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Victoria Song / The Verge:
Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut with Samsung's Project Moohan headset  —  I demoed Google's new Android XR platform, Samsung's Project Moohan, and prototype smart glasses.  I felt as close to Tony Stark in a controlled demo as I'll ever be.
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Hands-on with Samsung's Project Moohan headset: lighter and more comfortable than Apple's Vision Pro, Android XR is highly reminiscent of visionOS, and more  —  - Google aims to mimic phone success with Android XR software  — Samsung headset coming next year with Vision Pro-like features
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to debut its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in Apple TV and HomePod mini refreshes in 2025, in iPhones later in 2025, and iPads and Macs by 2026  —  - Company developing Proxima chip in separate move from modems  — New component will be part of Apple TV box and HomePod updates
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
ServiceTitan's shares closed up 42.25% at $101 in its Nasdaq debut, giving the cloud software provider an ~$8.9B market cap after it raised ~$625M in its IPO  —  ServiceTitan shares popped 42% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday after the provider of cloud software to contractors raised around $625 million in its initial public offering.
Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft's new version of Recall appears to still capture sensitive data like credit card numbers, even with the default “sensitive information” filter enabled  —  Despite promising to filter personal data out, Recall still captures it. … The new version of Recall encrypts …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases Advanced Voice Mode with vision for ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers, letting them share their screen or videos for ChatGPT to respond to  —  OpenAI has finally released the real-time video capabilities for ChatGPT that it demoed nearly seven months ago.
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon plans to donate $1M to Trump's inaugural fund and stream the inauguration through Prime Video; a source says “Bezos is donating through Amazon”  —  Amazon.com is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches Phi-4, a 14B-parameter language model that it says outperforms comparable and larger models, like Gemini Pro 1.5, in mathematical reasoning  —  Microsoft launched a new artificial intelligence model today that achieves remarkable mathematical reasoning capabilities …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 51% YoY to $14.05B vs. $14.09B est., FY 2024 AI revenue up 220%, expects Q1 revenue just above est.; AVGO jumps 10%+ after hours  —  Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday and said artificial intelligence revenue for the year more than tripled.
Erin Griffith / New York Times:
An interview with Evan Williams on his new app Mozi, which raised $6M and aims to foster in-person connections, as a return to social media's original intention  —  Evan Williams's new app, Mozi, is aimed at fostering in-real-life connections.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens aged 13 to 17 shows 73% use YouTube daily, 57% TikTok, 50% Instagram, and 20% Facebook; 17% use X daily, down from 23% in 2022  —  YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they're on these sites almost constantly
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Threads is testing collections of profiles to follow, curated by a “handful of Threads community leaders”, built around topics like fashion, food, and books  —  Meta's Threads is getting another feature seemingly inspired by Bluesky: curated groups of accounts that you can follow all at once.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Texas AG Ken Paxton opens investigations into Character.AI, Reddit, Instagram, Discord, and 11 others over their privacy and safety practices for minors  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday his office launched investigations into over a dozen technology platforms over their privacy and safety practices for minors.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
In a strategy change, Netflix plans to make its Squid Games battle royale game available for free to non-members for a limited time after its December 17 launch  —  Netflix is going against its tradition of paywalling its steadily growing offering of mobile games by making its upcoming …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple is selling a $120 Vision Pro comfort strap with modular counterweights, made by sleep apnea device maker ResMed, to address complaints about extended use  —  Aside from the $3500 starting price, there's one common complaint about Apple Vision Pro that most customers experience.
Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing:
YouTube tells YouTube TV customers that the base plan's monthly price will jump from $73 to $83 in January 2025, after raising it from $65 to $73 in March 2023  —  Streaming services became a popular alternative to cable and satellite television because they were available for far cheaper with consumer-friendly options.

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