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Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band — It's finally time: Apple has announced it will start shipping its Vision Pro headset on February 2nd in the United States.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says the base Vision Pro model has 256GB of storage and the ZEISS Optical Inserts for readers cost $99 and prescription ZEISS Optical Inserts cost $149 — Apple has announced more details on Vision Pro availability. In a press release today, Apple announced that Vision Pro … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI responds to the NYT lawsuit, says training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models — We support journalism, partner with news organizations, and believe The New York Times lawsuit is without merit.
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
In a filing and internal memo, Unity Software says it plans to lay off ~25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs, by the end of March, its largest layoff ever — Videogame software provider Unity Software (U.N) will target laying off approximately 25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Substack says it'll remove some Nazi publications, but its new policy interpretation won't include proactively removing neo-Nazi and far-right extremism content — Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today.| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Waymo plans to run SUVs on Phoenix freeways starting this month, initially with its staff, making it the first robotaxi company to prep for higher-speed rides — Starting this month the Alphabet Inc. unit will operate autonomous Waymos on Phoenix-area freeways.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO and from the company board, replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, amid slow growth and activist investor pressure — Lawson will be replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, who most recently led the communication business unit, Twilio said in a statement Monday.| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
The Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying devices with Wi-Fi 7, which could offer big speed and efficiency gains over Wi-Fi 6 in phones, laptops, and routers in 2024 — The Wi-Fi Alliance is now officially certifying devices that support Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless home internet.
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Getty Images and Nvidia launch Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image service that generates stock photos and is aimed at SMBs — Getty Images and Nvidia are deepening their AI partnership with the launch of Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image platform specifically designed to make stock photos.| Bloomberg: |
Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractors, partly attributing the move to its use of more AI to create app content — About 10% of contractors were “offboarded,” a company spokesperson said Monday. “We just no longer need as many people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing.
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Source: the US will release a rule soon, first proposed in 2022, requiring some independent contractors be considered employees, which may upend the gig economy — The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as soon as this week that will make it more difficult … | Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's new AI startup, which is making software for LLM developers, raised ~$30M led by Khosla Ventures — Parag Agrawal, who was CEO of Twitter for a year before Elon Musk took over the social media app in late 2022, recently raised about $30 million … | Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD announces the $329 Ryzen 7 8700G, $229 Ryzen 5 8600G, and $179 Ryzen 5 8500G for desktop, offering Zen 4 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, shipping January 31 — While it's been touted for many months that AMD will release APUs for desktops based on Zen 4, rumors and wishes have finally come … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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