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Source: Apple told at least one supplier it has suspended work on the next Apple Vision Pro; sources: it's still aiming to debut a cheaper model by end of 2025  —  Apple Suspends Work on Next High-End Headset, Focused on Releasing Cheaper Model in Late 2025 Apple has told at least one supplier …
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
ASUS VivoBook S 15 Copilot+ PC review: Snapdragon X Elite is incredible, all-day battery, a gorgeous 15.6" OLED screen, and $1,299 for 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM  —  Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite elevates this Windows laptop from a good all-rounder to a great one.
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running EU antitrust investigation over payments, after the EU accepted measures that Apple committed to in January 2024  —  Tech company willing to open mobile pay system to rivals in concessions that will help avoid antitrust fines from the bloc
Wall Street Journal:
Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships  —  Platforms are paying less for popular posts, brands are pickier about partnerships and a possible TikTok ban looms
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia passes Microsoft during intraday trading to become the most valuable public company, with a ~$3.33T market cap; NVDA is up over 9x since January 2023  —  Nvidia, long known in the niche gaming community for its graphics chips, is now the most valuable public company in the world.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns the EU's recent “upload moderation” proposal to detect CSAM “fundamentally undermines encryption” of messaging apps  —  A controversial European Union legislative proposal to scan the private messages of citizens in a bid …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta launches its much-awaited Threads API, letting developers publish posts, fetch content, manage replies, and view analytics, after an API beta in March 2024  —  Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
A look at Apple's upcoming CarPlay updates, aiming to be “a design toolkit for automakers” comprising UI layers: local, overlay, remote, and punch-through  —  Apple's been talking about its next generation of CarPlay for two years now with very little to show for it …
Bloomberg:
Filings: X is still working on a Venmo-like payments feature, with a 2024 US launch target; X had $1.48B in revenue in first six months of 2023, down ~40% YoY  —  State license applications give new insight into the company's plans, as well as its financial woes during the Elon era.
Amar Subramanya / Google:
Google launches a Gemini app for Android in India, supporting English and nine other languages, and says Gemini will roll out to its iOS app in the coming weeks  —  Vice President, Engineering, Gemini Experiences  —  Gemini, your AI assistant from Google, has had an exciting first year in India.
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the 1.3M-member Teamsters union; ALU President Christian Smalls says Teamsters allocated $8M for organizing  —  An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Xreal unveils the $199+ Beam Pro, a 6.5-inch device that powers Xreal's glasses, runs Android 14-based NebulaOS, uses a Snapdragon chip, and has two USB-C ports  —  Xreal has made a name for itself with some surprisingly nice-looking augmented reality glasses, which put a display in front …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Autonomous trucking startup Waabi raised a $200M Series B led by Uber and Khosla Ventures, after an $83.5M Series A in 2021, and aims for a full launch in 2025  —  Waabi has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, led by existing investors Uber Technologies (UBER.N) and Khosla Ventures …
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post:
Sources: Shein CEO Xu Yangtian has deliberately kept a low profile for fear of attracting unwanted public attention; Shein has never published any photos of him  —  - Even by the standards of Chinese tech business leaders, the lack of public information about Xu Yangtian is unusual

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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Comcast co-CEO Brian Roberts' earlier bundling strategy for connectivity and content, and his plan now to unbundle in order to keep growing

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Trump's earnings from Hollywood last year include $10.7M for Melania, tens of millions in legal settlements, Screen Actors Guild Pension, and more

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A photographer sues The Daily Mail in New York over “systematic” lifting of thousands of images from social media without permission from copyright holders

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Abhinaya Prabhu / Tech Funding News:
Constructor, which provides an AI-powered product discovery and search service for e-commerce companies, raised a $25M Series B at a $550M valuation
Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority:
Adobe updates Acrobat with Firefly-powered AI image generation, AI Assistant supporting analysis of multiple documents, including non-PDF files, and more
Lawrence Lewitinn / The Block:
Coinbase debuts “pre-launch markets” to let International and Advanced users outside of the US, the UK, and Canada trade tokens before they hit spot exchanges
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Stablecoin provider Tether announces a synthetic dollar backed by gold that will trade as aUSDT via smart contracts on the Ethereum Mainnet blockchain
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google DeepMind is building AI tech to take raw pixels of videos and make synced soundtracks; the tech is not convincing, and Google has no public release plans
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing” plan terms
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Runway unveils Gen-3 Alpha, a model to generate high-quality, highly realistic 10-second-long video clips; it's unclear if it will come to a free or paid tier
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Kuo: the Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have a bigger screen, from 41mm to 45mm and 45mm to 49mm; Apple will use 3D printing to make some components
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