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Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO and from the company board, replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, amid slow growth and activist investor pressure  —  Lawson will be replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, who most recently led… Read More »Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO and from the company board, replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, amid slow growth and activist investor pressure (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple says the base Vision Pro model has 256GB of storage and the ZEISS Optical Inserts for readers cost $99 and prescription ZEISS Optical Inserts cost $149  —  Apple has announced more details on Vision Pro… Read More »Apple says the base Vision Pro model has 256GB of storage and the ZEISS Optical Inserts for readers cost $99 and prescription ZEISS Optical Inserts cost $149 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band  —  It’s… Read More »Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: HP debuts the $1,600+ Omen Transcend 14, with a 14-inch OLED display, Intel Core Ultra 7 or Ultra 9, two USB-A and two USB-C, and RTX 4070, weighing just 1.6kg  —  HP’s Omen Transcend 14 weighs… Read More »HP debuts the $1,600+ Omen Transcend 14, with a 14-inch OLED display, Intel Core Ultra 7 or Ultra 9, two USB-A and two USB-C, and RTX 4070, weighing just 1.6kg (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

Wes Davis / The Verge: The Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying Wi-Fi 7 devices, which could offer big speed and efficiency gains over Wi-Fi 6 in new phones, laptops, and routers in 2024  —  The Wi-Fi Alliance is now officially certifying… Read More »The Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying Wi-Fi 7 devices, which could offer big speed and efficiency gains over Wi-Fi 6 in new phones, laptops, and routers in 2024 (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Letter: bipartisan House lawmakers call on the Biden administration to take stronger action to stem China’s growing dominance in making older-generation chips  —  House panel sends letter urging Biden administration to seek tariffs or… Read More »Letter: bipartisan House lawmakers call on the Biden administration to take stronger action to stem China’s growing dominance in making older-generation chips (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

Bloomberg: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft received licenses to establish HQs in Riyadh, after the government planned to halt contracts to companies without regional HQs  —  – Global firms had Jan. 1 deadline to shift regional HQs  — Saudi Arabia wants… Read More »Amazon, Google, and Microsoft received licenses to establish HQs in Riyadh, after the government planned to halt contracts to companies without regional HQs (Bloomberg)

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia plans to begin mass producing its chips designed for China, the H20, L20, and L2, in Q2 2024, after the original November 2023 goal was delayed  —  U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) plans to begin mass production in… Read More »Sources: Nvidia plans to begin mass producing its chips designed for China, the H20, L20, and L2, in Q2 2024, after the original November 2023 goal was delayed (Reuters)

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: What’s On Netflix data: Netflix released about 130, or 16%, fewer original programs in 2023 than 2022, after a decade of increasing output  —  After years of spending more on new shows, the company is finally… Read More »What’s On Netflix data: Netflix released about 130, or 16%, fewer original programs in 2023 than 2022, after a decade of increasing output (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Sisi Wei / The Markup: Q&A with University of Michigan researchers about their research into the effectiveness of using prompts to assign interpersonal and professional roles to LLMs  —  A conversation with Mingqian Zheng, Jiaxin Pei, and David Jurgens  — … Read More »Q&A with University of Michigan researchers about their research into the effectiveness of using prompts to assign interpersonal and professional roles to LLMs (Sisi Wei/The Markup)