CNBC:
Disney reported Disney+ and Hulu had an operating income of $47M in Q2, vs. a loss of $587M YoY, the first time the streamers had a combined profit in a quarter — The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World …
Apple unveils $999+ 11″ and $1,299+ 13″ iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13″ is Apple’s thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm (Chris Welch/The Verge)
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple unveils $999+ 11″ and $1,299+ 13″ iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13″ is Apple’s thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm — At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.
Apple announces new $599+ 11″ and $799+ 13″ iPad Airs, featuring an M2 chip, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, available in four colors next week (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces new $599+ 11″ and $799+ 13″ iPad Airs, featuring an M2 chip, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, available in four colors next week — Apple has officially unveiled the all-new iPad Air 6. For the first time, the iPad Air comes in two sizes: 11-inch and 13-inch.
Cloud security startup Wiz raised a $1B Series E co-led by a16z, Lightspeed, and Thrive at a $12B valuation, and plans to expand its business via acquisitions (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cloud security startup Wiz raised a $1B Series E co-led by a16z, Lightspeed, and Thrive at a $12B valuation, and plans to expand its business via acquisitions — Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO.
Apple debuts Magic Keyboard for M4 iPad Pro with a larger trackpad and a row of function keys, available for $299 for 11-inch and $349 for 13-inch models (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple debuts Magic Keyboard for M4 iPad Pro with a larger trackpad and a row of function keys, available for $299 for 11-inch and $349 for 13-inch models — Today at its iPad-focused ‘Let loose’ event, Apple announced a brand new version of the iPad’s Magic Keyboard, which was first introduced in 2020.
Apple announces an Apple Pencil Pro, adding a squeeze gesture, haptic feedback, Find My support, and more, available for $129, the same as Pencil 2 (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac)
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces an Apple Pencil Pro, adding a squeeze gesture, haptic feedback, Find My support, and more, available for $129, the same as Pencil 2 — Alongside the new iPads, a new Apple Pencil Pro has been announced, priced at $129 – the same price as the Pencil 2.
Apple announces M4, a new chip focused on improving AI-related tasks, featuring up to 4x faster GPU performance than the M2 and 50% faster CPU than M2 (The Verge)
The Verge:
Apple announces M4, a new chip focused on improving AI-related tasks, featuring up to 4x faster GPU performance than the M2 and 50% faster CPU than M2 — Apple’s next-generation chip, the M4, is coming to the new iPad Pro. The new OLED iPad Pro models will include the upgraded chip …
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him — The identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed.
Amazon’s hexacopter drones, planned for use in Tolleson, Arizona, can’t operate when temperatures top 104°F, less than the average summer highs in the city (Paresh Dave/Wired)
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Amazon’s hexacopter drones, planned for use in Tolleson, Arizona, can’t operate when temperatures top 104°F, less than the average summer highs in the city — Amazon’s newest delivery drones will take off from just outside Phoenix but don’t count on rush ordering a fan on a hot day.
Microsoft deploys a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intel agencies can now harness the tech to analyze top secret information (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
Microsoft deploys a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intel agencies can now harness the tech to analyze top secret information — – Product went live Thursday after overhauling a supercomputer — US spy agencies are keen to harness generative AI technology
