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Fri. 01/15 – Are We Really Getting the MacBook of My Dreams?

Fri. 01/15 – Are We Really Getting the MacBook of My Dreams?

Update: 2021-01-15

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Is Apple finally throwing in the towel and giving us the sort of laptops we actually want? With these IPO first-day pops, forget banks screwing startups, are VC’s also undervaluing companies right now in a way that is unfair? Amazon wants to do in cars what it’s done successfully in homes. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Kuo details 2021 MacBook Pro: new design with squared-off sides, MagSafe connector and IO return, Touch Bar removed (9to5Mac)
Apple Plans Upgraded MacBook Pros With Return of Magnetic Charging (Bloomberg)
Online clothing reseller Poshmark closes up more than 140% on first day of trading (CNBC)
Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first time so car makers can build custom assistants (The Verge)
Galaxy Book Flex2: Samsung’s first 5G laptop has an 11th-gen Intel Processor (Digital Trends)
Shares in China’s Xiaomi tumble after US investment ban (Financial Times)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Is Letterboxd Becoming a Blockbuster? (NYTimes)
Why the Canadian Tech Scene Doesn’t Work (AlexDanco.com)
An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web’s Encyclopedia (OneZero)
CRISPR and the Splice to Survive (The New Yorker)
Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts as a Path to Profitability (Bloomberg Businessweek)

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Fri. 01/15 – Are We Really Getting the MacBook of My Dreams?

Fri. 01/15 – Are We Really Getting the MacBook of My Dreams?