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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Four reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple's Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at Apple for its App Store policies — Apple's new Vision Pro will lack some key apps when it debuts, renewing concerns about an already-tense relationship with certain developers.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in political campaigns — It's the ChatGPT maker's first known action against the use of its technology in a political campaign
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| Harry McCracken / Technologizer: |
In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, who co-founded PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands from the 1980s — In an unpublished manuscript, the cofounder of three enduring media brands looks back. … “But Flying Upside Down is more than that.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
As the Mac turns 40, a look at its evolution and interviews with Alan Dye and other Apple executives about its future, its influence on the Vision Pro, and more — The pioneering PC revolutionized how people interact with computers. As the Mac enters its fifth decade, Apple says it will continue to evolve.
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Sources: Canva generated $2B+ in annualized revenue in 2023 and is nearing a $1.5B+ share sale at a ~$26B valuation, roughly the same as in its previous round — - Sale of existing shares would maintain $26 billion valuation — Australian firm saw over $2 billion annualized revenue in 2023| Juliette Perreard / Nikkei Asia: |
Generative AI and how to regulate the tech dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies — Finding common language with China will be difficult, European Commission official says — One of the many signs in Davos …
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LinkedIn: Shea Brown and Stefan Bauschard
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Nightshade, a free tool that lets artists “poison” AI models being trained on their artwork without permission, is now available to download for Mac and PC — It's here: months after it was first announced, Nightshade, a new, free software tool allowing artists to “poison” …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The US sentences BreachForums admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, to 20 years of supervised release for his role in operating the cybercrime forum — Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia … | Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says Russia-linked group Midnight Blizzard hacked some employee emails beginning in November 2023; the same group breached SolarWinds as early as 2019 — - Nation-state spies previously conducted cyber-espionage on US — Targeted breaches hit Microsoft executives, cyber team
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Chinese warehouse robotic startups are keen to ease Japan's logistics crunch; IFR: 52% of ~550K warehouse robots deployed globally in 2022 were made in China — Startups see Japanese market as testing ground ahead of domestic growth — Quicktron's autonomous mobile robots move and shelve bins in warehouses.
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| Edwin Heathcote / Financial Times: |
Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators — Programs such as Dall-E and Midjourney are revolutionising the designs of buildings, but threatening the industry too| Sam Potter / Bloomberg: |
An interview with crypto skeptic James Block, whose damning critique of Signature Bank on his newsletter, Dirty Bubble Media, became the best short call of 2023 — - Doctor whose hobby is debunking crypto made top bearish call — Report on Signature Bank appeared two months before collapse
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