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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple tells Vision Pro users who forget their passcode to bring the device to a store or mail the device to AppleCare customer support to reset the device — Buyers of Apple Inc.'s new Vision Pro headset are finding it can be a major hassle if they lose their passcode.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap” but doesn't offer a timeframe; YouTube videos in 360 and VR playback modes are not viewable in visionOS Safari — Here's a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announces an event next week to share “our vision for the future of Xbox”, amid rumors that Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5 — Details of Microsoft's multi-platform plans have been gradually leaking, with The Verge revealing over the weekend …
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent plans to adapt acclaimed role-playing console game Elden Ring into a mobile version, after acquiring licensing rights from FromSoftware in 2022 — China's Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) has been working to adapt acclaimed action role-playing console game “Elden Ring” …
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| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware — The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The US State Department announces a new policy allowing “the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware” — - The visa restrictions would prevent those who have profited from or facilitated the misuse of commercial spyware from traveling to the U.S., the official added.| Bloomberg: |
How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history — A few years ago, during one of California's steadily worsening wildfire seasons, Nat Friedman's family home burned down.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q3 net sales down 6% YoY to ~$4B, net profit up 18% YoY to ~$919M, and forecasts 15.5M Switch sales in the current fiscal year, up from 15M YoY — - Nintendo said it now expects to sell 15.5 million of its flagship Switch consoles in its current fiscal year, upping a previous forecast.
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| Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide: |
Roblox rolls out real-time AI chat translations, with support for 16 languages, built on an LLM trained on open-source and internal Roblox data — Works in 16 languages — Metaverse platform Roblox is bringing a new AI translation tool online for its millions of users around the world …
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €3.7B, MAUs up 23% YoY to 602M, subscribers up 15% YoY to 236M, a €75M operating loss, and expects 618M MAUs in Q1 2024 — - Spotify posts second-largest gain ever for the quarter — Company has been cutting costs in drive to become profitable| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Unit 42: the number of victims reported by ransomware leak sites grew 49% YoY in 2023, with ~50% in the US, despite authorities taking down some services — 2023 was a big year for ransomware groups, even as law enforcement around the world continued to crack down on attackers.
More: Unit 42
| James Hunt / The Block: |
Solana suffers a major outage, lasting for over two hours, and says validators should prepare for a network restart, the first big outage since February 2023 — - Solana has confirmed an outage on its mainnet, with engineers across the ecosystem currently investigating.
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Japan plans to extend ~$1.64B in subsidies for Kioxia and Western Digital to expand memory chip production, after merger talks between the two stalled in 2023 — Japan's industry ministry said on Tuesday it would extend subsidies worth as much as 242.9 billion yen ($1.64 billion) …
More: Network World, TechPowerUp, and Nikkei Asia
| Ben Blanchard / Reuters: |
TSMC plans to build a second Japanese plant in Kumamoto, set to open in 2027, taking its investment to $20B+; the first plant will hit volume production in Q4 — Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) said on Tuesday it will build a second Japanese plant to begin operation by the end of 2027 …
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, Nikkei Asia, Wall Street Journal, Taiwan Semiconductor …, and Nikkei Asia
| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
Google agrees to pay $350M to settle a lawsuit over a Google+ security lapse that exposed personal data; people who bought stock in 2018-2019 can get a share — Individual Google shareholders may be eligible to apply for some of the money — SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay $350 million …
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| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Sources: SMIC plans to use its stock of US and Dutch-made equipment to build 5nm Kirin chips designed by Huawei's HiSilicon for smartphones, despite US curbs — SMIC and Huawei plan to make new 5nm processor, supporting Beijing's goal for advanced semiconductors
More: Bloomberg, The Information, Wccftech, Huawei Central, Reuters, and DigiTimes
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