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As expected from recent leaks, Apple today introduced the new relatively low cost MacBook Neo. (MacRumors)

It uses the A18 processor found in the iPhone and... Well, the iPhone 16, basically.

It's available with 8GB of RAM expandable to... Not expandable at all, even at purchase time, because the A18 only has 8GB of RAM. And 256GB of 512GB of storage.

I/O consists of one USB3 port and one USB2 port, plus a headphone jack, and that's it. Screen is a 2408x1506 13" model with sRGB colour, though the specs don't mention what percentage of the sRGB colourspace it covers. Presumably no more than 100%.

It's... Fine, probably. 8GB of RAM is truly painful on Windows 11, but Linux runs just fine and I assume MacOS should do okay with lighter tasks.

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Google is ending its 30% cut of everything on the Play Store, reducing it to 20% or less for new purchases and a relatively reasonable 10% for subscriptions. (Engadget)

Thanks to Epic Games, whose lawsuit forced this upon a very unwilling Google.
Your car can be tracked everywhere you go by your tire pressure sensors. (Dark Reading)

Which transmit unique identifiers, unencrypted, readable by anyone withing a 50-meter range.
Speaking of which, a new Android app detects anyone nearby wearing smart glasses. (Tech Crunch)

Assuming the glasses are sending a Bluetooth signal, which is what the app detects. So in fact it lets you detect any device in range with Bluetooth enabled, and there are a lot more of those than smart glasses wearers.
The CEO of Qualcomm said the thing. (Fortune)

Literally:
"If you actually believe in the AI revolution, 6G will be required. Resistance is futile."
It may also turn people into animals.

Micron has announced 256GB SOCAMM2 memory modules, as used in some - a total of two so far, I think - recent laptop models. (Tom's Hardware)

For servers, not for you.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is in a slap fight with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (Tech Crunch)

Again.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: There is a planet in the Solar System inhabited entirely by robots.

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