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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: 2025's Apple Watch Ultra is slated to get satellite connectivity for off-the-grid text messages, and it may also get a blood pressure sensing feature — - Company also working on blood-pressure tool for future model — Apple is using MediaTek modems for first time in new watches

More: Reuters, Android Authority, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, BGR, Supercharged, iClarified, and Trusted Reviews

Bluesky: @markgurman. X: @markgurman. Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

The US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity government contractor Sichuan Silence and one of its staff over Ragnarok ransomware ties and creating and using zero-days — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Sichuan Silence, a Chinese cybersecurity company, and one of its employees …

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Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz. X: @ustreasury, @jburnskoven, @ustreasury, and @ustreasury. Forums: r/cybersecurity

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Instagram officially rolls out “trial reels”, which give creators a way to test out videos by publishing them only to people who don't follow them — Instagram is officially rolling out “trial reels” to give creators a way to test out new content by publishing videos that don't appear to their followers.

More: Meta, MacRumors, ZDNET, Pocket-lint, PhoneArena, Neowin, Social Media Today, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, 9to5Mac, ICYMI, PetaPixel, and WinBuzzer

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Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

Microsoft unveils a data center design that uses zero water for cooling, down from the 125M+ liters per year a typical center uses, rolling out from August 2024 — New design will use no water to cool the facilities' servers and chips. — Microsoft Corp., trying to mitigate the climate impact …

More: Microsoft, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Thurrott, ITPro, WinBuzzer, DatacenterDynamics, Analytics India Magazine, MSPoweruser, GeekWire, and Cointelegraph

X: @mustafasuleyman and @mscloud

David Welch / Bloomberg:

GM says Cruise will exit the robotaxi business, and Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined to focus on autonomous tech for upcoming GM vehicles — Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined into a single effort focused on developing autonomous technology to offer in future models sold by GM …

More: The Verge, GM News, Engadget, Forbes, Fortune, San Francisco Business Times, TechCrunch, Barron's Online, Axios, The Detroit News, New York Times, CNN, Benzinga, Reuters, ZeroHedge News, CNBC, The Autopian, The San Francisco Standard, Detroit Free Press, and Associated Press

Bluesky: @selviano. Threads: @drewpusateri. X: @nabeel, @ericnewcomer, @mikeisaac, @svhughes, @davidshepardson, and @munster_gene

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Stainless, a startup offering an AI-powered API-to-SDK generator to customers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z — Devs expect tech vendors to supply software development kits, or SDKs, alongside their products to make it easier to create apps using those products.

More: NewsBytes, Security Boulevard, and Android Headlines

X: @a16z. LinkedIn: Aydin Senkut and Miheer Patankar

Kunal Khullar / Tom's Hardware:

TSMC reports $8.5B in consolidated November revenue, up 34% YoY but down 12% from October's record, when it projected Q4 revenue up 11%-14% QoQ to $26.1B-$26.9B — The company's stock has surged nearly 80% year-to-date, reflecting its robust business growth.

More: Taiwan Semiconductor …, DigiTimes, eeNews Europe, HPCwire, Benzinga, Barron's Online, and TechPowerUp

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

Solos debuts the AirGo Vision, a camera-equipped pair of smart glasses featuring visual recognition powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o, available now starting from $299 — Solos' camera-equipped smart glasses have arrived to provide some much-needed competition against Meta's Ray-Bans.

More: 9to5Google, BGR, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, Laptop Mag, ZDNET, Android Central, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:

The YouTube Kids mobile app gets a redesign that makes it look more like the standard YouTube app and lets users browse through videos in portrait mode — The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app …

More: YouTube and Pocket-lint

Deborah Sophia / Reuters:

The US Commerce Department finalizes $6.1B+ for memory chipmaker Micron to fund its New York and Idaho factory projects, one of the largest CHIPS Act subsidies — The U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized a subsidy of more than $6.1 billion for memory chip maker Micron Technology (MU.O) …

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