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January 5, 2024, 5:25 PM

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New York Times:
Sources: the US DOJ may file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that targets the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as H1 2024  —  Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Incase partners with Microsoft to sell PC accessories, which Microsoft discontinued in 2023; new products include ones that Microsoft designed but never shipped  —  Microsoft surprised everyone last year by deciding to discontinue its range of popular mice, keyboards, and PC accessories.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
A developer finds that Google seems to be working on Bard Advanced, an upgraded version of Bard that will be available through a Google One paid subscription  —  Google appears to be working on an upgraded version of Bard called “Bard Advanced” that will be available through a paid subscription …
Ezra Reguerra / Cointelegraph:
CertiK: $1.8B+ in digital assets was lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% from the $3.7B lost in 2022; Q3 2023 recorded the most losses, at $686M+  —  CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu told Cointelegraph that, all things considered, 2023 was a “positive development” for blockchain security.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix is considering ways to make money from video games, including via IAPs and ads; Apptopia: as of October 2023, <1% of subscribers played its games daily  —  Ideas include charging extra for some games and incorporating ads, in-game purchases  —  Netflix has said it plans to be in gaming for years to come.
Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer:
How a change to US tax law Section 174, forcing amortization of software labor, led to higher tax bills, less hiring, more layoffs, IP moving abroad, and more  —  👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter.  In every issue, I cover topics related …
Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google:
Samsung debuts Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub, an accessory program for its cloud Gaming Hub on its smart TVs; the first product is a PDP wireless controller  —  Ahead of CES 2024, Samsung is taking the wraps off of a new officially licensed accessory program for the cloud “Gaming Hub” …
Bloomberg:
China says Tesla will deploy an OTA update to fix Autopilot issues in 1.6M+ cars, or virtually all of its cars ever sold in China, after a US recall in December  —  - Carmaker will deploy over-the-air software upgrade to cars  — Move mirrors recall of 2 million vehicles in the US last month
Bloomberg:
Source: Microsoft executive Dee Templeton has joined OpenAI's board as a nonvoting observer, as part of a broader boardroom overhaul after Altman's brief ouster  —  - Templeton has already begun attending board meetings  — Appointment is part of broader boardroom overhaul at OpenAI
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