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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 …
More: U.S. Trade Representative Press Office, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PCMag, Ars Technica, The Messenger, TechCrunch, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Agence France-Presse, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Wccftech, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, Android Headlines, SlashGear, BGR, MacStories, Digital Trends, iMore, Neowin, The Korea Herald, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocket-lint, MSPoweruser, Phandroid, Supercharged, STAT, Sammy Fans, and The Economic Times
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| 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 …
More: Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, Game Rant, SiliconANGLE, GTA Focal, Gadgets 360, Insider Gaming, Game Rant, Dexerto, Destructoid, TechPowerUp, Dexerto, and Blue's News
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| 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).
More: Android Headlines, Engadget, Neowin, Thurrott, The Verge, 9to5Google, SamMobile, Wccftech, MSPoweruser, and NewsBytes
| 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 …
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| 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.| 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.| 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.
More: US Securities …, CoinDesk, DL News, The Block, Blockworks, Metaverse Post, Axios, CoinGape, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptopolitan, CryptoPotato, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoSlate, Web3 is Going Just Great, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cointelegraph
X: @alistairmilne, @pentosh1, @sherlock_hodles, and @poordart
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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.
More: crypto.news and The Verge
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung delays mass production at its $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, without specifying a start date; TSMC also postponed production at its new Arizona fab, to 2025 — - TSMC has also postponed production at Arizona fab to 2025 — US chip ambition is plagued by permit and subsidy issues
More: Tom's Hardware, SamMobile, and Sammy Fans
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google Chrome's Safety Check feature, which checks if users' saved passwords have been compromised, will now “run automatically in the background” on desktop — Google's Safety Check feature for Chrome, which, among other things, checks the internet to see if any of your saved passwords … | Nicole Kobie / Wired: |
A look at Bluey-GPT, Oscar, Once Upon a Bot, Bedtimestory.ai, and other apps that generate stories for kids, and concerns over copyright, trademarks, and safety — Artificial intelligence can now tell tales featuring your kids' favorite characters. It's copyright chaos—and a major headache for parents and guardians.
More: The Economic Times and Hindustan Times
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
After vocal commitments following George Floyd's murder in 2020, DEI programs at Big Tech companies, including Meta and Google, were in broad retreat in 2023 — - After vocal commitments following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, DEI programs in the tech industry are in broad retreat.
More: NBC 7 San Diego and Black Enterprise
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