Apple Watch Ultra is a serious challenge to Garmin, which dominates the premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin’s position (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Research: Russia reactivates its troll and bot networks on Gab, Parler, and other platforms, seeking to influence the US midterms and erode support for Ukraine  —  Researchers have identified a series of Russian information operations to influence American elections and, perhaps, erode support for Ukraine.

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple Watch Ultra review: comfortable, good battery life, action button, and durable, but no offline maps, more aspirational than hardcore, and too big for some  —  A new player has entered the multisport watch game … The Apple Watch Ultra is big, a lil’ chunky, and goes hard on features …

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Hands-on with Apple Watch Ultra: the large, flat 49mm display, which can reach 2,000 nits, is in a class of its own and the device is lighter than expected  —  Two incremental updates and one big newcomer  —  Today was a big day for Apple wearables.  Not only did Apple announce the brand-new Series 8 …

Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Ikea Dirigera review: the Matter-ready smart home hub is easy to use and works well, but is expensive, lacks a migration tool from Trådfri, and is simplistic  —  Easier to use and stable.  But let’s check in again after a few months. … Ikea’s new Matter-ready Dirigera smart home hub …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, but cancelled the double Ultra capacity “Extreme” chips; new Mac Pro computers could be assembled in Vietnam  —  The new high-end Mac Pro with Apple silicon is behind schedule, and you can blame changes to the company’s chip and manufacturing plans.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, but cancelled the double Ultra capacity “Extreme” chips; new Mac Pro computers could be assembled in Vietnam  —  The new high-end Mac Pro with Apple silicon is behind schedule, and you can blame changes to the company’s chip and manufacturing plans.