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December 21, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie doubles down on not moderating Nazi content, after 200+ authors criticize the company for “platforming and monetizing Nazis”  —  More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Apple won't offer hardware swaps for out-of-warranty Watch models going back to Series 6 in the US during the ITC's ban but will offer help via software  —  - Company will only be able to conduct software-based repairs  — Hardware swaps for broken Apple Watches won't be offered in US
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple stops selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in its online store in the US, days before the ITC's Watch import ban goes into effect  —  As promised, Apple today removed the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 from its online store in the United States …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave  —  - Arion Kurtaj placed in hospital to protect public from harm  — Two teens sentenced for hacking, blackmailing tech firms
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Mixed Reality and remove the feature in a future Windows update; most Windows VR headsets launched between 2017 and 2021  —  Windows Mixed Reality will be removed from a future version of Windows  —  What you need to know
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Cisco acquires cloud-native security and networking startup Isovalent, which had raised $69M and has helped develop open-source projects eBPF and Cilium  —  Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit …
TechCrunch:
Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity stops offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil, and France, months after a “limited time access” expansion  —  Worldcoin is no longer offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil and France, just months …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Evan Blass leaks an apparent countdown page for Galaxy Unpacked on January 17 saying “Galaxy AI is coming”, and posts Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra specs  —  If rumors are to be believed, we're less than a month away from the launch of Samsung's latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S24 range.
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Apple AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars from videos and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory  —  Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution.
Anastassia Gliadkovskaya / Fierce Healthcare:
Boston-based knownwell, which provides virtual and in-person primary care and obesity treatment for patients, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z  —  Digital health Obesity Employer-Sponsored Health Plan funding round  —  Knownwell, an integrated primary and obesity care provider …

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