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Sources: Apple has discussed adding a higher end iPhone “Ultra” model in 2024, probably offering camera improvements, a faster chip, and an even larger display — Apple's Tim Cook told investors that consumers are willing to pay up for the best iPhone they can get, signaling that even more ritzy models may be on the way.
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Sources: Microsoft's legal team expects the UK CMA to oppose the Activision deal, which may show a new antitrust enforcement alignment across the US, UK, and EU — Until recently, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States took different approaches.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
After Twitter said free API access would end on February 9, Elon Musk promises “a light, write-only API for bots providing good content that is free” — Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Dell plans to eliminate ~6,650 jobs, or ~5% of its workforce, taking its headcount to ~126K, down by ~39K since January 2020, as the pandemic-era PC boom fades — Dell Technologies Inc., facing plummeting demand for personal computers, will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, becoming …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk says his workload has reached 120+ hours per week, leading to little sleep and growing back pain, as he runs multiple companies — At Tesla trial and in tweets, executive gives a glimpse into personal challenges — Elon Musk's Tesla Tweets Trial: What to Know
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| Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: |
a16z used all 15M of its UNI tokens to vote against a proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 on the BNB Chain using the Wormhole bridge; voting concludes on February 10 — - A16z used all 15 million of their UNI to vote against the proposal. The proposal would use the Wormhole bridge for the Uniswap V3 deployment.
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Binance launches a free tool to help users calculate their tax obligations, supporting up to 100,000 transactions, available initially in Canada and France — The tool, initially available to users in Canada and France, supports reporting of up to 100,000 transactions.
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| New York Times: |
Analysis: despite Elon Musk's pledge in late November, CSAM still spreads on Twitter, sometimes recommended by its algorithm; one video drew over 120,000 views — Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views.
Tweets: @ngrossman81, @justinhendrix, and @jamesrbuk
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology starts “the process to ban” 138 betting and 94 loan lending apps that “reportedly have Chinese links” — India is moving to block 232 apps, some with links to China, that offer betting and loan services …
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| Dallas Innovates: |
Q&A with former Oculus CTO John Carmack about his AGI startup Keen, how to “solve” AGI, how AGI could impact the economy, AI companies' “groupthink”, and more — The iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR visionary has pivoted to an audacious new challenge … | Bloomberg: |
JD.com, China Mobile, and other Chinese retailers are discounting iPhone 14 models by over $100, an unusually steep price cut that suggests dwindling demand — Apple Inc.'s latest iPhones are selling at discounts of more than $100 in China, an unusually steep price cut just months after launch …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Information, South China Morning Post, and Gizmochina
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon pursuing investments and deals with generative AI startups, incentivizing use of their cloud services, raises regulatory concerns — Deals between Google, Microsoft and Amazon and ‘generative AI’ start-ups raise competition concernsSponsor Posts
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