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December 21, 2023, 11:40 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is ramping up Vision Pro production, aiming for customer-bound units to be ready by the end of January and a retail debut planned for February  —  - Overseas manufacturing of the headset is running at full speed  — Vision Pro debut will vault Apple into new product category
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Evan Blass leaks an apparent countdown to Galaxy Unpacked on January 17, which says “Galaxy AI is coming”, and a Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra spec sheet  —  If rumors are to be believed, we're less than a month away from the launch of Samsung's latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S24 range.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Filing: the US ITC denies Apple's motion to stay the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 import and sales ban while awaiting an appeal; Biden can veto the ban  —  Apple has lost its bid to delay an import and sales ban on the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2.  In a filing on Wednesday …
Daniel Boffey / The Guardian:
Privacy campaigners say the UK quietly introduced legislation to let police run facial recognition searches on 50M+ driving license holders without oversight  —  Exclusive: Privacy campaigners say clause in new criminal justice bill will put all UK drivers on ‘permanent police lineup’
The Verge:
Memo: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is leaving Microsoft on December 29; Activision's leadership remains and is being integrated into Microsoft Gaming  —  Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down officially December 29th.  Microsoft has not appointed a direct replacement …
Moneycontrol:
Email: Meta's India policy head Shivnath Thukral says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a “future date”  —  Meta's India policy head Shivnath Thukral writes in an internal email, 'Govt could have sufficient discretion …
Kamya Pandey / MediaNama:
The Information:
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $750M led by Menlo Ventures at a $15B valuation, tripling from spring 2023; its final valuation may top $18B  —  Anthropic is in talks to raise $750 million in a venture round led by Menlo Ventures that values the two-year-old artificial intelligence startup …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Apple's AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory  —  Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution.

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