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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases visionOS 1.0.2, fixing a WebKit vulnerability that, if exploited, allowed malicious code execution; Apple patched the bug in iOS 17.3 last week — A day after reporters published their first hands-on review of Apple's Vision Pro, the technology giant released its first security patch … | Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
Celsius emerges from bankruptcy and plans to distribute $3B+ to its creditors, who will also get a stake in the company's new Ionic Digital mining operation — The distribution will be made through PayPal and Coinbase. — Register Now — Celsius will be shipping out more than $3 billion … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot, whose market share has been steadily eroding since 2014, could quickly become an also-ran in the robot vacuum market — By abandoning its deal to buy iRobot, Amazon has left the robot vacuum maker stuck under the couch.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Pocket Pair's Palworld, still technically in early access, is the biggest third-party Xbox Game Pass launch in history, reaching 7M players — Surprise viral gaming hit Palworld continues to reach new player milestones. Today, developer Pocketpair announced that the game …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
An interview with Unity Chief Product and Technology Officer Marc Whitten, as the company launches official support to build spatial apps for Apple's visionOS — Unity has unveiled its support for spatial experiences including support for the Apple Vision Pro that launches on February 2.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: SK Hynix plans to build an advanced chip packaging plant in Indiana, for stacking DRAM chips to make High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips for Nvidia GPUs — South Korean company's memory chips will be packaged with Nvidia processors to create more powerful AI products| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
UMG begins pulling its artists' music from TikTok after contract talks failed; videos featuring UMG artists will be muted and users can pick a new soundtrack — - Publisher behind Drake and Taylor Swift pushes for better pay — Videos featuring Universal Music-owned songs will be muted
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft and X say they support the Kids Online Safety Act; Meta, Discord, and TikTok demur, citing criticism from groups or supporting only some parts of KOSA — On the eve of Wednesday's big tech hearing (both big tech and a big hearing — five CEOs are testifying as we speak) …
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Email to subscribers: Hulu changed its agreement to ban sharing accounts outside of the user's household “unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier” — The Disney-owned streaming service changed its subscriber agreement to ban sharing of accounts outside of individual households.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says that Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Copilot features will be available on Apple Vision Pro at launch on February 2 — Microsoft is launching a suite of its Microsoft 365 apps on Apple's Vision Pro headset later this week.
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| Jeffrey Gottfried / Pew Research Center: |
US adults survey: 83% use YouTube, 68% use Facebook, 47% use Instagram; 27% to 35% use Snapchat, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Pinterest; 22% use X and Reddit — YouTube and Facebook are by far the most used online platforms among U.S. adults; TikTok's user base has grown since 2021
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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
The FBI and US DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack hundreds of Cisco and Netgear routers at end-of-life status — Chinese hackers prepare to ‘wreak havoc’ against Americans, FBI Director Chris Wray tells Congress
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says GPT-4 poses “at most” a slight risk of helping people create biological threats, per the company's early tests to evaluate “catastrophic” LLM risks — Artificial intelligence startup carried out tests as part of efforts to understand and prevent any “catastrophic” risks from its technology.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q1 adjusted revenue up 5% YoY to $9.92B, vs. $9.51B est., handset chip sales up 16% YoY to $6.69B, and net income up 24% YoY to $2.77B — - Qualcomm beat on revenue and earnings in the quarter. — The company said it shipped $6.69 billion in handset chips during the December quarter … | Hideaki Ryugen / Nikkei Asia: |
MediaTek reports Q4 revenue up 19.7% YoY to $4.1B and net profit up 38.9% YoY to $820M, posting its first YoY increases in revenue and profit in five quarters — CEO says generative AI is creating a bigger market for high-end phones — MediaTek designs chips for smartphone manufacturers such as China's Xiaomi and Oppo.
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