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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has considered a fitness ring, smart glasses, and adding cameras and more advanced AI to AirPods, but is not actively developing these devices — Apple has explored the idea of developing new wearable devices — including a fitness ring, smart glasses and even AirPods with cameras …
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Forums: r/hardware, r/VisionPro, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Omdia estimates that the bill of materials for Apple Vision Pro is $1,542, with both of the 1.25-inch Micro OLED displays from Sony costing about $228 each — - Apple's Vision Pro headset starts at $3,499. — The Vision Pro includes lots of pricey state-of-the-art parts.
More: PCMag, Wccftech, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Many redditors say they are not enthusiastic about Reddit's IPO and expect CEO Steve Huffman to run the site into the ground while trying to make it profitable — There's the mention of r/WallStreetBets. (Five mentions in total, actually.) There's the stockpile it's amassed of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
More: The Verge, Matt Mullenweg, and Cryptopolitan
Threads: @alexheath, @alexheath, @moskov, @trevorcroker, @aeromunch, @barbarosozturk, and @mike_isaac
Mastodon: @Cefr@beige.party, @stefan@stefanbohacek.online, and @dangillmor@mastodon.social
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Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor announces global availability of Magic 6 Pro with a 6.8" 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 5,600mAh battery, set to retail for €1,299 in Europe — A month and a half after debuting the Magic 6 Pro in China, Honor is announcing global availability of its latest flagship at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections — A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe's politicians are popping up on TikTok to fight for re-election.| David Jeans / Forbes: |
In a letter to Elon Musk, Rep. Mike Gallagher says SpaceX may be in breach of DOD contracts after sources say Starshield is inactive around Taiwan for US troops — Rep. Mike Gallagher, who led a delegation to Taiwan this week, said in a letter to Musk that SpaceX could possibly be in breach of its …
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X: @phelimkine, @alexrkonrad, and @davidjeans2
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73" LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499 — Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two of its flagships for a global audience — though not including the US, as usual.
More: Android Central, CNET, Stuff, BetaNews, PetaPixel, PhoneArena, Tech Advisor, Notebookcheck, GSMArena.com, and HotHardware
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
What to expect at MWC 2024: smartphone launches from Xiaomi and others, OnePlus Watch 2, Brain.ai's “app-less phone” and other experimental concepts, and more — Without looking up any leaks or rumors, I'd bet that you could probably sketch most of the phones rumored to be launching at Mobile World Congress next week.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Filing: Google said Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but Eddy Cue said Microsoft had search quality issues and was investing less than Google — - In 2018, Microsoft offered to sell Apple its Bing search engine or start a Bing joint venture, Google said in a newly unsealed filing.
More: TechCrunch, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, TweakTown, PhoneArena, Forbes, Neowin, United States District Court, and NewsBytes
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Forums: r/apple and r/technology
| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: Broadcom is nearing a $3.8B deal to sell its end-user computing unit to private equity firm KKR — Chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is nearing a $3.8 billion deal to sell its business that allows users to access desktops and applications from any device to private equity firm KKR (KKR.N) … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
PermitFlow, which develops end-to-end workflow and automation software for construction permitting, raised a $31M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins — Kleiner Perkins led the Series A, which came just over a year after seed round — Anyone who has ever tried to build or renovate a house knows …
More: Robots.net, BNN, The SaaS News, and FinSMEs
X: @josh_coyne, @kimmaicutler, @ycombinator, and @abarrallen
LinkedIn: Samuel K. Lam and Mary Ann Azevedo
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
A preview of the NetChoice cases to be argued at SCOTUS on February 26, about the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws regulating social media content — The ruling could impact other publishing industries and future social media regulation. … Social media companies have long …
More: CNN, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Tech Policy Press, and SCOTUSblog
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