Apple’s second fall product occasion kicks off later as we speak at 1 PM ET. We’ve laid out what to anticipate, but it surely’s not the one massive tech occasion week. Spare a thought for a few of our employees, who will go straight from Apple reportage into Google.

Yep, Tuesday October nineteenth is Google’s Pixel 6 occasion. While we all know what the cellphone will appear to be — and a few of its specs — count on to see some software program surprises. We’ve pulled collectively every little thing we all know into an occasion preview story proper right here.

The largest query stays: How a lot will the brand new Pixel 6 price? Will or not it’s a humbly priced (and specced) machine, just like the Pixel 5, or one thing to problem iPhones and Galaxy units?

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You’ll have to attend some time for the film.

Shooting for the primary feature-length film in house has wrapped. Russian actress Yulia Pereslid, producer Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy have returned to Earth after the primary two spent 12 days filming their film The Challenge aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov had been initially slated to return aboard the Soyuz capsule, however they’ve each had their stays prolonged by six months to accommodate the movie producers. Vande Hei will set a file for the longest spaceflight by a US astronaut in consequence, spending precisely one yr in orbit. 

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It’s a small take a look at run for the McPlant.

You could quickly be capable to attempt McDonald’s plant-based burgers. The fast-food chain will supply the McPlant at eight eating places throughout the US, beginning on November third. It’s a limited-time trial run for the burger, and it is supposed to assist the corporate determine how providing the merchandise will impression kitchen operations. It’s price noting that as a result of it’s cooked on the identical grill as meat and egg merchandise, it is not categorised as vegan.

McDonald’s did not point out the precise retailer areas of the shops trialing the McPlant, but it surely mentioned they’re in Irving and Carrollton, Texas; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Jennings and Lake Charles, Louisiana and El Segundo and Manhattan Beach, California.

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The firm is sharing particulars about its OS.

will not arrive till late this yr, however the firm has AnalogueOS, the platform each Pocket and future Analogue units will run on, pitching because the “definitive” OS for retro video games.

Rather than merely play cartridge video games, the Pocket and future {hardware} will faucet a library of all of the helpful knowledge surrounding a sport, starting from field artwork and writer knowledge to guides.

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Trading privateness for sooner lunch service?

The Financial Times stories 9 faculties within the UK will begin taking funds for college lunches by scanning college students’ faces. The know-how ought to assist decrease contact in the course of the pandemic however is principally meant to hurry up transaction occasions.

CRB Cunningham, the corporate behind the tech, in addition to the faculties, argue the programs would tackle privateness and safety considerations. The firm mentioned its {hardware} wasn’t utilizing dwell facial recognition (actively scanning crowds) and was checking towards encrypted faceprint templates — although I’m undecided that addresses the considerations.

The faculties had been already utilizing fingerprint readers, too, so this was extra of a shift in biometric know-how than a model new layer of safety.

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Not lengthy till we discover out.

Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman believes the chips for the broadly anticipated 14- and 16-inch MacE book Pro fashions have surfaced in developer app logs underneath the names “M1 Pro” and “M1 Max.” It’s not sure Apple will use these names for its high-end silicon, however they recommend Apple will not go together with M1X. Earlier rumors hinted at two processors destined for the brand new MacE book Pros. For every little thing we’re anticipating from Apple’s massive occasion, take a look at our preview story.

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The $100 equipment will ship in December.

Microsoft will begin delivery its Xbox Series X Mini Fridge in time for the vacations. The firm mentioned the fridge prices $100 and pre-orders begin on October nineteenth. It will ship in December.

The mini-fridge has its roots in a picture Xbox tweeted to point out the size of the Xbox Series X versus a full-sized fridge. Microsoft truly made a six-foot fridge final yr to advertise the launch of the console, however this one’s a bit of extra manageable.

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