-robot-a-first-look-at-the-999-astro.html
CNBC
Amazon just revealed its first home robot. Here's what it's like to use it
CNBC's Todd Haselton checks out the Amazon Astro home robot.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22692147/amazon-devices-event-echo-ring-biggest-announcements
The Verge
Here’s the deluge of announcements from Amazon’s fall devices event
There were a lot of new products, including a home robot.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-28/paying-for-taco-bell-with-dogecoin-may-be-closer-than-you-think
Bloomberg.com
Paying for Taco Bell With Dogecoin May Be Soon Be a Reality
How about paying for your Taco Bell order with Dogecoin? Or some of Whole Food’s avocado ice cream with Bitcoin.
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/28/first-drive-rivian-delivers-the-electric-truck-weve-been-waiting-for/
TechCrunch
First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for
On its first try, Rivian produced the Goldilocks of pickup trucks. The Rivian R1T electric truck is neither too big nor small. It handles rock crawling and off-camber trails with ease, can zip from zero to 60 miles per hour on a dirt road in just a few seconds…
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https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lucid-start-deliveries-electric-cars-with-range-exceeding-teslas-october-2021-09-28/
Reuters
Lucid to start deliveries of electric cars with range exceeding Tesla's in October
U.S. startup Lucid Group Inc said on Tuesday it will start delivering luxury electric sedans with a Tesla-beating driving range in late October, posing a major challenge to the market leader whose sales of premium models have stagnated.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22696646/google-shopping-lens-search-inventory-check-ios-chrome
The Verge
Google expands shopping searches with Lens and in-store inventory checks
New search tools designed for shopping from home.
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https://blog.google/products/search/how-ai-making-information-more-useful/
Google
How AI is making information more useful
How our latest advances in AI will enable entirely new ways to search, with more natural and intuitive ways to find and explore information.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/30/22702367/facebook-instagram-messenger-cross-app-group-chats
The Verge
Facebook will now let you make group chats across Instagram and Messenger
There are new themes coming to Messenger, too.
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https://www.reuters.com/technology/gms-cruise-gets-permit-give-driverless-rides-passengers-san-francisco-2021-09-30/
Reuters
GM's Cruise, Alphabet's Waymo win permits to offer self-driving rides
General Motors Co's Cruise and Alphabet Inc's Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive autonomous vehicle permits to offer rides to passengers in California.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/google-abandons-plans-to-offer-plex-bank-accounts-to-users.html
CNBC
Google abandons plans to offer bank accounts to users
It comes nearly two years after the company first announced plans to offer its Plex banking services to users.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22705048/electric-vehicle-maker-rivian-ipo-ford-amazon
The Verge
Electric vehicle maker Rivian has filed to go public
Amazon owns more than 5 percent of the company
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-are-down.html
CNBC
Facebook is back online after suffering its worst outage since 2008
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were offline for more than six hours on Monday.
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https://www.techradar.com/news/siri-10-year-anniversary
TechRadar
10 years of Siri: the history of Apple's voice assistant
We take a look at Siri's history over the past 10 years, as well as what the future might hold for Apple's voice assistant.
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https://youtu.be/8HaEmu-qkD4
YouTube
Apple iPhone 4S Siri Assistant Commercial
Apple's first 30-second Siri commercial featuring the new Assistant.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22709166/microsoft-windows-11-release-download-available
The Verge
Microsoft releases Windows 11 a day early
Windows 11 is a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 devices.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22709654/instagram-facebook-outage-whatsapp-oculus
The Verge
Facebook is coming back after a six-hour outage
The company’s CTO blamed "networking issues."