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December 26, 2023, 5:25 PM

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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
President Biden's administration declines to veto the US ITC's decision to ban Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 imports over Masimo's blood oxygen level patents  —  Apple filed an appeal on Tuesday of a decision to ban imports of Apple (AAPL.O) Watches based on a complaint …
Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:
Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for Android, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3; sources say an iOS version should arrive soon  —  Microsoft Copilot's ChatGPT-like app has finally arrived on Android, nearly two weeks after the tech giant announced its web version (copilot.microsoft.com).
Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israel agrees to give Intel a $3.2B grant for a $25B chip plant that the company plans to build in Kiryat Gat, set to open in 2028 and operate through 2035  —  Israel's government agreed to give Intel Corp (INTC.O) a $3.2 billion grant for new $25 billion chip plant it plans to build in southern Israel, both sides said on Tuesday.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
GTA V's source code appears to have been leaked on Discord, Telegram, a dark website, and other places, a little over a year after hackers breached Rockstar  —  The source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 was reportedly leaked on Christmas Eve, a little over a year after the Lapsus$ threat actors …
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Filing: Grayscale Investments, which runs the world's largest BTC trust, says Barry Silbert resigned as chair, succeeded by Mark Shifke, and doesn't explain why  —  Grayscale Investments, operator of the world's largest cryptocurrency trust, said Barry Silbert has resigned as chairman and will be succeeded by Mark Shifke.
The Information:
Sources: Reddit expects 2023 ad revenue to grow 20%+ YoY to slightly over $800M; a source says Reddit was not profitable through the first nine months of 2023  —  If the market for initial public offerings recovers in the new year, one company that aims to go public early on is Reddit.
Omar Sohail / Wccftech:
Kuo: Apple is expected to ship an estimated ~500K Apple Vision Pro units in 2024; the headset will most likely start shipping in late January or early February  —  An earlier Apple Vision Pro launch timeline stated that the mixed-reality headset's shipments would start in February next year …
New York Times:
A legal dispute about a BTC mine in a Texas town of 281 reveals how Chinese nationals use Tether to move money to the US without drawing authorities' attention  —  A legal dispute in a tiny Texas town unexpectedly reveals how Chinese nationals can move money to the U.S. without drawing the attention of authorities in either country.

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