Wed. 09/22 – The Microsoft Surface Event

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🗓️ 22 September 2021

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All the headlines and releases from today’s Microsoft Surface Event. Robinhood wants to get in the crypto wallet game. Microsoft finds Phishing as a Service on the darker corners of the web. And a rundown of some new Facebook controversies. Sponsors: Blockchain.com UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft announces Surface Pro 8 with bigger 13-inch 120Hz display and Thunderbolt (The Verge) The Surface Go 3 gets new Intel processors (The Verge) Microsoft’s new Surface Duo 2 has all the features that were missing the first time around (The Verge) Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s new powerful flagship laptop (The Verge) Robinhood to launch cryptocurrency wallets as bitcoin becomes a bigger part of business (CNBC) Microsoft uncovers giant Phishing-as-a-Service operation (The Record) No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image (NYTimes) The Oversight Board wants Facebook to explain its controversial rules for VIPs (Engadget) Facebook paid billions extra to the FTC to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege (Politico) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.
0:07.7	I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.7	Today, all the headlines and announcements from today's Microsoft Surface event.
0:13.0	Robin Hood wants to get into the crypto wallet game.
0:16.0	Microsoft finds fishing as a service on the darker corners of the web
0:20.0	and a rundown of some new Facebook controversies.
0:23.2	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:25.6	The Microsoft Surface Event was this morning and there were a whole slew of devices
0:37.6	announced.
0:39.2	First up, Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 8 with a 13 inch 120
0:45.0	hurts edge-to-edge display, Quadcore Intel CPU, Thunderbolt 4, Surface Slim
0:50.3	Pen 2, and a refreshed keyboard, quoting the verge.
0:55.0	Microsoft is announcing the Surface Pro 8 today,
0:58.0	the biggest upgrade to its Intel powered Surface Pro lineup
1:01.0	since the Surface Pro 3 in 2014.
1:04.0	While we've seen tweaks to the design of the Surface Pro for seven years, the Surface Pro 8
1:07.6	jumps to a 120 hertz display with thinner bezzles, Thunderbolt 4 support,
1:13.0	and a new keyboard that neatly houses an upgraded Surface Slim Pen 2.
1:18.0	Microsoft Surface Pro 8 has taken most of the best parts of the Surface Pro X and paired them with an Intel chip.
1:25.0	It's the Surface Pro we've been waiting years for.
1:28.0	The 13-inch Pixel Sense Flow display, as Microsoft calls it, is larger than the 12.3 inch display found on most other
1:34.2	Surface Pro devices and it has a higher resolution too. The display also
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