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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has considered a fitness ring, smart glasses, and adding cameras and more advanced AI to AirPods, but is not actively developing these devices — Apple has explored the idea of developing new wearable devices — including a fitness ring, smart glasses and even AirPods with cameras …
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| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Google announces new Android features, including Gemini integration with Messages, AI-powered text summaries for Android Auto, and AI-generated image captions — The Android updates announced at MWC also include new accessibility features and casting controls for Spotify.| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device is centered around health and wellness, comes in three colors, and will be available later this year — After teasing it (again) yesterday, Samsung has finally shown off the Galaxy Ring in physical form at Mobile World Conference (MWC 2024) and revealed some additional details.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Omdia estimates that the bill of materials for Apple Vision Pro is $1,542, with both of the 1.25-inch Micro OLED displays from Sony costing about $228 each — - Apple's Vision Pro headset starts at $3,499. — The Vision Pro includes lots of pricey state-of-the-art parts.
More: PCMag, Benzinga, Wccftech, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and NewsBytes
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Qualcomm unveils AI Hub, a new library of 75+ pre-optimized AI models, X80 5G modem, and FastConnect 7900, a chip that integrates Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, and UWB — Qualcomm unveiled a suite of AI, 5G, and Wi-Fi devices at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia launches RTX 500 and RTX 1000, its new laptop GPUs for on-the-go AI processing powered by the Ada Lovelace architecture, available in Spring 2024 — Nvidia launched its RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop graphics processing units (GPUs) for on-the-go AI processing.
More: SiliconANGLE, NVIDIA, and MSPoweruser
| Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: |
A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH's primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500 — Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the fake Joe Biden robocall at the center of a multistate investigation after NBC News reported about his involvement.| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections — A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe's politicians are popping up on TikTok to fight for re-election.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor announces global availability of Magic 6 Pro with a 6.8" 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 5,600mAh battery, set to retail for €1,299 in Europe — A month and a half after debuting the Magic 6 Pro in China, Honor is announcing global availability of its latest flagship at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
More: Gizmochina, Nikkei Asia, Phandroid, Wccftech, Tech Advisor, Gizchina, Reuters, Android Headlines, and Android Authority
| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
PeckShield warns that MicroStrategy's X account has been compromised; ZachXBT: the hacker stole about $440K from users that were scammed by the phishing post — - PeckShield flags compromise of MicroStrategy account — Attackers hoodwinked users by offering free new tokens| Liz Hoffman / Semafor: |
Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the meme-stock craze, launching in the UK and EU, becoming customers' primary financial institution, and more — On The Record — Three years ago, an army of bored, stimulus-rich day traders upended the stock market.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73" LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499 — Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two of its flagships for a global audience — though not including the US, as usual.
More: 9to5Google, Moneycontrol, CNET, Ubergizmo, GSMArena.com, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Android Headlines, and HotHardware
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Many redditors say they are not enthusiastic about Reddit's IPO and expect CEO Steve Huffman to run the site into the ground while trying to make it profitable — There's the mention of r/WallStreetBets. (Five mentions in total, actually.) There's the stockpile it's amassed of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
More: The Verge, Matt Mullenweg, and Cryptopolitan
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