Wall Street Banks Face New Pressure

Apple unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, an OLED display and a Dynamic Island, after two decades of rejecting touch Macs. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and weighs 3 pounds; the 16-inch starts at $3,399. It arrives on 6 November.

Anthropic is weighing a retail offering of 15% to 20% of the shares available in the IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. Those sources say the company behind Claude has tapped JPMorgan Chase to lead the US retail offering. Bloomberg’s Ryan Gould discusses the plans with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

It's thinner, lighter and has a better screen - but it's still a MacBook Pro.

Anger over the AI buildout is coming from the “fringes,” says Shawn Matthews, chairman of Host Digital, a vertically integrated data center developer. Matthews, who is the former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, argues the way to avoid backlash over data centers is to build in places that have the right space and power to support them. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.

Governments, households and businesses have a stake in how electricity networks accommodate the next wave of industrial growth. When someone proposes a major data centre development, the question extends beyond whether it can secure a connection to the grid. It also includes the additional cost of accommodating the connection.

AI will help boost video game quality, allowing developers to be more creative and deal with issues like old code, says Bing Gordon, a founding executive at Electronic Arts and former chief product officer at Kleiner Perkins. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech" to discuss his new book, "Everybody Wins: What Games Teach Us About Making Products People Love.