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Apple plans to halt Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week, to “preemptively” comply with an ITC patent ruling under US review until December 25 — In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple has announced that it will soon halt sales of its flagship Apple Watch models in the United States.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a software fix to avoid an Apple Watch ban in the US over Masimo's patents; Masimo says “the hardware needs to change” — - Company submitting software workaround to customs agency — Apple engineers are racing to develop fixes for patent issue
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| Reuters: |
Adobe and Figma end their $20B merger, announced in September 2022, over “no clear path” to EU and UK antitrust approval; Adobe owes Figma a $1B termination fee — Adobe (ADBE.O) on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Flipboard plans to replace its entire social back end with ActivityPub and by April 2024 let any Flipboard user follow any fediverse account from within its app — Flipboard is taking its biggest step yet into the fediverse. The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into X, focusing on “illegal content and disinformation”, ad transparency, “deceptive design”, and data access — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union's tough new Digital Service Act rules …
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| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
Coinbase, a16z, the Winklevoss twins, and others poured $78M into crypto super PACs in Q4 2023, an immense raise in three months, ahead of the 2024 US elections — Cryptocurrency industry leaders have poured $78 million into super PACs aimed at bolstering and growing the ranks …
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| Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
The US DOT fines Southwest Airlines $140M, in addition to customer refunds, for the December 2022 meltdown caused by its antiquated flight scheduling software — Wrist, meet slap: Only a quarter will be paid to Treasury, the rest is vouchers and credits — The US Department of Transportation has … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says its board can hold back the release of an AI model even if OpenAI's leadership says it's safe, and announces a new internal safety advisory group — The arrangement was mentioned in a set of guidelines released Monday explaining how the ChatGPT-maker plans to deal with AI risks.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok updates its app for tablets and foldable devices, adding streamlined navigation bars and a landscape mode, as the company seeks to compete with YouTube — TikTok has rolled out an update to enhance the app experience for viewers on tablets and foldable devices, the company announced on Monday.
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| Reuters: |
Iran says a cyberattack disrupted services at ~70% of gas stations across the country; a group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claims responsibility — Iran's Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday confirmed that a nationwide disruption to petrol stations was caused by a cyberattack.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Game preservationists are digging into a 1.2TB cache of TestFlight data, from roughly 2012 to 2015, found on the Internet Archive, containing a ton of old apps — A huge number of old mobile games and apps from TestFlight, which lets developers share in-development versions of their apps … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Mortgage and loan giant Mr. Cooper says hackers stole the personal data of 14.6M+ customers, like dates of birth, phone numbers, SSNs, and bank account numbers — Hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than 14.6 million Mr. Cooper customers, the mortgage and loan giant has confirmed.
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| Reuters: |
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