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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's preparations for the Vision Pro's US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust — Apple has a big year ahead for new products, but also faces challenges ranging from trying to catch up in AI to dealing with changes to the App Store.
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Threads: @theasmartbear. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @markgurman, @mysk_co, @carnage4life, @adeoressi, @evleaks, @mkbhd, and @kylesamani. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Linear's CEO, who uses Carta to manage its cap table, says Carta tried to sell Linear shares without its consent; Carta CEO blames a rogue employee — “This might be the end of Carta as the trusted platform for startups” — Carta, an ambitious 12-year-old Silicon Valley outfit …
More: Henry Ward, The Information, Fortune, and Financial Times
Threads: @casey.langwith. X: @henrysward, @karrisaarinen, @karrisaarinen, @henrysward, @carnage4life, @anothercohen, @alex, @danprimack, @rishmishra, @karrisaarinen, @rexsalisbury, @joshelman, @henrysward, @anothercohen, @rishmishra, @anothercohen, @karrisaarinen, @ashleymayer, @kevinleeme, @buccocapital, @lulumeservey, @carnage4life, @mitchellh, @josephjacks_, and @sm
LinkedIn: Sim Desai and Ted Merz, CFA
Forums: Hacker News and Hacker News
| Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg: |
Carta is investigating an internal policy violation that affected Linear and two other companies, where someone “on the cap table” was contacted — The chief executive officer of Carta Inc. said the startup was investigating customer allegations that it misused their data …
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some executives and board members fear that Elon Musk's use of LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, ketamine, and other drugs could harm his companies — Some executives and board members fear the billionaire's use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies
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| IEEE Spectrum: |
How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims — This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
More: Tom's Hardware, Business Insider, and Marcus on AI
Bluesky: @tylerking.bsky.social and @clemens.vasters.com
X: @rahll, @slack2thefuture, and @garymarcus
LinkedIn: Rupert Breheny, Noah Gift, Avram Piltch, Paul Dongha PhD, Valliappa Lakshmanan, and Rafael Brown
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra AR glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the user's environment and add features like hand tracking, shipping in March 2024 — Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a new entry in its Air glasses lineup: the $699 Air 2 Ultra.| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Music industry insiders reflect on the waning influence of popular, human-curated Spotify playlists, as the company shifts towards AI-driven personalization — The streaming giant's shift to automation is impacting the supremacy of curated music selections — Welcome back to Soundbite, and happy New Year!
Threads: @ashleycarman, @ashleycarman, @__philipclark, @seaninsound, and @lazyboyloops
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs partners with Eli Lilly and Novartis on AI-based drug discovery, with $82.5M paid upfront and $2.9B in performance incentives — Isomorphic Labs, the London-based, drug discovery-focused spin-out of Google AI R&D division DeepMind, today announced that it's entered … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for almost a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is ~30% less than in 2022 — U.S. national security officials have raised concerns about North Korea's use of stolen crypto to develop nuclear weapons. — Register Now| Raphael Minder / Financial Times: |
The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and others to help dissident Belarusian media by promoting their stories higher than those from pro-regime outlets — Journalists claim groups including Google and Meta are ‘tools’ of Minsk's totalitarian regime — The European Commission … | Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: |
Measurable AI: KeeTa, Meituan's sister app, has gained 37% marketshare of Hong Kong's food delivery market after debuting in May 2023; Foodpanda leads with 42% — - It's surpassed Deliveroo in market share since May launch — Meituan is expanding overseas to offset China's weak demand| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Sources: China acts to ease fears of a regulatory crackdown on its video game industry, including firing an official and convening consultations on new measures — Beijing fires prominent regulatory official and fast-tracks consultations on proposed measures
More: The Information, Fortune, and Techdirt
Forums: r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/China, and r/gachagaming
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