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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, 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: Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, IGN, MacRumors, Wired, InfoQ, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Liliputing, and PC Gamer
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Google News surfaces sites that use AI to rip off other outlets and churn out content; Google says News doesn't focus on whether articles are by humans or AI — 404 Media reviewed multiple examples of AI rip-offs making their way into Google News. Google said it doesn't focus on how an article …
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| 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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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
In the Samsung Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra online listings footnotes, Samsung says Galaxy AI features will be free only until the end of 2025 — AI is the big selling point of Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series, but the new, rather good suite of Galaxy AI features may eventually come with a cost, the company has confirmed.| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
| 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” … | 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.| 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 … | 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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| 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, The Register, Search Engine Land, Thurrott, Consumer Reports, and The Verge
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| 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| 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.| 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.
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Iowa sues TikTok for having an “inaccurate” 12+ age rating on the App Store and a “T” Play Store rating, claiming inappropriate content is “easily accessible” — TikTok is getting sued by the state of Iowa over claims that it's lying to parents …
More: The Hill, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, Iowa Attorney General, and Reuters
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI announces a deal with Arizona State University, which will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to build personalized AI tutors — - OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution: Starting in February, Arizona State University … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night — Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday.
More: Instagram, NBC News, The Verge, Forbes, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| 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 …
More: MacStories, Thurrott, UploadVR, Engadget, Daring Fireball, PCMag, Road to VR, Windows Central, iDownloadBlog.com, The Streamable, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, Scripting News, Tabletmonkeys, Supercharged, TechCrunch, Neowin, MIXED Reality News, MSPoweruser, T3, Tom's Guide, South China Morning Post, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, BGR, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and AppleInsider
| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
DefiLlama: since its November 2023 agreement with US agencies, Binance has had $4.6B net inflows, including $3.5B in January, far outpacing rivals like OKX — - New CEO Richard Teng must still contend with lawsuit from SEC — Crypto traders are again flocking to Binance …
More: Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, The Block, and CoinGape
| Access Now: |
Gaza's internet and telecoms have been fully shut down for seven straight days, the longest time since October 2023; 12 of its ISPs are down since October 2023 — For seven consecutive days, internet and telecommunications services have been fully shut down in the Gaza Strip.
More: TechCrunch and New York Times
| 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 …
More: InfoWorld, TNW, TIME, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, Music Ally, Fairly Trained, and Wired. Bluesky: @stagefright.bsky.social
| 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 securitiesSponsor Posts
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