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January 6, 2024, 1:55 AM

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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 …
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development's pace will keep accelerating, and more  —  The “2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI” shows that the scientific community has no consensus on the risks and opportunities of AI …
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 …
Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:
Alibaba-backed Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raised $126.14M in its Hong Kong IPO, with the stock falling 2% on its debut  —  - Robosense, a Chinese developer of laser imaging, detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors for self-driving cars, announced January that it had raised HK$985.12 million …
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post:
China's newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country's economy by growing its data sector by 20% every year  —  China's newly established data administration, an agency created by Beijing to make data an effective production factor …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: MobiKwik, a Peak XV-backed Indian payments and digital wallet provider, seeks to raise ~$84.2M in an IPO, and plans to raise ~$16M in a pre-IPO round  —  Indian financial services startup MobiKwik seeks to raise about $84.2 million through issue of new shares in an initial public offering …

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