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Sources: Apple has discussed adding a higher end iPhone “Ultra” model in 2024, probably offering camera improvements, a faster chip, and an even larger display — Apple's Tim Cook told investors that consumers are willing to pay up for the best iPhone they can get, signaling that even more ritzy models may be on the way.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
After Twitter said free API access would end on February 9, Elon Musk promises “a light, write-only API for bots providing good content that is free” — Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline …
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Dell plans to eliminate 6,500+ jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, amid plunging PC sales — Dell Technologies Inc., facing plummeting demand for personal computers, will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, becoming the latest technology company to announce it will let thousands of employees go.
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Sources: Microsoft's legal team expects the UK CMA to oppose the Activision deal, which may show a new antitrust enforcement alignment across the US, UK, and EU — Until recently, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States took different approaches.
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India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology starts “the process to ban” 138 betting and 94 loan lending apps that “reportedly have Chinese links” — India is moving to block 232 apps, some with links to China, that offer betting and loan services … | Dallas Innovates: |
Q&A with former Oculus CTO John Carmack about his AGI startup Keen, how to “solve” AGI, how AGI could impact the economy, AI companies' “groupthink”, and more — The iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR visionary has pivoted to an audacious new challenge … | Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
A look at the Guillemot family's attempts to retain control of Ubisoft, which has hit setbacks that led to a stock plunge and made the company a takeover target — Every second Monday of the month for over three decades, the five Guillemot brothers — whose company gave the world … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Financial influencers are pumping out videos promoting dubious ChatGPT get-rich-quick schemes, such as selling chatbot-generated tutorials on sites like Udemy — The world of financial influencers promise viewers they can use ChatGPT to make big bucks with no effort.
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
A viral tweet alleges bias as ChatGPT refuses to write a poem on the positive attributes of Trump but writes one about Biden; sources: OpenAI doesn't know why — Even ChatGPT's creators can't figure out why it won't answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump …
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| Shira Ovide / Washington Post: |
Experts say AI could help improve relatively simple and targeted tech in mental health care, including telemedicine, telephone hotlines, and clinician training — Artificial intelligence can play a role in mental health — … For at least 60 years, technologists have hunted …
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Q&A with Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud on their book Pegasus, how state actors misuse surveillance tech, spyware demand, what's next for NSO, and more — This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. — Parmy Olson: You're the co-authors of a new book, “Pegasus … | Sanket Jain / MIT Technology Review: |
How 1M female health care workers in India are using WhatsApp to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rates — Female volunteers are using messages, statuses, and hyperlocal groups to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rate.
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