Thu. 10/20 – A Day Of Reviews

The big Solana challenger had a terrible first day of trading. Previews of the new Thunderbolt standard. Reviews of the new Raptor Lake chips. Uber takes a page out of the New York City taxi playbook. And the first hands-on, quasi-review of Meta’s high end VR headset.
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Zengo.com/ride and code ride

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Links:

Aptos Token Plummets 40% After APT Airdrop for 'Early Network Participants' (Decrypt)

Android 13 (Go edition) announced with Material You, Google Play System Updates, and more (9to5Google)

The next generation of Thunderbolt seems nice but less necessary than ever (The Verge)

Intel Core i9-13900K review: an AMD Zen 4 beater (The Verge)

Uber rolls out ad business to reach more riders (FT)

I Tried the $1,500 Quest Pro and Saw the Best of the Metaverse (NYTimes)

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