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May 24, 2024, 11:35 AM

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The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and the NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later in 2024  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list exchange-traded funds …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds  —  Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing …
Reuters:
Sources: Samsung's HBM3 and HBM3E chips have yet to pass Nvidia's tests for use in the US company's AI processors due to heat and power consumption problems  —  Samsung Electronics' (005930.KS) latest high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips have yet to pass Nvidia's (NVDA.O) tests for use …
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Kalley Huang / The Information:
Sources: Meta is considering charging users for a more advanced version of Meta AI and is developing AI agents that can complete tasks without human supervision  —  Meta Platforms is considering charging users for a more advanced version of its artificial intelligence-powered assistant …
Bloomberg:
OpenAI releases a majority of past employees from nondisparagement agreements tied to their exit contracts, and says it won't seek to cancel their vested equity  —  - AI startup is changing policies for outgoing employees  — OpenAI apologized for restrictions in exit contracts
Fanny Potkin / Reuters:
Sources: Nvidia is selling its China-specific H20 chip at a 10%+ discount to Huawei's Ascend 910B, highlighting Nvidia's challenges in China amid US sanctions  —  Nvidia's (NVDA.O) most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple says that users' deleted photos that resurfaced after installing iOS 17.5 weren't synced to iCloud Photos and could have persisted after restoring backups  —  Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 17.5.1 to address a rare problem where deleted photos would reappear on a user's device after installing iOS 17.5.

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