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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance at odds with seeking to reduce 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 …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 with pulse oximetry will be banned in the US again from January 18, after an appeals court denied Apple's request for a pause  —  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 …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting 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.
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:
Samsung's Galaxy S24 lineup includes Google's AI models Gemini Pro, for Notes, Voice Recorder, and Keyboard apps, and Gemini Nano, for Google Messages and more
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S24 with a 6.2" display and the Galaxy S24+ with a 6.7" display, both larger and brighter, starting at $800 and $1,000, respectively
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.”
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond  —  - Exchange compares tokens to plush toys to oppose regulation  — Courts are divided on whether crypto sales are securities
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 …
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

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Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
After Trump said some publications wanted the US to “lose the War”, FCC's Carr threatened broadcasters, saying they can lose their license over war coverage

New York Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos said “I don't care” after being told that WaPo could lose subs due to Opinion changes; 60K+ canceled their subs in Feb. following layoffs

Lukas I. Alpert / MarketWatch:
How BuzzFeed went from a $1.7B digital-media darling in 2016 to the brink of bankruptcy, as an early investor blames mismanagement following a 2021 SPAC merger

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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
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