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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The Browser Company releases Arc Search, a new iOS app that takes a user's search query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer the query — A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game.” That game, the AFC Championship, had just wrapped up.
More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, Arc from The Browser Company, The Dent, and App Store
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models — The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.
More: Reuters, Fortune, Politico, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Mashable, and PCMag
X: @moharchat, @jamescz19, and @wired
| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise — An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple's “Update on apps distributed in the European Union” (and some personal history)
More: The Verge, Livemint, and BleepingComputer
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X: @florian4gamers, @carnage4life, @stevesi, @elonmusk, @maxrovensky, @gruber, @jeiting, and @sdw. LinkedIn: Raphael Sebbe
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is optimistic Vision Pro can reinvigorate its $50B metaverse effort, with the Quest ecosystem filling the role played by Android in smartphones — Company executives are optimistic about competition as billions spent have yet to translate into wide consumer adoption| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Reddit is targeting a valuation “in the mid-single-digit billions” for its planned IPO in March 2024, after raising funds at a $10B valuation in 2021 — - Firm, advisers considering figure after early investor talks — Private trades value social media company below $5 billion
More: The Messenger, Business Insider, The Information, Social Media Today, and PYMNTS.com
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple's electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian — - DJ Novotney, VP of hardware, helped start Apple's car project — Apple has seen multiple senior leaders leave in recent months
More: MacRumors, iMore, Supercharged, AppleInsider, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, TweakTown, and 9to5Mac
X: @scobleizer and @markgurman
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Chinese state media: China has approved more than 40 LLMs for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week — China has approved more than 40 artificial intelligence (AI) models for public use in the first six months since authorities began … | Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
At Pwn2Own's first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem — ALSO: SEC admits to X account negligence; New macOS malware family appears; and some critical vulns
More: Hackster.io, Forbes, and Security Affairs
| Oliver Haslam / iMore: |
Apple updates Shazam to add support for identifying songs from other apps while listening via wired or Bluetooth headphones — Apple's Shazam is now better than ever. — Shazam has long been the go-to app for people who want to know what song they're listening to but now it's better than ever thanks to a new version 17.3 update.| Wall Street Journal: |
X blocks Taylor Swift searches as a “temporary action and done with an abundance of caution”, days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded the site — Singer's name yielded error messages Saturday, days after her fans swarmed the social-media platform vowing to ‘protect Taylor Swift’
More: Silicon Republic, The Verge, Reuters, MSPoweruser, The Information, Variety, Financial Times, Analytics Insight, Rolling Stone, Axios, PCMag, Forbes, Crypto Daily, Neowin, Engadget, BBC, Fortune, TechSpot, The Daily Beast, Comic Book, The Wrap, Entertainment Tonight, Us Weekly, CNN, Mashable, NBC News, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, TMZ.com, Boston Herald, The Messenger, and Cointelegraph
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X: @jasminericegirl, @parismarx, @internetmaggie, @kattenbarge, @nbcnews, and @wsjtech. LinkedIn: Lewis Wiltshire
| Chris Miller / Financial Times: |
China's chipmakers are ramping up production capacity, helped by the country's subsidies, raising concerns among western nations about China flooding the market — The oversupply of certain types of semiconductors is going to be a problem this year — The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ … | Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
A look at Warner Bros. Discovery's push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones — David Zaslav's most critical mission is leading Warner Bros. Discovery through the streaming wars.
More: Forbes, Wccftech, and GamingBolt
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