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Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band — It's finally time: Apple has announced it will start shipping its Vision Pro headset on February 2nd in the United States.
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Apple says the base Vision Pro model has 256GB of storage and the ZEISS Optical Inserts for readers cost $99 and prescription ZEISS Optical Inserts cost $149 — Apple has announced more details on Vision Pro availability. In a press release today, Apple announced that Vision Pro …
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OpenAI responds to the NYT lawsuit, says training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT is not telling the full story — We support journalism, partner with news organizations, and believe The New York Times lawsuit is without merit. — Authors| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Getty Images and Nvidia launch Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image service that generates stock photos and is aimed at SMBs — Getty Images and Nvidia are deepening their AI partnership with the launch of Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image platform specifically designed to make stock photos.| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO and from the company board, replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, amid slow growth and activist investor pressure — Lawson will be replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, who most recently led the communication business unit, Twilio said in a statement Monday.| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Starting this month Waymo plans to run its SUVs on Phoenix freeways, initially with just its staff, making it the first robotaxi company to prep faster rides — Starting this month the Alphabet Inc. unit will operate autonomous Waymos on Phoenix-area freeways.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying devices with Wi-Fi 7, which could offer big speed and efficiency gains over Wi-Fi 6 in phones, laptops, and routers in 2024 — The Wi-Fi Alliance is now officially certifying devices that support Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless home internet.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia debuts GeForce Now day passes, starting at $8 for Ultimate, which includes RTX 4080 access, and Priority for $4; GeForce Now will soon support G-Sync — Nvidia is bringing its G-Sync technology to the cloud with GeForce Now. The support will be added soon, according to Nvidia …
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Source: the US will release a rule soon, first proposed in 2022, requiring some independent contractors be considered employees, which may upend the gig economy — The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as soon as this week that will make it more difficult … | Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
HP debuts the $1,600+ Omen Transcend 14 with a 14" OLED, Intel Core Ultra 7 or Ultra 9, two USB-A, two USB-C, and an RTX 4070, weighing 1.6kg, coming in Q1 2024 — HP's Omen Transcend 14 weighs just 3.5 pounds while packing up to an RTX 4070 GPU. — Senior Writer, Reviews
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| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD announces the $329 Ryzen 7 8700G, $229 Ryzen 5 8600G, and $179 Ryzen 5 8500G for desktop, offering Zen 4 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, shipping January 31 — While it's been touted for many months that AMD will release APUs for desktops based on Zen 4, rumors and wishes have finally come … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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SCOTUS declines to hear a case filed by Twitter in 2014, in which Twitter argued that disclosing data requests in national security probes was protected by 1A — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk's X Corp to consider whether the social media company … | Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia plans to mass produce its H20 chip in Q2 2024, after missing a November 2023 launch, and make two more chips designed for China, the L20 and L2 — U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) plans to begin mass production in the second quarter of 2024 of an artificial intelligence (AI) … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
YouTube updates its cyberbullying policy to ban AI-generated content that “realistically simulates” deceased children or victims of crimes or deadly events — YouTube is updating its cyberbullying and harassment policies and will no longer allow content that “realistically simulates” … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Linear's CEO, who uses Carta to manage Linear's cap table, says Carta tried to sell Linear shares without his consent; Carta's 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 …
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