⚡️ Apple's 'scary fast' reveal

Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.

M3 chips, space black laptops, and faster iMacs… oh my.

Let’s dive into Apple’s "scary fast” event that took place yesterday evening.

In today’s tech rundown:

• Apple launches new M3 chips

• A robotic guide dog for the blind

• 10 New products

• 7 quick stories

Read time: 3 minutes

TODAY’S HEADLINES

APPLE

🤖 Apple’s ‘scary fast’ event unveils next-gen tech

The Rundown: Apple always likes to tease with their event invites. The logo this time was shadowy and morphed into a somewhat creepy Mac Finder icon, signaling a Mac-centered reveal.

Here’s what they revealed:

• High-End MacBook Pro: Apple’s latest MacBook Pro is now available in a "space black" finish and can be customized up to 128GB of RAM.

• M3 Chips: Geared towards gamers and professionals alike, these chips offer massive GPU upgrades.

• End of the Touch Bar: The M3 MacBook Pro spells the end for the Touch Bar, moving back to physical keys.

• Faster iMacs: While the design remains unchanged, the new M3 iMac promises to be two times faster than its M1 predecessor.

Why it matters: The entire event was impressively shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max, demonstrating the device's capabilities. Stay tuned for in-depth reviews and hands-on experiences as journalists get their hands on these new offerings.

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ROBOTICS

🐕‍🦺 A robotic guide dog for the blind

The Rundown: Engineers at Binghamton University just programmed a quadruped robot dog to guide visually impaired people via leash tugs — a concept that could help increase accessibility to public areas for the blind.

The details:

• The robot integrates computer vision and motion planning to navigate routes, avoid obstacles, and respond to leash pulls.

• It was trained in just 10 hours via reinforcement learning to interpret various tug directions and intensities.

• Future development involves adding voice commands and "intelligent disobedience" to disregard unsafe commands.

• With stored maps, the team believes it could be deployed in challenging public spaces like malls and airports.

Our thoughts: Between this, Boston Dynamics’ tour guide bot, and parkour robodogs — man’s best (robotic) friend seems to be having a moment! But these guide dogs do feel like an excellent use case (no offense to real dogs).

NEW PRODUCTS

🎨 UIHUT- Design resources for Figma, Webflow, Tailwind & more (link)

📙 Coveragely- Quickly visualize online PR and link coverage (link)

⚟ Merge- One API to add hundreds of integrations into your products (link)

🍔 MLTR Meal Tracker- Count calories in a new way (link)

🖼 Framer AI- Generate a website in minutes from prompts (link)

🕵️‍♂️ Knibble- AI-powered knowledge base (link)

🕸️ 10Web- Build or recreate any website in minutes with the power of AI (link)

📢 LOVO- Realistic AI voice generator and text-to-speech (link)

🌐 Vondy- A search engine application to guide you to your productivity needs (link)

📣 Followr - Automated scheduling, AI content creation & advanced analytics for social (link)

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SNIPPETS

Porsche announced it will use native Google apps in future models starting in 2025, adopting Google's built-in software as parent company Volkswagen struggles with its own in-house auto software effort.

Xbox is implementing a new policy starting November 17 that will block the use of unauthorized accessories, ending the ability for users to modify consoles to use unapproved hardware.

X (formerly Twitter) said it will stop paying creators for tweets that get fact-checked through community notes.

YouTube TV fumbled its NFL Sunday Ticket streams this weekend with buffering and lag issues, frustrating fans who pay for the premium service.

Software firm Threads Software Limited sent a cease and desist letter to Meta demanding it stop using the name Threads in the UK within 30 days.

Mastodon added support for lists in its Android app, a key feature for curating interests that helps the social media platform compete with X.

Facebook and Instagram launched ad-free subscription options in the EU costing €9.99 per month, following an EU fine over data use rules.

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