Apple says 14-inch MacBook Pro with M1 starts at $1,999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,499, available October 26 (Apple) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Apple says iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, and tvOS 15.1 will be available next week; macOS Monterey will be released on October 25 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Apple unveils MacBook Pros with 14.2" and 16.2" ProMotion displays with a notch, M1 Pro or Max chips, MagSafe, no Touch Bar, HDMI port, SD card slot, and more (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

SCOOP: Varun Dhawan was the first choice for Ali Abbas Zafar's next with Shahid Kapoor - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:54 Rating: 5

Disha Patani becomes Indian brand ambassador of Ambrane and Dabur Gulabari - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:54 Rating: 5

US Treasury Department report: in H1 2021, financial firms flagged ~$600M in suspected ransomware payments out of an estimated $5.2B in such payments (Ian Talley/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:41 Rating: 5

Deel, which provides tools for payroll, compliance, and other services to help remote hiring, raises a $425M Series D led by Coatue at a $5.5B valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:41 Rating: 5

NYSE says ProShares will launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Bitcoin futures, giving investors exposure without having to hold bitcoin directly (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Uber and its Dubai-based Careem subsidiary are facing a combined tax bill of around $100M in Saudi Arabia, driven by a dispute over calculating VAT (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:41 Rating: 5

Five US House Judiciary committee members write to Amazon accusing executives of either misleading Congress or lying about promoting its brands above rivals (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 05:41 Rating: 5