Apple's new MacBook Pros, M3 chips and iMac

[The Morning After]( It's Tuesday, October 31, 2023. During its Scary Fast product event last night, Apple officially debuted its new [M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips](. The company is positioning the M3 chips as major upgrades over its M1 hardware — if you bought an M2 system, you’re probably not itching for a replacement just yet. The M3’s GPU is the biggest leap forward, delivering new features, like hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading, enabling more realistic lighting and better geometry handling. If you’re into chip architecture and other fun endeavors, the M3 chips are also notable for being the first PC chips built on a three-nanometer process — both the M1 and M2 families are based on a 5nm process. This means more transistors packed into the same space, which helps with power efficiency, as well as providing better overall performance. The M3 series will feature in the revamped MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch (more on those below), as well as the 24-inch iMac. That new chip will make the new iMac up to twice as fast as its predecessor, but there aren’t too many upgrades elsewhere in the latest Mac. Apple is sticking with a 4.5K Retina display, for instance. There are some handy changes on the connectivity front, now with support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 The new iMac starts at $1,299 and ships on November 7. — Mat Smith ​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. [Subscribe right here!]( The biggest stories you might have missed [Sweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI’s toughest challenges]( [Sony’s WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones drop to $330]( [The best cheap phones for 2023]( [Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s adventurous spirit might just win you over]( [Apple kills off the 13-inch MacBook Pro]( But it has new 14- and 16-inch models, don’t worry. [[TMA] Apple]( Apple’s [updated line of 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros]( features a range of new M3 chips and a new Space Black chassis. Was that the spooky part of Apple’s event? The 14-inch MBP with a base M3 processor will cost $1,599 — the first time the 14-inch laptop has hit that low of a price. The M3 Pro iteration will still cost you $1,999, and prices go up from there for M3 Max options. Meanwhile, a base 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M3 Pro chip will have the same $2,499 starting price as its M2 Pro predecessor. Alas, the 13-inch version [is no more](. Farewell, Touch Bar. [Continue reading.]( [Lenovo Smart Paper review]( A solid e-ink tablet spoiled by the cost. [[TMA] Engadget]( In the last few years, we’ve seen Amazon get into[e-ink scribes]( while startups like ReMarkable have carved out their own niche with capable hardware for a reasonable price. Lenovo, having dabbled with e-ink on devices like the[Yoga Book]( has joined the fray with a dedicated device, the[Smart Paper.]( While the product hasn’t yet launched in the US, the Smart Paper has launched elsewhere, including the UK. At around[$400]( (or £500 in the UK), it’s expensive. The hardware is impressive (and useful), but it’s all tainted by a subscription service that demands even more money. [Continue reading.]( [X won’t pay creators for tweets that get fact checked with community notes]( The ‘slight change’ is the latest attempt to address misinformation. X will no longer pay creators for tweets promoting misinformation. Elon Musk said the company is making a “slight change” to its monetization program, and tweets fact-checked via community notes will no longer be eligible for payouts. The latest change comes as researchers, fact-checkers and journalists have raised the alarm about the amount of viral misinformation spreading on X amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. [Recent analysis]( from NewsGuard, a nonprofit that tracks the spread of misinformation, found 74 percent of “the most viral posts on X advancing misinformation about the Israel–Hamas war are being pushed by ‘verified’ X accounts.” [Continue reading.]( The Morning After is a daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't [subscribe](. Craving even more? [Like us on Facebook]( or [follow us on Twitter](. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? [Send us a note.]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( You are receiving this email because you opted in at [engadget.com](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe from this newsletter.]( Copyright © 2023 Yahoo. All rights reserved.