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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
The rise and fall of Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who was one of the most popular crypto YouTubers, lost much of his wealth, and now faces personal turmoil — Ben Armstrong, better known as BitBoy, was once the most popular cryptocurrency YouTuber in the world. Now his empire has collapsed.
More: New York Post, CryptoGlobe, and Protos
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Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/CryptoCurrency
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Interviews with Disney executives about Apple Vision Pro, how the device is changing the studio's production pipelines, future plans for the device, and more — Years in the works, the new Disney+ app has an immersive new twist. But the company sees it as one small step into a new entertainment medium with rich possibilities.
More: The Verge, The Verge, Deadline, Sportico, GeekWire, Reuters, AppleInsider, Immersive Wire, Deepwater Asset Management, Wired, Engadget, 9to5Mac, mjtsai.com, MacRumors, RIS News, Cult of Mac, TIME, Metaverse Post, BGR, Pocket Gamer.biz, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Chain Store Age, AppleInsider, CDM Create Digital Music, VentureBeat, Engadget, and Digiday
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Forums: r/technology and r/startrek
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple details Vision Pro's Bluetooth accessories support, saying it isn't compatible with Bluetooth mice but works with the Magic Trackpad and most keyboards — Apple has published a new support document today detailing more about Vision Pro's support for Bluetooth accessories.
More: Apple Support, Engadget, iThinkDifferent, NewsBytes, and The Mac Observer
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini, with an Advanced tier and an Android app — Google Bard is in for a big shakeup in the next few days, as an early changelog reveals that the “Gemini” rebrand is coming next week with a new Android app and more.
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| Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: |
Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks that third-party app stores, mandated by EU's DMA, may expose iPhone users to — Third-party app stores will soon appear on the iPhone in the EU. That's good for small companies, but it could be terrible for consumers.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, MacRumors, Mashable, ZDNet, Wccftech, and Benzinga
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk says it has suffered a cyberattack recently; source: hackers stole source code and private code signing keys — AnyDesk confirmed today that it suffered a recent cyberattack that allowed hackers to gain access to the company's production systems.
More: AnyDesk, The Hacker News, Cyber Kendra, Hackread, SentinelOne, and The Stack
| Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
California records show Apple's self-driving cars drove about 452K miles in 2023, up 4x from 2022 and 30x from 2021, but well below Waymo's 6M+ miles — Government records show Apple's secretive auto division almost quadrupled its self-driving miles in 2023.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German startup specializing in anonymizing face and license plate data, to enhance privacy features on Vision Pro — Sources indicate Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German AI startup specializing in anonymizing face and license plate data.
More: GSMArena.com and NewsBytes
| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
More than 100 human rights and LGBTQ groups and many kids condemn the Kids Online Safety Act after the January 31 hearing, saying it is “to control information” — Gen Z TikTokers, LGBTQ organizations and free speech advocates react angrily to Wednesday's hearing
More: Techdirt. Mastodon: @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold. X: @cendemtech, @evan_greer, @washingtonpost, and @progresschamber
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
A look at Reddit's third-party app ecosystem seven months after API changes: most current apps now charge users a monthly fee, some are profitable, and more — Apollo dev: “I don't believe Reddit's leadership... cares about developers anymore.” — Last year, Reddit sparked massive controversy … | Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, which is responsible for Llama, is made up largely of women; sources say ~60% of FAIR's leadership team are women — In the high stakes, brutally competitive AI race, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has been an outlier. While most of the big foundation … | Reuters: |
Nayib Bukele doubles down on BTC despite El Salvador's economic woes and IMF asking for BTC's removal as legal tender; 88% of citizens didn't use BTC in 2023 — James and Nicki Malcolm moved to El Salvador from New Zealand to be part of a bitcoin dream sold by President Nayib Bukele in 2021 …
More: Reuters, Decrypt, CoinGape, DL News, and Crypto Daily
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