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| Samsung on YouTube: |
A livestream of the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked “Galaxy AI is coming” event at the SAP Center in San Jose, California — #GalaxyAI is coming.Join us at #SamsungUnpacked, on January 17, 2024.To view the YouTube streams on a desktop or laptop computer you'll need: • Most recent ve...
More: CNET, ZDNet, The Verge, TechSpot, Techaeris, Chrome Unboxed, XDA Developers, Sparrows News, Droid Life, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, SamNews 24, The Indian Express, Business Today, T3, Phandroid, Sammy Fans, and Android Police. Threads: @daveleebbg
| Engadget: |
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked, where the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra are expected — The event marks the launch of the the company's flagship Galaxy S24 family. — Coming in hot off the heels of CES, Samsung's first Unpacked event of 2024 is expected to usher in a new family …
More: The Keyword, ZDNet, CNET, Android Authority, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, IGN, T3, Android Headlines, 9to5Toys, TechCrunch, TechRadar, TechSpot, PhoneArena, Livemint, nextpit, and Notebookcheck
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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Threads: @joannastern and @androidauthority
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, Android Authority, MobileSyrup, Wccftech, and Droid Life
X: @patrickmoorhead and @lanceulanoff
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
More: Gizmodo, CNET, Tech Advisor, ZDNet, Engadget, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, T3, Digital Trends, PetaPixel, Android Headlines, SlashGear, and TechRadar
| Venkat Eswarlu / MSPoweruser: |
Google updates Chrome's Incognito disclaimer after a privacy settlement, saying that Incognito mode “won't change how data is collected” by Google and others — Readers help support MSPoweruser. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals — Apple wants Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case brought against it by the North Carolinian games maker.
More: TechCrunch, Computerworld, MacStories, AppleInsider, iMore, 9to5Mac, TweakTown, CourtListener, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, The Information, and Financial Times
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @games_fray, @games_fray, @timsweeneyepic, @jezcorden, @dhh, @mgsiegler, @florian4gamers, @games_fray, and @games_fray. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revises its US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, but will charge a 27% commission, or 12% for small business developers — In light of the US Supreme Court denying to hear Apple's appeal in its legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has announced a handful …
More: Apple Developer, MacRumors, PCMag, AppleInsider, Ghacks, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, The Messenger, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Liliputing, Music Ally, PC Gamer, TechRadar, Neowin, CNBC, WinBuzzer, iMore, GSMArena.com, Tom's Guide, BGR, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, MSPoweruser, iThinkDifferent, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Gizchina, KnowTechie, Pocket Gamer.biz, Pixel Envy, iClarified, Coalition for App Fairness, Aftermath, MacDailyNews, Reclaim The Net, and Bloomberg
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail PixieFail, a set of nine vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware from five of the top suppliers that helps hackers infect devices with malware — PixieFail is a huge deal for cloud and data centers. For the rest, less so. — UEFI firmware from five of the leading suppliers …
More: Quarkslab's blog, HotHardware, US-CERT, and iTnews
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Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Wired: |
Researchers describe a GPU vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from local memory on some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and other chips — Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google plans to tweak search results to give comparison websites more prominence, including a new unit of links for such websites, to comply with the EU's DMA — Google will tweak online search results to give comparison sites more prominence, the company said in a blogpost on Wednesday …
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Verge, Search Engine Land, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, AppleInsider, TNW, and Euractiv. X: @lutherlowe
| Engadget: |
Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min — We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.
More: Ming-Chi Kuo, The Verge, Dexerto, Road to VR, UploadVR, iDownloadBlog.com, Broadband TV News, Tom's Guide, MacRumors, Apple TV+ Press, Business Insider, Mashable, iMore, MSPoweruser, T3, Notebookcheck, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, KTLA, iMore, AppleInsider, MacStories, 9to5Mac, and BGR
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X: @joannastern, @andruedwards, @mkbhd, @carnage4life, @bzamayo, @alexguichet, @evleaks, @parkerortolani, @jetscott, @steven_aquino, @samfbiddle, @greengart, @ividev, @ijustine, @alexweprin, @bzamayo, @cultofmac, @markgurman, @snazzylabs, @lunayian, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @ericpresidentvr, @sadlyitsbradley, @kylebrussell, @gartenberg, @snazzylabs, @tombielecki, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Robert Keyghobad
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
More: Apple, MacRumors, iMore, The Verge, iLounge, Business Standard, The Indian Express, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Daring Fireball, Variety, and iMore
Threads: @parkerortolani, @danphilibin, and @parkerortolani
X: @dylanmcd8, @parkerortolani, @gartenberg, @rsgnl, @dylanmcd8, @dylanmcd8, @dylanmcd8, @gartenberg, @maxwinebach, @stephenrobles, and @rsgnl. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Notion debuts Notion Calendar, a free app on Mac, Windows, iOS, and the web with an optional Notion integration, after buying the calendar app Cron in June 2022 — Does the world need more calendar apps? That's the first question that came to my mind when I heard that Notion … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps — CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft … | Siobhan Roberts / New York Times: |
Google DeepMind details AlphaGeometry, created by AI researcher Trieu Trinh and others to solve Olympiad geometry problems at nearly a human gold medalist level — Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch. — For four years, the computer scientist … | Financial Times: |
CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had $871M of net inflows in the first three days of trading, including $723M inflows at BlackRock and $1.18B outflows at Grayscale — Grayscale has outflows of $579mn as investors turn to BlackRock and Fidelity for new crypto products
More: Bloomberg, NYDIG, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, Crypto Daily, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, Cryptopolitan, Blockworks, and Bloomberg. X: @jseyff
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Alphabet's Wing unveils a new drone that can carry up to five pounds, fly a 12 mile round trip, and cruise at 65mph, set for deployment in the next 12 months — If drone delivery is going to go mainstream, it's going to need bigger aircraft that can handle more stuff.
More: Wing Blog, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, CNET, The Messenger, TechCrunch, and DroneDJ
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Sources: Amazon plans a paid version of Alexa by June 2024, with an AI-powered version of Alexa, but internal politics and technical issues plague the project — - Amazon is working on a new paid subscription plan for its Alexa voice assistant. — The new plan would use an upgraded, AI-powered version of Alexa.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa voice prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series — Amazon is officially rolling out the ability to create AI-generated images on Fire TV devices. Starting today, the feature is available …
More: The Verge, ZDNet, About Amazon, TechHive, TechRadar, SlashGear, 9to5Toys, Android Central, Cord Cutters News, and Digital Trends
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