Alex Wawro / Tom’s Guide:
iMac (2024) review: M4 is speedy, 4.5K display is lovely, six speakers is great, upgraded webcam is nice, but lacks height adjustment and a touch screen option — A faster chip and a better camera make this a good iMac upgrade — Tom’s Guide Verdict
Mac mini (2024) review: the M4 Pro is incredibly fast, 16GB+ of RAM, front USB-C, smaller design, and Thunderbolt 5 with M4 Pro, but overpriced spec upgrades (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Mac mini (2024) review: the M4 Pro is incredibly fast, 16GB+ of RAM, front USB-C, smaller design, and Thunderbolt 5 with M4 Pro, but overpriced spec upgrades — It’s a tiny mighty Mac. — “That’s a computer?!” My daughter just couldn’t believe her eyes when I pulled the new Mac mini out of its box.
MacBook Pro (14″, M4) review: more RAM, same I/O as the 16″, webcam is sharp and clear, and optional nano-texture is nice, but M4 Pro and Max are more appealing (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
MacBook Pro (14″, M4) review: more RAM, same I/O as the 16″, webcam is sharp and clear, and optional nano-texture is nice, but M4 Pro and Max are more appealing — More ports, more RAM, a nicer screen, and a better webcam for a little less money. … For a long time, the entry-level MacBook Pro …
Nvidia plans to add a 100-hour monthly cap for new Performance or Ultimate GeForce Now users from January 1 to avoid raising prices “in the foreseeable future” (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia plans to add a 100-hour monthly cap for new Performance or Ultimate GeForce Now users from January 1 to avoid raising prices “in the foreseeable future” — Nvidia is announcing some big changes to its GeForce Now cloud streaming service today.
MacBook Pro (16″, 2024) review: fast M4 chips, brighter display, sharp 12MP Center Stage webcam, Thunderbolt 5, and long battery life, but pricey spec upgrades (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
MacBook Pro (16″, 2024) review: fast M4 chips, brighter display, sharp 12MP Center Stage webcam, Thunderbolt 5, and long battery life, but pricey spec upgrades — The M4 Pro, in particular, is astonishingly fast. — Apple’s excellent MacBook Pros are faster than ever with its new M4 chips.
Donald Trump’s win flips the idea that Elon Musk overpaid for X on its head, after Musk turned his feed into a Trump-inspired billboard for his 200M+ followers (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump’s win flips the idea that Elon Musk overpaid for X on its head, after Musk turned his feed into a Trump-inspired billboard for his 200M+ followers — The day before Donald Trump’s decisive election victory, Joe Rogan published a podcast interview during which he suggested …
Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including “enhanced multi-admin” and updates to energy management support, in a bid to get the smart home standard back on track (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including “enhanced multi-admin” and updates to energy management support, in a bid to get the smart home standard back on track — It’s been two long years since the launch of Matter — the one smart home standard designed to rule them all …
SMIC reports Q3 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$2.17B, vs $2.2B est., and net income up 58.3% YoY to ~$148.8M, below $199.71M est., as the chip sector recovers (Reuters)
Reuters:
SMIC reports Q3 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$2.17B, vs $2.2B est., and net income up 58.3% YoY to ~$148.8M, below $199.71M est., as the chip sector recovers — China’s largest chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK) reported its net profit increased 58.3% for the third quarter of 2024.
Q&A with Houseparty co-founder Ben Rubin on his new group messaging platform Towns, using the River Protocol, moderation, raising a $25M Series A, and more (Joel Khalili/Wired)
Joel Khalili / Wired:
Q&A with Houseparty co-founder Ben Rubin on his new group messaging platform Towns, using the River Protocol, moderation, raising a $25M Series A, and more — Ben Rubin, cocreator of hit pandemic chat app Houseparty, has launched a new group messaging platform that aims to solve …
Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and more quietly courted Trump before the election, laying the groundwork for improved Silicon Valley and DC relations (New York Times)
New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and more quietly courted Trump before the election, laying the groundwork for improved Silicon Valley and DC relations — The executives of tech’s biggest companies largely ignored Donald Trump before the 2016 election. This time around, they’re far more friendly.
