Apple Scary Fast Event 2023 Launch Highlights: Apple has launched a new Space Black color for this year's MacBook Pro (Apple)

Apple Scary Fast Event 2023 Launch Live Updates: Apple made some important announcements at its Scary Fast event today. As expected, there was no iPad news at the event, which focused entirely on the MacBook Pro and iMacs.

The highlight of this year's Apple event was the new M3 chipset series, which includes the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max versions. The M3 Pro and M3 Pro Max feature a faster and more efficient new engine that is said to be 60% faster than its predecessor.

Apple has introduced three new MacBook Pro notebooks with the M3 chipset series. The new entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chipset will be available from $ 1,599. Meanwhile, the higher-end 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chipset starts at $1,999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chipset starts at $2,499.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display will be available from $1,599, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro will be available from $2,499.

The company has also announced an update to the iMac with the new M3 chips, which are said to deliver up to twice the performance compared to the previous generation in the same design and colour options. The new iMac will also be available at the same price, starting at $1,299.

This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the iMac, one of the initial products introduced by Steve Jobs upon his return to Apple in the late 1990s. The original Mac, initially named the Macintosh, was unveiled in early 1984.

 

31 Oct 2023, 10:19:25 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Launch Live: All you need to know about the M3 chipsets

Apple Scary Fast Launch Live: Apple at its Scary Fast event today, launched its latest processors, the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These chipsets promise a much superior performance compared to their predecessors. According to the company, these chips mark the inaugural personal computer processors made with the state-of-the-art 3-nanometer process technology. This advancement packs the transistors densely into a more compact area, resulting in enhanced speed and efficiency.

 

31 Oct 2023, 09:23:14 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: iMac India pricing 

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: The iMac base variant with 8GB of unified memory and 256GB of storage is priced at ₹134900 in India. The base model comes with two Thunderbolt or 4 USB ports and is available in four colour options - Pink, Green, Blue and Silver.

The 10-core GPU version of the iMac with 8GB of unified memory / 256GB of storage is priced at ₹1,54,900 in India and comes with two Thunderbolt or USB 4 ports, two USB 3 ports, gigabit ethernet and support for Touch ID.

Meanwhile, the top-of-the-line iMac with 8GB of unified memory and 512GB of storage is priced at ₹1,74,900. The higher-end iMac is available in 7 colour options - blue, green, pink, silver, yellow, orange and purple.

Apple continues to offer the iMac with colour-matched accessories that still come with the company's proprietary lightning port rather than the USB C port. The new iMac is currently available to order from the Apple India website but customers will have to wait till November 7 to get their hands on the new iMac.

 

31 Oct 2023, 08:15:37 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: All you need to know about the new M3 processors

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: The primary highlight of the event was Apple’s launch of the M3 chip family. Comprising the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chipsets, these chips mark a significant update to Apple’s product range. The M3 stands as the initial desktop chip to feature a 3nm process, presenting a substantial advantage compared to the previous generation chipsets.

Regarding enhancements, Apple claims that the chips feature a faster CPU and incorporate a novel GPU architecture. This architecture revolves around Dynamic Caching, which delivers a substantial enhancement in GPU performance, according to Apple.

Additionally, with hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shader support, both being firsts for Apple GPUs, the M3 is reported to provide a 60 percent increase in graphics performance compared to the M1.

The M3 is equipped with an eight-core CPU and a choice of either an eight-core or 10-core GPU. On the other hand, the M3 Pro boasts an 18-core GPU and a 12-core CPU, while the M3 Max takes it up a notch with a 16-core CPU and a 40-core GPU. Apple has also expanded the memory capacity for the M3 Max, now supporting up to 128GB of Unified Memory.

 

31 Oct 2023, 07:53:02 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: MacBook Pro 14 inch India price

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has introduced an affordable 14-inch MacBook Pro with the new M3 chip, starting at ₹1,69,900 and going up to ₹1,99,900.

The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip will replace the 13-inch MacBook with M2 chipset that was launched last year, reported The Verge.

Apple claims that the 14-inch MacBook Pro offers a 60% performance boost over the MacBook Pro with M1 chipset. However, the budget MacBook Pro is only available in two colour options - Silver and Space Grey, with the newly launched Space Black colour reserved for higher-end models.

 

31 Oct 2023, 07:40:14 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: MacBook Pro 16 inch India price

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: The 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro processor is priced at ₹2,49,900 for the 18GB unified memory variant and ₹2,89,900 for the 36GB unified memory variant. Meanwhile, the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chipset with 36GB and 48GB of unified memory is priced at ₹3,49,900 and ₹3,99,900 respectively. 

31 Oct 2023, 06:40:17 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: No update on USB-C accessories

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Following the upgrade to USB-C on the recently launched iPhone 15 series, it was widely expected that Apple would switch to USB-C ports for its accessories this year.

However, all Apple accessories, including the Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse, will continue to use the company's proprietary light port.

 

31 Oct 2023, 06:25:18 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: New MacBook Space Black color announced

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has announced a new Space Black Color option for its new MacBook Pro laptops. The new colour has a glass aluminium finish and Apple says that the company is using ‘breakthrough chemistry’ that forms a shield and reduces fingerprints on the MacBook Pro.

31 Oct 2023, 06:04:47 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Event highlights

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has announced the new M3 family of chipsets, which includes the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Pro Max. The Cupertino-based tech giant has also launched two new MacBook Pro models, with the 14-inch model starting at $1,599 and the 16-inch model starting at $2,499.

The iPhone maker has also unveiled an upgrade to the 24-inch iMac, which now starts at $1299.

 

31 Oct 2023, 06:00:31 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: New iMac launched

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has unveiled the 24-inch iMac, the first upgrade to the product in over 900 days. The new iMac comes with a 4.5K Retina display, up to 24GB of unified storage and up to 2TB of storage.

The latest iMac starts at $1,299 and is available to order today for delivery next week.

31 Oct 2023, 05:57:26 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: MacBook Pro price revealed

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: The 14-inch MacBook Pro is now available for just $1599. Meanwhile, the 16-inch MacBook Pro will remain available at $1999.

 

31 Oct 2023, 05:47:32 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: New MacBook Pro with M3 chip launched

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has unveiled its new MacBook Pro laptops with the M3 chipset. The company promises 22 hours of battery life and says the new MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chipset is 11 times faster than the fastest Intel chip.

 

31 Oct 2023, 05:44:17 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: M3 Chips launched

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has launched the M3 chip series lineup with three new M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. Apple says that the M3 chip series is around 50% faster than the M1 chips and 30% more faster than the M2 chips

 

31 Oct 2023, 05:20:44 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: What's special about this October event?

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the iMac, one of the initial products introduced by Steve Jobs upon his return to Apple in the late 1990s. The original Mac, initially named the Macintosh, was unveiled in early 1984.

 

31 Oct 2023, 05:13:03 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Reasoning behind naming of the event

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Apple has named the October event as ‘Scary Fast' owing to the event taking place Halloween eve in many places around the globe.

 

31 Oct 2023, 05:03:21 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Just 30 minutes left for Apple event

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Just around 30 minutes are left before the livestream of Aople Scary Fast Event begins.

 

31 Oct 2023, 01:23:04 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Updated USB-C accessories

As a part of a wider transition to USB-C connections, Apple is expected to introduce refreshed editions of accessories such as the trackpad, mouse, and keyboard, which will no longer feature the old Lightning ports.

 

31 Oct 2023, 01:14:33 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: New MacBook Pro expected to debut this Halloween

Bloomberg's Mark Gurnman reported that Apple is likely to unveil two new MacBook Pros, codenamed J514 and J516, powered by the M3 Pro and M3 Max processors during the Scary Fast event. Apple is reportedly testing different versions of the 12-core M3 Pro processor, which will include six high-performance cores and six efficiency cores. Another M3 Pro chipset could have 14 main cores, including 10 high-performance cores, 4 efficiency cores and 20 graphics cores.

Meanwhile, a top-of-the-range M3 Max chipset could come with 16 main cores, including 12 high-performance cores, 4 efficiency cores and 40 graphics cores. The iPhone maker is also planning to offer more upgraded RAM variants, including 24GB and 48GB options.

 

31 Oct 2023, 12:58:08 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Updated iMac likely to watch

The Apple iMac is likely to receive an update after over 900 days, a notably extended period. However, the new models would not showcase a strikingly different design, reported Bloomberg.

Similar to the recent MacBook Pros, the upcoming iMacs is expected to bear a strong resemblance to the current versions. Reportedly, the upcoming 24-inch iMac, known internally as J433 and J434, will feature internal design modifications and an updated stand.

 

31 Oct 2023, 12:42:20 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: What all to expect

The Apple Scary Fast Event 2023 is anticipated to reveal long-awaited updates to several key products. Foremost, new iMacs are set for a much-anticipated refresh, though retaining their current design. Additionally, Apple plans to unveil two new MacBook Pro models, powered by the innovative M3 processors with varying core configurations and increased RAM options. The event might also introduce updated USB-C accessories, aligning with Apple's transition away

 

31 Oct 2023, 12:26:51 AM IST

Apple Scary Fast Event Launch Live: Where and how to watch

The Scary Fast event can be watched live on the Apple Events website and YouTube from 5:30 am onwards in India. Apple TV users will also be able to watch the event live on their iPhones, iPads, and Macs by navigating to the section dedicated to Scary Fast.

 

                                          

            

The news of 8 Indian Navy personnel sentenced to death in Qatar without due process of justice has sent shockwaves amongst the family and friends of the incarcerated in the Middle East country. The episode has been “unprecedented” in the history of modern India.

While the ‘course-mates’ (people who trained in the same course with him in the National Defense Academy) and wives have launched a passionate campaign to whip up public sentiment to get these navy personnel home, the old parents of one of the Indian veterans are not even aware of the possibility of gallows that their son is facing.

“Hope is all we have,” former Indian Navy aviator Commander KP Sanjeev Kumar told the EurAsian Times. “They have been incarcerated since Aug 30 last year. Charges have not been made public or even shown to the families. Of the six charges, three were dropped,” Kumar said while showing his disbelief over the opaque justice process that has led to the death sentence.

“I fear this case may go the Kulbhushan Jadhav way (another deplorable case, the trail of which case seems to have gone cold) unless we move with alacrity,” Kumar says in a heartfelt blog. He remembers the “obsession with propriety and fairness” of his course-mate Sanjeev, fondly known as “Chote” or “Don” in his course. “His small frame hides an outsized heart and rock-solid patriotism while his ever-helpful nature earned him the latter epithet,” Kumar recalls.

“Another accused, course-mate, Cdr Amit Nagpal (78 NDA), “Naggy” as we call him in our circles, is a quintessential gentleman — a man of few words and impeccable character whom I first met when we ran into our NDA course-mates on ships of the training squadron at Kochi,” Kumar says, while adding: “A communication and electronic warfare specialist, he knows the value of ‘indiscretion’ and ‘radio silence’ better than most.”

Still trying to wrap his head around the development, Kumar laments: “How did these character certificates suddenly dissolve into a death sentence?” These seven officers and one sailor on death row have had impeccable service records in the Indian Navy and had served in many sensitive postings.

The EurAsian Times spoke to friends of another officer P Sugunakar, a son of a former Sainik School Korukonda teacher. His parents are oblivious to the ill fate that has befallen their son.

“We are all distressed and shattered and devastated by the news. His wife, Vyjayanti, and his son and daughter are in shock and worried sick. They are living in fear. They do not know what to do. The worst part is, they don’t know what he has done,” said K Kalyan Chakravarty, Sugunakar’s brother-in-law.

The son of two teachers, Sugunakar joined the Navy soon after he turned 18 and worked in the Naval Engineering Corps, his family said. He earned his BTech (Mechanical) from the Naval College of Engineering and also did an MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies from Defence Services College, Wellington.

He retired in November 2013 and worked for Hindustan Shipyard Limited for a few months before joining Doha-based Al Dahra Global Technologies.

India-Qatar Defense Collaboration

The eight naval veterans worked for a Qatari firm, Al Dahra, before they were charged with espionage and later sentenced to death. Following an MoU signed between India and Qatar for cooperation in the defense sector, the firm was involved in imparting training to Qatar Armed Forces Officers.

Following the arrest in August 2022, Dahra Global Technologies, based out of Doha, has gone defunct, leaving the naval veterans alone. What has shocked the Indian Ministry of External Affairs is that Qatar, one of the wealthiest countries today, has traditionally enjoyed a warm and cordial relationship with India.

The veterans were thrown into solitary confinement, and India was given consular access on October 3, 2022. It was following this that they were lodged in a double occupancy cell and were allowed to call their family members in India.

Commander (retired) Purnendu Tiwari, who is among the detained Indians, served as Al Dahra’s managing director and commanded several warships while serving with the Navy. The rest of those convicted include Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, Commander Amit Nagpal and Sailor Rahesh.

‘Espionage’ Charges Or Misunderstanding

According to a report carried by The Week magazine in India quoting sources, it was just a “friendly conversation” by a group of eight former Indian Navy personnel with an Indian diplomat posted at Doha three months before the arrest that sparked suspicion among Qatari authorities that secret information may have been exchanged.

“The ex-Navy men had interacted with a diplomat they were acquainted with because of a previous professional relationship. It was purely friendly banter and nothing more. But it got the Qatar authorities suspicious,” a source told The Week on condition of anonymity.

The India-Qatar ties had seen an uptick after Indian commandos arrested a Dubai princess, Sheikha Latifa, trying to escape her family in her luxury yacht near Goa and handed over the Gulf regime in 2018. The Indian government kept mum over the episode despite a UK court naming Indian special forces behind the picking up of the royal family member.

Following the 2018 incident, the Indian and the Qatari navies began a naval military exercise called “Zair al Bahr,” with the first edition being held in 2019 and the second edition being held in 2021.

Indians In Foreign Jails On Espionage Charges

Kulbhushan Jadhav is another retired Indian naval officer in Pakistan captivity facing the prospect of a death sentence. His arrest was announced by Pakistan in 2016.

The Pakistanis captured him along the border with Iran, where he said he was doing business. He was convicted of espionage charges and was sentenced to death. Jadhav and the Government of India have denied the Pakistani charges of espionage.

Sarabjit Singh was an Indian national who died in a Pakistan jail of assault while he was on death row. Singh was arrested in 1991 and was sentenced to death for a bomb blast that killed 14 people. Reuters reported that Singh’s family claimed that he had crossed over into Pakistan in a drunken state and was innocent.

 

Andhra Pradesh train collision LIVE: The crash happened when an incoming train slammed into a stationary train, leading to derailment of at least three rail cars. 

Andhra train accident LIVE: Two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday (29 October). The train collision between the Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger train and the Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train caused a derailment between the towns of Alamanda and Kantakapalle in Andhra Pradesh. According to officials, the accident occurred after one of the passenger trains overshot a signal.

The death toll in the Andhra train collision reached 11 as rescue operations continue in Vizianagaram district.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from the PM's National Relief Fund for the next families of each dead and ₹50,000 for the injured in the Andhra Pradesh train accident.

In June, a triple-train collision killed nearly 300 people in Odisha state. In August at least nine people were killed when a coach parked in southern India caught fire as a passenger tried to make tea.

Read all the latest updates on the Andhra Pradesh train collision here

30 Oct 2023, 11:01:59 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh train accident: List of cancelled trains

Due to the accident of passenger trains in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, Southern Railway announces the list of cancelled trains:

17243- Guntur to Rayagada

17239-Guntur to Visakhapatnam

17267-Kakinada Port to Visakhapatnam

17268- Visakhapatnam to Kikinada port

07466- Rajahmundry to Visakhapatnam

07467-Visakhapatnam to Rajahmundry

12718- Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam

 

Overwhelmed morgues, cemeteries and near-constant bombardment have made funerals and grieving all but impossible.

Palestinians say the devastating war between Israel and Hamas is robbing them not only of their loved ones but also of the funeral rites that long have offered mourners some dignity and closure in the middle of grief.

Overwhelmed hospitals and morgues and near-constant bombardment have made funerals and grieving all but impossible. Cemeteries have compelled families to dig up long-buried bodies and deepen the holes to make space for new victims.

Overflowing morgues have compelled hospitals to bury people before their relatives can claim them. To increase the chances of being identified if they die, Palestinian families have begun wearing identification bracelets and scrawling names with marker on their children’s arms and legs.

Over the past three weeks, Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip – one of the world’s most densely populated areas – has wrought dizzying levels of carnage. More than 7,600 Palestinians have been killed, including about 3,000 children. A further 1,650 Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble of their homes and buildings, half of them children.

Palestinians bury their relatives killed in Israeli bombardment at a cemetery in Deir al-Balah.

 A Palestinian woman mourns her relatives killed in Israeli air raids that hit the Greek Orthodox church, in Gaza City.

Palestinians carry a body of a dead child found under the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City. 

 

Elon Musk announced on Saturday his satellite-based communication Starlink “will support connectivity to internationally recognised aid organisations in Gaza.”

Elon Musk’s offer to help restore the internet in the war-hit Gaza has not gone down well with Israel. In response, the Israeli government reportedly cut all ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink. 

“Upon Elon Musk’s announcement to connect StarLink with humanitarian aid groups in Gaza, Israel stated: We will use ALL MEANS to FIGHT this,” prominent American political streamer, Jackson Hinkle posted on X.

“Due to statements by Elon Musk, who promised satellite communications to internationally recognized organizations in the Gaza Strip, we have taken this position,” he quoted Israeli authorities in another post.

Elon Musk announced on Saturday his satellite-based communication Starlink “will support connectivity to internationally recognized aid organisations in Gaza.”

Musk made these remarks in response to US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez post in X, stating that cutting off communications in Gaza was “unacceptable.”

Starlink, operated by Musk’s SpaceX, was also deployed in Ukraine shortly after the country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.

Meanwhile, Israel said on Saturday the next stage of its war with Hamas had begun after expanding its ground operations in Gaza. Israeli military aircraft carried out a series of intense nighttime airstrikes in northern Gaza, targeting around 150 underground facilities, according to an announcement by the army on Saturday, AFP reported.

 

 

 

Not just Hollywood, several of his fans in Bollywood have also extended condolences on the death of Matthew Perry. He was 54.

who played Chandler Bing on the popular sitcom Friends, has died. He was 54 and his fans across the globe are yet to come to terms with his untimely death. All from Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani to Ranveer Singh and Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to Instagram Stories to share their pain on learning about his passing. Justin Trudeau also tweeted his condolences. 

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Sunday morning, “Matthew Perry’s passing is shocking and saddening. I’ll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them. Thanks for all the laughs, Matthew. You were loved – and you will be missed.”

Nimrat Kaur took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a picture of Matthew Perry and wrote, “Rest in glory #MatthewPerry. Chandler Bing for life,” along with a broken heart emoji.

Ranveer Singh shared a picture of Matthew on his Instagram Stories with a white bird, folded hands and a nazar amulet emoji. Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani also shared his picture on their respective Instagram Stories with broken heart emojis. Bipasha Basu shared a happy picture of Matthew on her Instagram Stories and wrote, “RIP Matthew Perry” with a broken heart emoji.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu also shared a picture of the later actor and wrote, “Heartbroken. RIP Matthew Perry." Soni Razdan called it “Sad sad news” on her Instagram Stories.

Sophie Choudry took to X to share her grief. She wrote along with a picture of Matthew, “As if the news we wake up to everyday right now isn’t bad enough… now this (broken heart emojis) Been reading his autobiography and this is just heartbreaking. Thank you for all the laughs & your incredible talent Mira Sorvino, who worked with Matthew in the 1994 TV movie Parallel Lives, wrote on X, "Oh no!!! Matthew Perry!! You sweet, troubled soul!! May you find peace and happiness in Heaven, making everyone laugh with your singular wit!!!”

Actor-singer Sean Maguire tweeted, “Sending love to my friends @JeffreyKlarik & David Crane and his cast mates. Matthew Perry was one of those actors all of us loved and admired, he had so much talent. Heartbroken he’s been taken so soon. Rest in peace Matthew.”