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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple plans to move a San Diego-based Data Operations Annotations team, responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, to Austin; sources say 121 staff are impacted — - Company will relocate key Siri data operations group to Austin — Employees who can't transfer or find other jobs will be let go
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail the Apple Vision Pro's in-store sales process, including extensive fitting and calibration and an employee-guided demo lasting up to 25 minutes — The company is preparing an extensive sales pitch for the $3,499 device, including a demo lasting as long as 25 minutes.
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| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
A UN report says Tether's token is one of the leading payment methods for money laundering and frauds, including pig butchering scams, in Southeast Asia — Digital currency at the heart of scams including fake romance frauds known as ‘pig butchering’, report says
More: The Block, United Nations, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, Crypto Daily, and Cryptonews
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic researchers: AI models can be trained to deceive and the most commonly used AI safety techniques had little to no effect on the deceptive behaviors — Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they're exceptionally good at it.
More: arXiv.org, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, The Economic Times, The Decoder, Cryptopolitan, and VentureBeat
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea says Samsung and SK Hynix plan to invest more than $470B by 2047 to build 13 new chip plants and three research facilities in the country — - It envisions the world's biggest chipmaking center near Seoul — Samsung and Hynix are leading a two-decade investment
More: Tech in Asia, The Korea Herald, and DigiTimes
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls Binance, Kraken, and other global crypto apps from the Play Store in India, after the country flagged them for operating illegally in December 2023 — Google has pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India, the latest blow … | Bloomberg: |
Switzerland-based SoftwareOne, which advises companies on cloud strategies, rejects Bain's $3.5B takeover, ending months of back-and-forth; SWON.SW drops 10%+ — - Bain had offered the equivalent of 18.8 Swiss francs per share — Company has been in negotiations with Bain for several months
More: SoftwareONE and Reuters
| Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: |
Sources: dozens of Chinese entities, including military bodies, AI research institutes, and universities, bought small batches of Nvidia chips despite a US ban — Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches …
More: Benzinga, BNN Bloomberg, Cryptopolitan, Business Times, PC Gamer, and DigiTimes
| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Apple's September 2023 change to how its Podcasts app automatically downloaded episodes has dramatically curtailed download numbers for some podcasts — Apple has quietly tightened its reporting of how many people listen to podcasts, sending shock waves through an embattled audio industry still reeling …
X: @akwyz, @quantum49er, and @unbranded63
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Interoperability across ecosystems was one of CES 2024's main themes, with widespread support for Qi2 wireless charging perhaps being the most significant shift — Last year, you couldn't mention CES without bringing up Matter. It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard … | Emilia David / The Verge: |
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Threads: @mwurst. X: @sundeep, @rowancheung, @linustech, @ctrlzee, @aegies, @ces, @fireship_dev, @adriandittmann, @heyronir, and @m_mcdonough
| David Karpf / The Atlantic: |
OpenAI's GPT Store debut is reminiscent of Facebook Platform's 2007 launch, which allowed Facebook to use third-party developers' products to boost stickiness — The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook's past. — ChatGPT has certainly captured the world's imagination since its release at the end of 2022.
More: Cryptopolitan, Tubefilter, 9to5Google, and Android Headlines
| Adam Samson / Financial Times: |
Documents: Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March 2024 — New controls on VPNs underline Erdoğan's moves to curb freedom of information — Turkey is tightening its censorship … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How dye-sensitized solar cells, which are lightweight, bendable, and manufactured cheaply, can capture light indoors to charge small gadgets like headphones — Indoor solar power technology is finally becoming available; Some devices no longer need batteries at all
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