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December 28, 2023, 7:50 AM

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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US appeals court pauses the ITC's Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 import ban over Masimo's patents, after the Biden administration declined to veto the ban  —  Apple (AAPL.O) scored a victory on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Apple resumed Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in some physical US stores on December 27; online sales are set to resume on December 28 by 3PM ET  —  You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple.  The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that for over four years used four zero-days to hack iPhones, including dozens belonging to Kaspersky employees  —  “Triangulation” infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky.  —  Researchers on Wednesday …
New York Times:
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue  —  Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times:
Seattle-based e-commerce website Zulily, valued at ~$7B in 2014, winds down its business; in a lawsuit, Zulily accused Amazon of stifling its business  —  Once an e-commerce star, online retailer Zulily will liquidate its inventory to pay its creditors as it winds down.
Washington Post:
Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks  —  NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers …
Financial Times:
Insider Intelligence: LinkedIn's annual advertising revenue, which rose 10.1% YoY to nearly $4B in 2023, is expected to grow 14.1% YoY in 2024  —  Microsoft-owned professional networking site has increased revenues as big brands boycott rival platform  —  Professional social networking site LinkedIn …
Bloomberg:
Xiaomi unveils its first EV, SU7, and says it wants to become a top global carmaker in 15 to 20 years; CEO Lei Jun calls it his final entrepreneurial bet  —  - Tech company's first electric car is joining a crowded market  — SU7 made in partnership with state-owned Beijing Automotive

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