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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple hit major milestones in a Jobs-era project to develop noninvasive blood glucose monitoring, part of its Alphabet X-like Exploratory Design Group — Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring.
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| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft releases updated Bing and Edge apps on iOS and Android in preview, offering the same chat experience as on desktop, and adds a Bing chatbot to Skype — Microsoft just expanded the new Bing to Android, iOS, Edge mobile, and Skype. — What you need to know
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches DJ, an AI-powered radio DJ feature that offers curated music and commentary about the tracks and artists in a “stunningly realistic voice” — Ahead of Spotify's upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates …
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| CNN: |
A recap of the oral arguments before SCOTUS in Twitter v. Taamneh, brought by the family of a victim killed in an ISIS attack in Istanbul in 2017 — What we're covering — Justice Gorsuch is still under the weather — Justice Neil Gorsuch remains ill and will be absent from the courtroom …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Artifact, the personalized news reader created by Instagram's co-founders, opens to the public for Android and iOS, with new features and no sign-up required — Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram's co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required.
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| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Source: Meta plans more layoffs, possibly in the thousands, including by flattening company management layers and via more traditional cuts to projects and jobs — The Facebook parent company plans to push some leaders into lower-level roles, flattening layers of management at the social media giant
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| Reuters: |
Mercedes-Benz partners with Google to bring navigation software and YouTube to its next-gen car OS and strikes a multibillion-dollar sensor deal with Luminar — Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Google (GOOGL.O) to develop branded navigation …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Letter: the US Copyright Office says AI-generated images in a graphic novel, created using Midjourney, should not have been granted copyright protection — Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …
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| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: AT&T is working with Barclays to solicit bids for its cybersecurity business, called AlienVault when AT&T acquired the company for ~$600M in 2018 — AT&T Inc (T.N), the second-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is exploring a sale of its cybersecurity division …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Microsoft Edge Canary preview on Windows appears to be injecting Edge ads into the Google website for downloading Chrome Canary — Microsoft sees its browser as an important aspect and entry point for the new Bing. Microsoft Edge on Windows is now showing a rather aggrieve ad …
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| New York Times: |
TSMC staff worry the $40B factory in Arizona is a bad business decision, arguing the project may distract from R&D, showing TSMC's tricky geopolitical position — Employee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory.
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| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue down 21% YoY to $6.05B vs. $6B est., Data Center revenue up 11% YoY to $3.62B, and Q1 revenue guidance above estimates; NVDA is up 7%+ — - Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday after the company reported slightly higher revenue and net income than Wall Street expected …
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| CoinDesk: |
A US judge rules that NBA Top Shot Moments on the Flow blockchain might be securities and refuses to dismiss a lawsuit against Dapper Labs for offering the NFTs — The offering of Dapper Labs' NBA-branded “Top Shot” non-fungible tokens might be securities, a federal judge ruled Wednesday …
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Tweets: @ahaywa, @lgdoucet, @mtcoppel, @carnage4life, @nickpullmanesq, and @davemcclure
| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
A profile of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, an early Coinbase and Ethereum investor who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in February 2022 for crypto startups — Alexis Ohanian's ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized.
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Tweets: @forbes, @alexisohanian, @forbescrypto, @sevensevensix, and @steven_ehrlich
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google claims a breakthrough in correcting quantum computer errors by spreading the data across qubits so the system can retain enough to complete a calculation — Company's latest research could signal a step towards overcoming one hurdle to the technology
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Tweets: @mikenewmquantum, @googlequantumai, @jeffdean, and @lukolejnik
| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Securities lawyers say the SEC is unlikely to win a lawsuit over stablecoins, such as Paxos' BUSD, since owners do not expect profits, a part of the Howey test — Agency investigates whether the cryptocurrencies' issuance violated investor-protection laws — Washington's battle to rein in crypto has a new front: stablecoins.
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Tweets: @amacker, @neerajka, and @johnreedstark
| Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: |
eBay reports Q4 revenue down 4% YoY to $2.51B, vs. $2.47B est., gross merchandise volume down 12% YoY to $18.2B, and a Q1 2023 revenue guidance above estimates — Ecommerce company EBay Inc (EBAY.O) on Wednesday forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on hopes … | Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Uber launches a redesigned version of its app globally, with a simpler homescreen, a new Services tab, live tracking on the lock screen in iOS 16, and more — Uber is releasing an updated version of its app that aims to simplify and personalize the experience for customers.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Two years after announcing a HiFi lossless, CD-quality music service, Spotify has yet to launch the tier, offering no new information and falling behind rivals — At this point, it's fair to assume that something went wrong with Spotify HiFi. Two years ago today, during the company's Stream On event …
Tweets: @cambridgeaudio and @chriswelch
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