Microsoft launches its ARM mini-PC Windows Dev Kit 2023, formerly Project Volterra, with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and 32GB RAM for $599, coming to eight countries (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, promising 35% faster CPU performance, improved power efficiency, Wi-Fi 7 support, and up to 4.35x faster AI performance  —  Qualcomm has announced all the details of its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, with a focus on better and more efficient performance for AI-related tasks.

Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers:
Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 designed for slim AR glasses, using 4nm process, claims 2.5x better AI performance than XR2 with 50% less power consumption  —  The chipset will make an appearance on upcoming AR glasses from Lenovo, Nreal, LG, Oppo, TCL, Xiaomi, and more!

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max, M2 Mac mini are coming soon; Apple is testing Mac Pro with 24 CPU cores, 72 graphics cores, 192 GB RAM  —  Apple’s latest iPad lineup and software strategy is its most confusing to date, but here’s how the company could ultimately fix it.

Rasbora.dev:
A developer who ran a DDoS-for-hire “empire” criticizes Cloudflare for protecting the DDoS industry while selling services to mitigate such attacks  —  Today CloudFlare is in the spotlight for their decision to revoke access to a website behind their network …

Amir Shevat / TechCrunch:
Former product head of Twitter’s developer platform details plans abandoned post-acquisition, like discovery tools and custom timelines, eroding developer trust  —  Twitter is where the world shares its opinions and aspirations; it’s where brands, celebrities, and politicians interact with people, live and in the open.

Patrick Kennedy / ServeTheHome:
Arm unveils Neoverse V2, its next-gen performance-optimized cores for the cloud, hyperscale, and HPC workloads, which is used in Nvidia’s upcoming Grace CPU  —  Today Arm announced its next-generation cores for higher performance per core applications.  Dubbed the Arm Neoverse V2 or “Demeter” …