Wired | Apple is expected to unveil more hardware today at an event in New York City. Keep an eye out for new iPads, a new MacBook, and possibly a mention of AirPower, the wireless charging pad that Apple announced over a year ago. The launch takes place today (Tuesday, October 30) at 10am ET (7am PT). The presentation will be streamed live from the Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn. Here's how to watch.

Mac Rumors | Apple announced that it plans to release iOS 12.1 to the public today following its Brooklyn event that is expected to see the debut of new iPad Pro models and refreshed Macs.

ZDNet | "IBM announced that it would be buying Red Hat for $34 billion — the largest acquisition in the company's 100+-year history. This seems like too much — too late. This should have occurred 10 years ago," writes Jason Perlow. "What I do see happening is the IBM cloudification of Red Hat's stuff and IBM pitching their cloud as the home for Red Hat Enterprise Linux workloads in the cloud. Customers running on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform — and yes, Oracle — are now second-class citizens."

Fossbytes | Microsoft has announced that Windows Defender (Windows 10 built-in antivirus) can now run within a sandbox, thus making it the first antivirus to do so. This will ensure that in an unlikely event of a compromise, malicious actions are limited to the isolated environment, protecting the rest of the system from harm.

Quartz at Work | The search giant announced last week a new time-saving trick that lets you open a blank document, presentation, spreadsheet, or form simply by typing .new as the domain name in the URL bar. For example, instead of having to navigate to Google Drive, click “New,” and select “Google Docs,” you can now type doc.new (no www.) in the browser and a new doc will appear.

How-To Geek | "The function keys on keyboards don’t get the love they used to, but depending on the app you’re running, they can still be quite handy. Microsoft Excel has some interesting features tucked away behind your function keys. Here’s what they do," writes Hayley Milliman.

InformationWeek | Too many companies waste money on tech initiatives that do nothing but slow them down. When harnessed correctly, technology can help businesses flourish in ways otherwise impossible. This article outlines the three biggest wastes of tech budget and what CIOs, IT leaders, and business owners can do to guarantee return on their digital investments.

Wired | A $1.50 wager on a "Call of Duty" match led to a fake 911 call reporting a violent hostage situation in Wichita. Here’s how it all went horribly awry.

G Suite Updates | Google is updating the interface of Activity dashboard in the Google Docs editors. The options and settings available won’t change, but they hope the new interface makes it easier to find data and collaborate more effectively.

G Suite Updates | Google is adding auto-provisioning support for two new applications: Bonusly and Klipfolio.