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Sources: Apple hit major milestones in a Jobs-era project to develop noninvasive blood glucose monitoring, part of its Alphabet X-like Exploratory Design Group — Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Samsung expands Bixby Text Call, which answers calls via text-to-speech, to English and unveils Custom Voice Creator, which clones the user's voice, in Korean — AI voice clones are already being deployed in podcasts and video games, but how long until they can be harnessed directly by the general public?| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft releases updated Bing and Edge apps on iOS and Android in preview, offering the same chat experience as on desktop, and adds a Bing chatbot to Skype — Microsoft just expanded the new Bing to Android, iOS, Edge mobile, and Skype. — What you need to know
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel's images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection — Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …
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A recap of the oral arguments before SCOTUS in Twitter v. Taamneh, brought by the family of a victim killed in an ISIS attack in Istanbul in 2017 — What we're covering — Justice Gorsuch is still under the weather — Justice Neil Gorsuch remains ill and will be absent from the courtroom …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches DJ, an AI-powered radio DJ feature that offers curated music and commentary about the tracks and artists in a “stunningly realistic voice” — Ahead of Spotify's upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Artifact, the personalized news reader created by Instagram's co-founders, opens to the public for Android and iOS, with new features and no sign-up required — Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram's co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required.
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| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Source: Meta plans more layoffs, possibly in the thousands, including by flattening company management layers and via more traditional cuts to projects and jobs — The Facebook parent company plans to push some leaders into lower-level roles, flattening layers of management at the social media giant
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| Reuters: |
Mercedes-Benz partners with Google to bring navigation software and YouTube to its next-gen car OS and strikes a multibillion-dollar sensor deal with Luminar — Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Google (GOOGL.O) to develop branded navigation …
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| Mickey Djuric / The Canadian Press News: |
Google tests blocking news content in Search for fewer than 4% of Canadian users for about five weeks, a potential response to Canada's proposed Online News Act — Google blocking news for some Canadians in test — OTTAWA - Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue down 21% YoY to $6.05B vs. $6B est., Data Center revenue up 11% YoY to $3.62B, and Q1 revenue guidance above estimates; NVDA jumps 8%+ — - Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday after the company reported slightly higher revenue and net income than Wall Street expected … | Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: AT&T is working with Barclays to solicit bids for its cybersecurity business, called AlienVault when AT&T acquired the company for ~$600M in 2018 — AT&T Inc (T.N), the second-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is exploring a sale of its cybersecurity division …
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TSMC staff worry the $40B factory in Arizona is a bad business decision, arguing the project may distract from R&D, showing TSMC's tricky geopolitical position — Employee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory.
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| CoinDesk: |
A US judge rules that NBA Top Shot Moments on the Flow blockchain might be securities and refuses to dismiss a lawsuit against Dapper Labs for offering the NFTs — The offering of Dapper Labs' NBA-branded “Top Shot” non-fungible tokens might be securities, a federal judge ruled Wednesday …
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google claims a breakthrough in correcting quantum computer errors by spreading the data across qubits so the system can retain enough to complete a calculation — Company's latest research could signal a step towards overcoming one hurdle to the technology
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Microsoft Edge Canary preview on Windows appears to be injecting Edge ads into the Google website for downloading Chrome Canary — Microsoft sees its browser as an important aspect and entry point for the new Bing. Microsoft Edge on Windows is now showing a rather aggrieve ad …
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Slashdot, Neowin, The Register, iThinkDifferent, Laptop Mag, BigTechWire, TechSpot, KnowTechie, Gizchina, WinBuzzer, Softpedia News, and MSPoweruser
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Everyday Robots will no longer be a separate project within Alphabet and some of its tech and staff will be consolidated into Google Research robotics efforts — The company recently laid off thousands of human employees—it is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables.| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Securities lawyers say the SEC is unlikely to win a lawsuit over stablecoins, such as Paxos' BUSD, since owners do not expect profits, a part of the Howey test — Agency investigates whether the cryptocurrencies' issuance violated investor-protection laws — Washington's battle to rein in crypto has a new front: stablecoins.
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