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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
The US will ban the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 with pulse oximetry again from January 18, after an appeals court denied Apple's request to pause the ban — The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 with blood oxygen features will be banned from being sold in the United States again …
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting at 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day — Earlier today, a US appeals court rejected Apple's request to pause the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 ban as the company appeals … | Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though “not at the scale” of 2023's reductions and not affecting every team — Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th.
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Threads: @msbertenthal and @benedictevans. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @alexeheath. LinkedIn: Diane Hirsh Theriault
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance, instead of seeking to lessen regulatory pressure — That take didn't last long. … Sweeney's description makes it sound as though Apple is demanding its commission from all web sales …
More: 9to5Mac, Apple Developer, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Wired, InfoQ, Ars Technica, and SiliconANGLE
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| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions — - TSMC reported fourth-quarter revenue slipped 1.5% from a year ago to NT$625.53 billion, while net income dropped 19.3% from a year ago to NT$238.71 billion.
More: The Register, TSMC, Finbold, Nikkei Asia, Tech in Asia, TrendForce Insights, Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, TSMC, and Tech Xplore
| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
The EU Council and Parliament reach a provisional deal on the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to run user due diligence — Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1,000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google's TAG says Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity and using new tactics, like data-stealing malware, to cause more disruption — Google researchers say they have evidence that a notorious Russian-linked hacking group — tracked as “Cold River” …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or support its iPad app on the AR/VR platform, and says users can watch Netflix in the browser — Netflix Inc. isn't planning to launch an app for Apple Inc.'s upcoming Vision Pro headset, marking a high-profile snub … | Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
StatCounter: Bing ended 2023 with 3.4% global search market share, up less than 1 percentage point after ChatGPT; Google had 91.6%, Yandex 1.6%, and Yahoo 1.1% — - Search engine has steadily increased usage but remains tiny — Google meanwhile is racing to add its own AI enhancements| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy S24 Ultra, with a new titanium finish, a 6.8" 1440p display, a 50-megapixel camera with 5x zoom, shipping on January 31 from $1,299 — For several years running, Samsung's S-series Ultra has been that device, and the company is going just as big with the Ultra for 2024.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: Samsung Newsroom, The Keyword, Wccftech, Financial Times, MSPoweruser, Sammy Fans, Forbes, Constellation Research, Phandroid, PYMNTS.com, and Android Headlines
Threads: @joannastern. X: @florian4gamers, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @joannastern, @thomasortk, @sondesix, @tomwarren, @patrickmoorhead, and @lanceulanoff
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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| Jon Keegan / The Markup: |
A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: 186,892 companies had sent data about the volunteers to Facebook, or an average of 2,230 companies per person — A new study looks at who is sending information about your online activity to Facebook … By now most internet users know their online activity is constantly tracked.
More: Consumer Reports, Thurrott, The Register, Consumer Reports, and The Verge
Mastodon: @mathew@universeodon.com, @dltj@code4lib.social, and @themarkup@mastodon …
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials — Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to its data breach notification service.
More: Troy Hunt, Ars Technica, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, SecurityWeek, TechSpot, and Have I Been Pwned …
Mastodon: @j_opdenakker@infosec.exchange. X: @haveibeenpwned. Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Sources: Reddit has drawn up plans for an IPO in March 2024, with a public filing in late February, the first major social media IPO since Pinterest's in 2019 — Social media platform Reddit has drawn up detailed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March …
More: Proactive, CoinGape, City A.M., and TechStartups
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces Circle to Search, a set of new gestures for searching from anywhere on Android, available on Galaxy S24 devices and Google's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro — Alongside Samsung's launch event today, Google announced a new way to search on Android phones dubbed “Circle to Search.”| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: TechCircle, Associated Press, Sam Lover, SlashGear, Bloomberg, PCMag, Android Central, Engadget, Android Police, and nextpit
| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Fairly Trained, a nonprofit founded by ex-Stability AI VP Ed Newton-Rex, will give certification labels to AI companies that get consent for their training data — New system seeks to create a sort of ‘organic’ or ‘fair trade’ label for AI. — A new initiative will evaluate … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta's board and become an informal advisor to the company in May 2024; Sandberg left Meta in September 2022 — Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta's board of directors, Axios has learned.
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X: @chrisharihar, @zamaan_qureshi, and @mikeisaac
Facebook: Sheryl Sandberg, Don Dodge, and Mark Zuckerberg
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Galaxy S24 Ultra hands-on: the matte titanium frame is nice, a flat display makes sense given the phone's size and S-Pen support, but it's still hefty at 233g — Samsung has just announced its new, more expensive Galaxy S24 Ultra. What's new? At a glance, not much …
More: SamMobile, Android Headlines, Android Police, iMore, Sam Lover, Mashable, Wccftech, 9to5Toys, 9to5Mac, The Tech Chap on YouTube, and Marques Brownlee on YouTube
X: @durreadan01 and @mkbhd
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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