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President Biden's administration declines to veto the US ITC's decision to ban Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 imports over Masimo's blood oxygen level patents — Apple filed an appeal on Tuesday of a decision to ban imports of Apple (AAPL.O) Watches based on a complaint …
More: The Verge, U.S. Trade Representative Press Office, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, PCMag, TechCrunch, MacRumors, The Messenger, Agence France-Presse, Gizmodo, CNBC, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, Android Headlines, SlashGear, Neowin, BGR, Digital Trends, Phandroid, iMore, The Korea Herald, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocket-lint, MSPoweruser, Supercharged, STAT, Sammy Fans, and The Economic Times
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
GTA V's source code appears to have been leaked on Discord, Telegram, a dark website, and other places, a little over a year after hackers breached Rockstar — The source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 was reportedly leaked on Christmas Eve, a little over a year after the Lapsus$ threat actors …
More: Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, Game Rant, SiliconANGLE, GTA Focal, Gadgets 360, Insider Gaming, TechPowerUp, Game Rant, Dexerto, Destructoid, Dexerto, and Blue's News
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Sources: Reddit expects 2023 ad revenue to grow 20%+ YoY to slightly over $800M; a source says Reddit was not profitable through the first nine months of 2023 — If the market for initial public offerings recovers in the new year, one company that aims to go public early on is Reddit.| Omar Sohail / Wccftech: |
Kuo: Apple is expected to ship an estimated ~500K Apple Vision Pro units in 2024; the headset will most likely start shipping in late January or early February — An earlier Apple Vision Pro launch timeline stated that the mixed-reality headset's shipments would start in February next year …
More: Ming-Chi Kuo, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Digital Trends, MacDailyNews, Tom's Guide, iMore, TechRadar, Patently Apple, The Apple Post, The Indian Express, iClarified, PhoneArena, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, Benzinga, WRAL TechWire, Huawei Central, and Gizmochina
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Grayscale Investments, which runs the world's largest crypto trust, says Barry Silbert resigned as chair, replaced by Mark Shifke, and offers no reason — Grayscale Investments, operator of the world's largest cryptocurrency trust, said Barry Silbert has resigned as chairman and will be succeeded by Mark Shifke.| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Israel agrees to give Intel a $3.2B grant for a $25B chip plant that the company plans to build in Kiryat Gat, set to open in 2028 and operate through 2035 — Israel's government agreed to give Intel Corp (INTC.O) a $3.2 billion grant for new $25 billion chip plant it plans to build in southern Israel, both sides said on Tuesday.
More: Barron's Online, Axios, Globes Online, NBC 7 San Diego, Metaverse Post, and Bloomberg
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A legal dispute about a BTC mine in a Texas town of 281 reveals how Chinese nationals use Tether to move money to the US without drawing authorities' attention — A legal dispute in a tiny Texas town unexpectedly reveals how Chinese nationals can move money to the U.S. without drawing the attention of authorities in either country.
More: crypto.news and The Verge
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung delays chip production in its $17B Texas fab, saying the company could not confirm its production schedule, a blow to the US' local chip ambitions — - TSMC has also postponed production at Arizona fab to 2025 — US chip ambition is plagued by permit and subsidy issues
More: Tom's Hardware, SamMobile, and Sammy Fans
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google Chrome's Safety Check feature, which checks if users' saved passwords have been compromised, will now “run automatically in the background” on desktop — Google's Safety Check feature for Chrome, which, among other things, checks the internet to see if any of your saved passwords … | Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for Android, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3; sources: a Copilot iOS app is nearly ready — Microsoft Copilot's ChatGPT-like app has finally arrived on Android, nearly two weeks after the tech giant announced its web version (copilot.microsoft.com).
More: Android Headlines, Neowin, The Verge, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Android Authority, SamMobile, Wccftech, and MSPoweruser. X: @techosarusrex
| Nicole Kobie / Wired: |
A look at AI apps like Bluey-GPT, Oscar, Once Upon a Bot, and Bedtimestory.ai, which create stories for kids, and concerns over copyright, trademark, and safety — Artificial intelligence can now tell tales featuring your kids' favorite characters. It's copyright chaos—and a major headache for parents and guardians.
More: The Economic Times and Hindustan Times
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
After vocal commitments following George Floyd's murder in 2020, DEI programs at Big Tech companies, including Meta and Google, were in broad retreat in 2023 — - After vocal commitments following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat.
More: NBC 7 San Diego and Black Enterprise
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