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Global smartphone shipments declined 3.2% YoY to 1.17B units in 2023; in a first, Apple gained the top spot with 234.6M units, followed by Samsung with 226.6M — The last time a company not named Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market was 2010, and for 2023 it is now Apple.
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Apple details select streaming and sports apps available on Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+, ESPN, MLB, PGA, Max, and TikTok; some will have 3D movies — Apple today revealed various streaming services and sports apps that will be available on the Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+ …
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SCOTUS refuses to hear Apple's and Epic's appeals, allowing an appeals court ruling that lets app developers steer users to other payment systems take effect — - Billions of dollars in revenue are at stake for iPhone maker — Fortnite maker seeks to open App Store to cheaper alternatives
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Ubisoft rebrands its $18/month tier as Ubisoft+ Premium and adds Ubisoft+ Classics on PC; executive Philippe Tremblay says Ubisoft has “millions” of subscribers — Ubisoft introduces its Classic service to PC; and ‘more to come’ on Activision Blizzard — Feature by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
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After investing in self-checkout kiosks, Target, Walmart, and more reverse course, removing tills and adding staff after theft concerns and customer frustration — Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft debuts Copilot Pro for $20/month/user, offering the latest models, like GPT-4 Turbo, and features, like Office integration and creating Copilot GPTs — Copilot Pro, the most advanced and fastest version of Copilot, has been released today by Microsoft.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
HashKey, which runs a licensed Hong Kong crypto exchange, raised a nearly $100M Series A at a $1.2B+ valuation; sources say OKX Ventures is a lead investor — - The company says its valuation now exceeds $1.2 billion — HashKey operates a licensed Hong Kong crypto exchange| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Vodafone and Microsoft sign a 10-year, $1.5B deal to develop AI, digital payments, IoT, and other businesses; Vodafone will use OpenAI tech for customer service — - Microsoft also plans to invest in Vodafone's IoT spinout — Vodafone will also use OpenAI technology in $1.5 billion deal| Will Nelson / PCGamesN: |
Ned Luke, who voiced Michael De Santa in GTA 5, calls out WAME for using his voice in a since-removed chatbot: there is “nothing cool about ripping people off” — GTA 5 star Ned Luke has called out the use of his voice as part of an unofficial and now-removed Grand Theft Auto 5 AI chatbot from WAME.
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| Sam Fleming / Financial Times: |
A PwC survey of 4,702 CEOs: 25% expect generative AI to lead to 5%+ cuts in 2024, ~46% expect using generative AI to boost profitability in 12 months, and more — Impact of cutting-edge AI tools on work and society set to dominate discussions at World Economic Forum in Davos| OpenAI: |
OpenAI shares its plans ahead of 2024 elections, including image provenance tools and not letting users make tools for impersonation or political campaigning — We're working to prevent abuse, provide transparency on AI-generated content, and improve access to accurate voting information. — Authors
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Elon Musk says he would rather build AI products outside of Tesla if he doesn't have ~25% voting control in the company; Musk currently owns 12%+ of Tesla — - CEO suggests he'll build products elsewhere without 25% stake — He sold almost $40 billion of stock in 2022 to buy Twitter
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