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Four reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple's Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at Apple for its App Store policies — Apple's new Vision Pro will lack some key apps when it debuts, renewing concerns about an already-tense relationship with certain developers.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in a political campaign — It's the ChatGPT maker's first known action against the use of its technology in a political campaign
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| Harry McCracken / Technologizer: |
In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, who co-founded PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands from the 1980s — In an unpublished manuscript, the cofounder of three enduring media brands looks back. … “But Flying Upside Down is more than that.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
As the Mac turns 40, a look at its evolution and interviews with Alan Dye and other Apple executives about its future, its influence on the Vision Pro, and more — The pioneering PC revolutionized how people interact with computers. As the Mac enters its fifth decade, Apple says it will continue to evolve.
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Sources: Canva generated $2B+ in annualized revenue in 2023 and is nearing a $1.5B+ share sale at a ~$26B valuation, roughly the same as in its previous round — - Sale of existing shares would maintain $26 billion valuation — Australian firm saw over $2 billion annualized revenue in 2023| Juliette Perreard / Nikkei Asia: |
Generative AI and how to regulate the tech dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies — Finding common language with China will be difficult, European Commission official says — One of the many signs in Davos …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Nightshade, a free tool that lets artists “poison” AI models being trained on their artwork without permission, is now available to download for Mac and PC — It's here: months after it was first announced, Nightshade, a new, free software tool allowing artists to “poison” …
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Terraform Labs, co-founded by Do Kwon, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, listing assets and liabilities both between $100M and $500M — - Singapore-based Terraform files for bankruptcy in Delaware — Kwon's lawyer has said he may soon be extradited to the US
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The US sentences BreachForums admin Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin”, to 20 years of supervised release for his role in operating the cybercrime forum — Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia … | Nikkei Asia: |
Chinese warehouse robotic startups are keen to ease Japan's logistics crunch; IFR: 52% of ~550K warehouse robots installed globally in 2022 were made in China — Startups see Japanese market as testing ground ahead of domestic growth — Quicktron's autonomous mobile robots move and shelve bins in warehouses.
X: @nikkeiasia
| Edwin Heathcote / Financial Times: |
Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators — Programs such as Dall-E and Midjourney are revolutionising the designs of buildings, but threatening the industry too| Sam Potter / Bloomberg: |
An interview with crypto skeptic James Block, whose damning critique of Signature Bank on his newsletter, Dirty Bubble Media, became the best short call of 2023 — - Doctor whose hobby is debunking crypto made top bearish call — Report on Signature Bank appeared two months before collapse
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