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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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| 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 …
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| 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.
More: The Register, PYMNTS.com, Computerworld, The Guardian, Metaverse Post, CNBC, Android Police, ITPro, Tech.co, Proactive, Pocket Gamer.biz, TechSpot, Fortune, CCN.com, Reuters, Business Today, MSPoweruser, Neowin, Livemint, 9to5Google, TechRadar, The Information, PhoneArena, Cointelegraph, Android Headlines, Business Insider, and TechCrunch
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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| 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.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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Threads: @joannastern. X: @florian4gamers, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @joannastern, @thomasortk, @sondesix, @tomwarren, @patrickmoorhead, and @lanceulanoff
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
More: CNET, Android Authority, Ars Technica, Phandroid, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Appuals, Droid Life, and Android Authority. X: @sondesix
| 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 Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to conduct 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.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or allow its iPad app on the platform, and says users can watch Netflix on the web browser — Netflix Inc. isn't planning to launch an app for Apple Inc.'s upcoming Vision Pro headset, marking a high-profile snub of the new technology … | 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: |
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
StatCounter: Bing ended 2023 with 3.4% global search market share, up less than one percentage point after ChatGPT; Google had 91.6%, Yandex 1.6%, and Yahoo 1% — - Search engine has steadily increased usage but remains tiny — Google meanwhile is racing to add its own AI enhancements| Reuters: |
Sources: Reddit has drawn up detailed IPO plans to launch in March 2024, with a public filing in late February, the first major social media IPO since Pinterest — Social media platform Reddit has drawn up detailed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March …
More: CoinGape, TechStartups, City A.M., and Cointelegraph
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Have I Been Pwned adds ~71M email addresses of stolen accounts to its service 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 …
| Jon Keegan / The Markup: |
A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: a total of 186,892 companies shared the volunteers' data with Facebook, averaging 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 …
| 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 of directors and become an informal advisor to the company in May 2024 — Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta's board of directors, Axios has learned. She will become an informal adviser to the company in May.
More: Reuters, Washington Post, CNN, The Messenger, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, Silicon Republic, The Guardian, Gizmodo, CNBC, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Post, The Hill, The Information, Financial Times, Business Insider, Proactive, Fortune, New York Daily News, Deadline, Engadget, and Barron's Online
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 … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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