Apple just announced its long-rumored smart home hub, the HomeView, during its "Welcome home" event taking place today. As part of the event, it showed a video featuring the new device, and if you want to see it for yourself, you can watch it right here.

The HomeView is a 7-inch square display. It costs $299 and comes in two versions: one that mounts to a wall, and another that sits atop a small speaker base. It can be used to show smart home controls, pull up information with Siri AI, take video calls, and show footage from HomeKit Secure Video cameras. It's also a Matter controller and a Thread Border Router.

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Getty Images intends to file for bankruptcy and go private as part of a restructuring agreement after its plans to merge with rival stock platform Shutterstock fell through earlier this year. On Monday, Getty announced it had secured $533 million from the Getty family and Charles Koch's investment firm to cut its debt and take the company private, outlining plans to undergo a prepackaged Chapter 11 process "in the coming weeks."

The restructuring effort is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this year, with no anticipated impact on content contributors, partners, customers, or employees globally. Once completed, the company will be enti …

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Apple is introducing a refreshed Apple TV 4K today with a pair of interesting new hardware features: far-field microphones to talk to Siri hands-free and Find My built into the remote. The fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, announced at Apple's Welcome Home event in New York City, is the first model to support the Siri AI voice assistant and has a new home theatre feature that lets you pair up to four second-gen HomePods or HomePod Mini 2s for surround sound.

The new Apple TV 4K costs $299, more than twice the price the prior-generation Apple TV 4K debuted at and $50 more than the current top-of-the-line model (which is being discontinued). The fourt …

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Apple is announcing the long-awaited HomePod Mini 2 with a new chip that can power Siri AI - but support for those new AI features won't be available at launch. The speaker is also getting a new sound glow feature that syncs its LED lights with a song's album art, and it can now be your Mac's default speaker. Up to four can also pair with the new Apple TV 4K for surround sound. And like everything this year, it's more expensive, too.

The HomePod Mini 2 comes in pink, green, and a new shade of blue, along with white and black. It costs $149, $20 more than its predecessor, which is being discontinued. Preorders open today, October 13th, and …

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Apple has partnered with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric to launch the Apple Home Collection, an assortment of smart home devices meant to be easy to set up and use. The collection is something of a smart home starter pack, including security cameras, a video doorbell, a door lock, and two thermostats.

Apple is announcing the products as part of a major push into the smart home space, led by its new Siri AI-powered HomeView smart display. The devices are the first smart home gadgets the company has made for Apple Home; previously, it relied on third parties to make products for the platform. While third parties manufactured these, App …

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It's finally here: Apple's long-rumored smart display, the Apple HomeView, has arrived. I got a first look at the device in New York City this week, and it's gorgeous. The HomeView puts a small, vibrant screen atop a speaker base for taking video calls, beautifully displaying photos, and providing information at a glance with Apple's Siri AI voice assistant. The device's square shape makes it feel less imposing than larger smart displays like Google's Nest Hub Max or Amazon's Echo Show 11, and I can see it fitting nicely on my kitchen counter - though it might be a hair too big for my bedside table.

The HomeView is the centerpiece of Apple' …

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Elgato already dominates the market for hardware built for creators that use powerful desktop PCs, and it's now turning its attention to creators on the go with its first wireless microphone. The $99.99 Wave Go clips onto your clothes just like DJI's Mic Mini, with hands-free recording for vlogging and content creation.

The Wave Go is tiny, about the size of an AirPod, so it disappears on camera and only weighs seven grams. Despite the tiny size, Elgato is promising "broadcast-quality" audio, with a condenser capsule that supports EQ shift, auto gain, and noise cancellation.

The Wave Go clips onto clothes with a magnetic clip and plate, an …

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Apple unveiled a slate of new smart home gadgets at its aptly named "Welcome Home" event today, including its first (and highly anticipated) smart home hub. That flagship announcement came alongside much-needed refreshes for Apple's HomePod Mini and TV 4K devices, and a selection of new smart home and security accessories designed together with trusted third-party manufacturers.

Catch up on all of Apple's new hardware announcements in our roundup below, or click through for more detailed coverage on each.

The HomeView is Apple's first smart display

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HomeView is a square-shaped screen for smart home control, hands-free FaceTime calls and access to Siri AI.

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Apple’s October 13th launch event — given the tagline “Welcome Home” — is all about its efforts for the smart home.

The event was headlined by the debut of the HomeView, Apple’s first smart home display. It also launched a collection of smart home devices, including cameras, thermostats, and a smart lock, in partnership with other companies.

On top of the new device categories, Apple also refreshed two familiar ones. The HomePod Mini 2 was announced with support for Siri AI, and the Apple TV 4K also received a Siri AI-focused refresh.

You can follow along with all of our coverage right here.

• Watch Apple’s reveal video for the HomeView
• The new Apple TV 4K has built-in microphones so you can talk to Siri AI
• Apple announces the HomePod Mini 2, but it isn’t ready for Siri AI at launch
• The new Apple Home Collection includes a video doorbell, smart lock, and more
• Apple launches HomeView, its first smart display for the home
• Everything Apple launched at its ‘Welcome Home’ event
• How Apple can win the smart home
• What to expect from Apple’s ‘Welcome Home’ event
• Apple may have filed to trademark the word “HomeView.”
• Apple announces surprise ‘Welcome home’ launch event

JPMorgan, Goldman, Wells Fargo and Citigroup reported third-quarter results, kicking off a mixed Wall Street earnings season.

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The head of Britain’s domestic security agency accused Tehran and Moscow of escalating their hybrid campaigns on British soil. He called Iran-led attacks on Jewish communities “sickening.”

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