China says it is considering setting up a digital asset exchange in Beijing and calls for faster trials of the digital yuan (Bloomberg)

Apple announces M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for Macs: M1 Pro is 70% faster than M1 and has 2x the GPU performance with a 32GB RAM limit; M1 Max supports 64GB RAM (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more (Yahoo News)

Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team

Interview with Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won't build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal (Shara Tibken/CNET)

US political campaigns say that bans by Facebook and Google on political ads have hamstrung them during a crucial fundraising window ahead of the 2022 midterms (Elena Schneider/Politico)

Amid harassment fallout, Blizzard says it will pause plans for next year's BlizzCon event to focus its energy on supporting its teams and game development (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Some Googlers reportedly aren’t happy about Bard’s ‘rushed’ announcement

Get Hulu with live TV for a major discount during Disney’s Charter spat

Billboard says it will publish a ranking of the most popular songs in the US based on Twitter conversations; the chart will be updated daily (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $50M Series B led by Northstar.vc, claims revenue has grown 12x in the last year (VentureBeat)