Apple Event: What to Expect from Apple's Next Big Announcement
Apple concludes the year with a significant announcement, Twitter outlines its strategy to combat misinformation surrounding elections, and WeWork staff utilized a remarkably weak password for a printer. This is your Daily Crunch for November 2, 2020.
Leading the News: Apple Announces Upcoming Event
With the U.S. presidential election capturing the attention of most, Apple is offering a reason to look forward to November 4 with a new event, titled “One More Thing,” scheduled for November 10 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
What can we anticipate? It is widely expected that Apple will introduce the first Macintosh computers powered by the company’s ARM-based processors, and also reveal the release date for macOS Big Sur.
The move to “Apple silicon” was initially revealed earlier this year at WWDC, where Tim Cook characterized it as “a momentous occasion for the Mac.” Now, specific product details are on the horizon.
Major Tech Companies
Twitter details its approach to handling potentially misleading posts regarding the U.S. election results — The platform states it will prioritize the labeling of tweets concerning the presidential election and any other “highly competitive races” where inaccurate information may be a concern.
Spotify will now enable artists and labels to promote songs within user recommendations — Spotify announced today the commencement of testing a new feature that grants artists greater influence over music discovery on the Spotify platform.
WeWork employees employed a dangerously simple printer password — The password (“9999,” identical to the username) was so easily guessed that a customer successfully obtained access.
Startups, Funding, and Venture Capital
VotingWorks, a YC-supported nonprofit, aims to restore confidence in election systems through open-source technology — The startup has a dual focus: enhancing election technology with more affordable and secure voting systems, and employing advanced statistical methods to improve the quality and effectiveness of voter audits.
Rocket Lab’s next launch will deploy 30 satellites into orbit, along with a 3D-printed gnome from Gabe Newell — The gnome serves as a test of a novel manufacturing process, and also represents a charitable contribution from the gaming industry innovator.
Stensul, an email creation startup, secures $16M in funding — As other marketing avenues have been paused or reduced during the pandemic, email has become increasingly vital.
Insights and Analysis from Extra Crunch
The pandemic’s effects have disproportionately decreased VC funding for female founders — Existing biases, obstacles at the seed stage, and sluggish structural changes continue to hinder women’s progress.
Increased edtech M&A activity is driving consolidation within a fragmented industry — Mergers and acquisitions in the edtech sector are currently more prevalent than usual.
Starling Bank founder Anne Boden clarifies that her new book ‘isn’t a memoir’ — In “Banking On It,” Boden recounts the genesis of her idea to establish a challenger bank and the numerous challenges she encountered.
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Other News
The Raspberry Pi Foundation unveils the compact Raspberry Pi 400 — The Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer built into a streamlined keyboard, priced at $70.
Original Content podcast: Bill Murray’s charisma cannot fully conceal the melancholy of ‘On the Rocks’ — The film reunites Murray with Sofia Coppola, his director from “Lost in Translation.”
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