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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS marketing style guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps — Apple on Monday finally confirmed that Vision Pro will arrive in stores early next month.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| CoinDesk: |
An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the SEC has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs — The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
More: The Verge, The Block, The Register, CNBC, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, The Messenger, Watcher Guru, Coinspeaker, Bitcoin Insider, and Cointelegraph
X: @garygensler, @cgasparino, @taylorbuley, @packym, and @danprimack
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
X suspended several podcasters and journalists, including The Intercept's Ken Klippenstein and Texas Observer's Steven Monacelli, with little to no explanation — Elon Musk's “free speech” social media platform banned a number of accounts recently critical of Israel.
More: VICE, Mashable, NBC News, New Republic, The Messenger, and Business Insider
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to start automatically restricting teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content, including posts about self-harm, in the coming weeks — Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
In a first, the US FTC bans the data broker X-Mode Social, now known as Outlogic, from selling phone location data and orders it to delete collected data — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday.
More: Federal Trade Commission, BleepingComputer, The Record, Reuters, and Politico
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces Matter Casting, an Apple AirPlay-like feature to send videos from Android and iOS to Amazon devices, initially supporting Echo Show devices — Amazon.com Inc. introduced a new feature that mimics Apple Inc.'s AirPlay while working across different platforms …
More: About Amazon, MacRumors, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, The Information, 9to5Google, Engadget, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Android Central, 9to5Toys, Android Authority, MacDailyNews, The Streamable, The Windows Club, Advanced Television, ZDNet, TechHive, Thurrott, Business Post, iClarified, and Android Police
| Bloomberg: |
Beijing's judicial bureau says a state-backed institution cracked Apple's AirDrop to identify message senders, and police found multiple suspects via the method — - Beijing agency claims to have found way to identify senders — Declaration follows efforts to crack down on sensitive content| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing option — Apple has AirDrop. Android now has Quick Share. — At CES 2024 today, Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration with Samsung … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How the internet reshaped itself around Google's search algorithms, including via SEO tricks, and the company's role in many websites now using similar designs — How the internet reshaped itself around Google's search algorithms — and into a world where websites look the same. — Animations by Richard Parry
More: Search Engine Roundtable, Search Engine Journal, GamingOnLinux, and MSPoweruser
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| New York Times: |
Elections and disinfo are colliding like never before in 2024, as social networks reduce protections and state influence campaigns and AI-fueled disinfo ramp up — A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of extremism, A.I. advances and a pullback in social media protections.| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Microsoft finds a material that could replace ~70% of lithium in a battery, by using Azure Quantum Elements HPC resources to run simulations and AI models — Recently, Microsoft built a clock. — Well, “built” may be overstating things. Members of the company's quantum computing team found …
More: Windows Central, Microsoft, VentureBeat, The Verge, GeekWire, BBC, Source, Proactive, The Quantum Insider, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and TechRadar. LinkedIn: Frank X. Shaw
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
In November 2023, Apple challenged the EU's DMA designation of its five App Stores as a single service, iOS' interoperability, and iMessage's NIICS designation — Apple (AAPL.O) has challenged EU tech rules designating its five App Stores as a single core platform service subject to onerous obligations …
More: 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, Supercharged, The Verge, and EU Law Live
X: @dhh, @lewis_crofts, @zach_cer, @lewis_crofts, @brendaneich, @brendaneich, @brendaneich, and @timsweeneyepic. Forums: Hacker News
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC plans shutdown of the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding …
More: The Hill, The Register, Washington Post, Total Telecom, RCR Wireless News, Fierce Telecom Industry News, CommsUpdate, and Telecompetitor. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Keith Rabois is returning to Khosla Ventures as a managing director, after five years at Founders Fund — With $3.1 billion in new funds, Khosla Ventures and founder Vinod Khosla are bringing back Keith Rabois, a high-profile former partner and outspoken Miami resident.
More: The Information. X: @ericnewcomer, @kevg1412, @zebulgar, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @rabois, and @alexrkonrad
| Eric Geller / The Messenger: |
Source: the US is planning rules would require hospitals impose new cybersecurity requirements to get federal funding, amid a barrage of hacks in the industry — The White House sees the policy as essential for patient safety. The hospital industry has vowed to oppose it.| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
A profile of OpenAI VP of Global Affairs Anna Makanju, who helped transform Sam Altman from a startup darling into an AI ambassador and worked in Obama's admin — This summer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a pilgrimage to India to discuss the artificial intelligence revolution with a towering figure: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft's OpenAI investment should be vetted under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds — - EU watchdog follows UK regulator in weighing a probe — Move comes after furore over firing and rehiring of Sam Altman
More: European Commission, Decrypt, The Register, Ars Technica, Reuters, Associated Press, Fortune, The Korea Herald, Cointelegraph, The Messenger, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, KNSD-TV, Moneycontrol, Cryptopolitan, CCN.com, The Guardian, The Information, Financial Times, TechCrunch, ITPro, Sifted, RTÉ, Business Insider, The Decoder, Business Post, Tech Xplore, Thurrott, and The Verge
X: @lewis_crofts and @lewis_crofts
| Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire: |
ExtraHop, which uses ML to help companies prevent, detect, and eliminate threats on their networks, raised $100M and says it ended 2023 with ~$200M in ARR — Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite executives.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Asus revamps the Zenbook Duo with two 14" 120Hz OLED displays and a detachable bluetooth keyboard; in the UK it will debut in late January for £1,699 — Asus is back with another Zenbook Duo, the latest device in its range of dual-screened laptops. But rather than including … | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Micron announces LPCAMM2, thinner and lighter laptop RAM that may replace SODIMM, the nearly 25-year-old standard, as Samsung, Dell, and more also make progress — It's thinner and lighter than standard notebook RAM, and it's upgradeable unlike soldered memory. — Laptop RAM is facing a conundrum.
More: Blocks and Files, Liliputing, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, OC3D, Tom's Hardware, and guru3d.com
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Startup Rabbit Inc. debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March — The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, The Verge, ZDNet, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, The Decoder, Liliputing, TechSpot, and Business Wire
X: @doganuraldesign, @raywongy, @ianzelbo, @simonw, @stevemoser, @holdenmatt, and @rabbit_hmi
| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Elliott Management has built a ~$1B stake in Match Group and plans to push the online dating company to take steps to boost its stock; MTCH jumps 5%+ — Activist has roughly $1 billion stake and intends to meet with Match to discuss ways to improve online dating company's performance
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