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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The Browser Company releases Arc Search, a new iOS app that takes a user's search query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer the query — A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game.” That game, the AFC Championship, had just wrapped up.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is optimistic Vision Pro can reinvigorate its $50B metaverse effort, with the Quest ecosystem filling the role played by Android in smartphones — Company executives are optimistic about competition as billions spent have yet to translate into wide consumer adoption
More: Apple on YouTube, Axios, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, and Wccftech
| Will Knight / Wired: |
The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models — The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
A look at Warner Bros. Discovery's push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones — David Zaslav's most critical mission is leading Warner Bros. Discovery through the streaming wars.
More: PC Games Insider, Forbes, and Wccftech
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Reddit is targeting a valuation “in the mid-single-digit billions” for its planned IPO in March 2024, after raising funds at a $10B valuation in 2021 — - Firm, advisers considering figure after early investor talks — Private trades value social media company below $5 billion| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Chinese state media: China has approved more than 40 LLMs for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week — China has approved more than 40 artificial intelligence (AI) models for public use in the first six months since authorities began … | Chris Miller / Financial Times: |
China's chipmakers are ramping up production capacity, helped by the country's subsidies, raising concerns among western nations about China flooding the market — The oversupply of certain types of semiconductors is going to be a problem this year — The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ … | Financial Times: |
How Japan's $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu's chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry — Tokyo's $6.4bn swoop for JSR has rekindled memories of heavy state intervention and cast doubt on corporate reforms
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| Bloomberg: |
The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with — Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work, but it's become a new priority for the US intelligence agencies.| Nikkei Asia: |
Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer — SK Hynix to also join, with Tokyo providing $300m government support — Demand for the next-generation semiconductors …
X: @nikkeiasia
| Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
At Pwn2Own's first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem — ALSO: SEC admits to X account negligence; New macOS malware family appears; and some critical vulns
More: Hackster.io, Forbes, and Security Affairs
| Oliver Haslam / iMore: |
Apple updates Shazam to add support for identifying songs from other apps while listening via wired or Bluetooth headphones — Apple's Shazam is now better than ever. — Shazam has long been the go-to app for people who want to know what song they're listening to but now it's better than ever thanks to a new version 17.3 update.| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise — An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple's “Update on apps distributed in the European Union” (and some personal history)
More: The Verge and Livemint
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