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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Filing: as part of the Masimo patent fight, US CBP decides that Apple can avoid a ban and sell the Apple Watch Series 9 by removing its pulse oximetry features — The U.S. Customs agency has handed down its decision on whether Apple's proposed redesign of the Apple Watch Series 9 …
More: Bloomberg, AppleInsider, The Verge, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, Thurrott, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Reuters, ip fray, Knobbe Martens, Pocket-lint, PhoneArena, The Apple Post, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, English Jagran, and Fortune
Mastodon: @jeff@honeytree.social. X: @florian4gamers, @markgurman, @markgurman, @ipfray, and @ipfray
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft debuts Copilot Pro for $20/mo./user, offering access to the latest models and features, like custom Copilot GPTs and integration into Office products — Copilot Pro, the most advanced and fastest version of Copilot, has been released today by Microsoft.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail the Apple Vision Pro's extensive in-store sales process, including a fitting, 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.
More: PCMag, Digital Trends, The Apple Post, AppleInsider, Laptop Mag, Redmond Pie, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, iMore, Mashable, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, MIXED Reality News, MacRumors, On my Om, Android Authority, Supercharged, BGR, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Mobilegamer.biz, TechRadar, KnowTechie, Business Standard, iClarified, Appleosophy, The Indian Express, 9to5Mac, UploadVR, iThinkDifferent, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, Benzinga, Engadget, Neowin, The Verge, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Threads: @bzamayo, @michaelbrwnjr, @brainthink, @dantley, @synstelien, @vthallam, @carnage4life, @andrewpardoe, @simonavery_sf, and @ledatru
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @pbg@sfba.social, and @J12t@social.coop
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, and @jbenton. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple prepares to split its App Store in two to serve the EU, as the deadline for the DMA, which mandates sideloading support, looms on March 7 — Apple is preparing to split the App Store “in two” in the coming weeks ahead of European Union requirements that will force Apple …
More: 9to5Mac, Times of India, The Verge, and Pocket-lint
X: @rkobylinski, @baconbrix, and @appltrack
Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
A UN report says Tether's token is one of the leading payment methods for money launderers and fraudsters, 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: United Nations, Crypto Daily, Forkast, Cryptonews, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, The Block, CoinGape, Forbes, Coinspeaker, and Protos. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Apple's September 2023 change to how its Podcasts app automatically downloads episodes dramatically cut the download numbers for some of the biggest podcasts — Apple has quietly tightened its reporting of how many people listen to podcasts, sending shock waves through an embattled audio …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog and Podnews
Mastodon: @clive@saturation.social and @js@podcastindex.social
| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Sources and ads: Chinese chipmakers are taking group tours to network with their Japanese counterparts, seeking ways to cope with tightening US export controls — China's semiconductor groups embark on tours after being hit by restrictions imposed by US and its allies| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
After NFT sales dropped 63% YoY to $8.7B in 2023, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer talks OpenSea 2.0, set to offer users improved differentiation between NFT categories — - NFTs have lagged behind Bitcoin in crypto resurgence — OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said more use cases for NFTs are here
More: Cryptonews, CCN.com, Metaverse Post, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, NFTgators, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, and PYMNTS.com
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI shares its plans ahead of 2024 elections, including image provenance tools, not letting users make tools for impersonation or political campaigning, more — We're working to prevent abuse, provide transparency on AI-generated content, and improve access to accurate voting information.| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Nielsen: Peacock's exclusive stream of the NFL AFC Wild Card game was the most-streamed event in US history, with 27.6M total viewers and a 24.6M peak average — The streams we were watching mostly held up, if you saw the game, how was the experience for you?| 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 … | Emma Park / Financial Times: |
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