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⋅ October 22, 2024
NEWS
ABC News

Inside Apple’s secret audio labs ahead of the AirPods Pro 2 update
ABC News
“We don’t let cameras in this place normally. And so it’s a little bit of an out-of-body experience for everybody,” John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple, told ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis in an exclusive interview that aired …
The Wall Street Journal

Tim Cook on Why Apple’s Huge Bets Will Pay Off
The Wall Street Journal
THE FIRST THING Tim Cook does when he wakes up is check his iPhone. It’s sitting atop his nightstand in silent mode when the chief executive officer of Apple, the most valuable company in the history of the world, reaches for his device and starts triaging …
Inc.com

The New iPad mini Is All About Apple Intelligence
Inc.com
It got a better processor—the A17 Pro from last year’s Pro iPhones—and Apple supposedly fixed a display refresh problem that previously caused what is known as “jellyscrolling” where one side of the display refreshes slower than the other.
The Seattle Times

Microsoft launches AI agents, deepening rivalry with Salesforce
The Seattle Times
Microsoft is launching a set of artificial intelligence tools designed to send emails, manage records and take other actions on behalf of business workers, expanding an AI push that intensifies competition with rivals like Salesforce.
Car and Driver

2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E Is Significantly Cheaper Than Before
Car and Driver
Ford’s electric Mustang crossover now starts at $38,490—a $3500 decrease that comes with a new standard heat pump and updated BlueCruise technology. By Jack Fitzgerald Published: Oct 21, 2024.
Reuters

Qualcomm revamps mobile phone chips for AI, signs Samsung and others
Reuters
The company has also re-worked the parts of the chip, which is called the Snapdragon 8 Elite, to handle tasks such as generating images and text. Qualcomm will offer software developers special tools beyond the …
Australian Research Council

How to build a quantum computer
Australian Research Council
Just as every elementary particle has an electrical charge (electrons negative, protons positive), every electron, every proton, and even every neutron, is slightly magnetic. It creates a magnetic dipole, a magnetic field, like the needle of a compass at …
SciTechDaily

Cloud computing captures chemistry code
Science Daily
Date: October 21, 2024; Source: DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Summary: The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months. Share:.
Financial Times

Neva game review — stunning visuals let down by underbaked allegory
Financial Times
A white wolf gallops through a forest that is rendered in impressionistic swirls and colourful splodges. By the animal’s side, a young woman glides and spins through the air like a woodland spirit, as if untethered from the laws of gravity.
Business Today

Apple CEO Tim Cook reflects on his first job and how Steve Jobs hired him
Business Today
Cook recalled his very first job at age 12, delivering newspapers in the early hours of the morning, an experience that helped finance his education. He was the first in his family to attend college, a milestone he considered a privilege.