Journals

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… Read More »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 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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. … Read More »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 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: A preview of the NetChoice cases to be argued at SCOTUS on February 26, about the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws regulating social media content  —  The ruling could impact other publishing industries and… Read More »A preview of the NetChoice cases to be argued at SCOTUS on February 26, about the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws regulating social media content (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

RT Watson / The Block: Research: the all-time, total amount invested in crypto and blockchain-related companies crosses $90B, with ~$1.3B invested across 230+ deals so far in 2024  —  – The total, all-time dollar amount invested into crypto and blockchain-related… Read More »Research: the all-time, total amount invested in crypto and blockchain-related companies crosses $90B, with ~$1.3B invested across 230+ deals so far in 2024 (RT Watson/The Block)

Jon Porter / The Verge: What to expect at MWC 2024: smartphone launches from Xiaomi and others, OnePlus Watch 2, Brain.ai’s “app-less phone” and other experimental concepts, and more  —  Without looking up any leaks or rumors, I’d bet that… Read More »What to expect at MWC 2024: smartphone launches from Xiaomi and others, OnePlus Watch 2, Brain.ai’s “app-less phone” and other experimental concepts, and more (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Reuters: Japan plans to give up to $4.86B more in subsidies to help TSMC build a second chip fabrication plant in Kumamoto  —  Chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) formally opens its first Japanese plant on Saturday, highlighting the Taiwanese firm’s critical role… Read More »Japan plans to give up to $4.86B more in subsidies to help TSMC build a second chip fabrication plant in Kumamoto (Reuters)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: PermitFlow, which develops end-to-end workflow and automation software for construction permitting, raised a $31M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins  —  Kleiner Perkins led the Series A, which came just over a year after seed… Read More »PermitFlow, which develops end-to-end workflow and automation software for construction permitting, raised a $31M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

David Jeans / Forbes: In a letter to Elon Musk, Rep. Mike Gallagher says SpaceX may be in breach of DOD contracts after sources say Starshield is inactive around Taiwan for US troops  —  Rep. Mike Gallagher, who led a… Read More »In a letter to Elon Musk, Rep. Mike Gallagher says SpaceX may be in breach of DOD contracts after sources say Starshield is inactive around Taiwan for US troops (David Jeans/Forbes)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Filing: Google said Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but Eddy Cue said Microsoft had search quality issues and was investing less than Google  —  – In 2018, Microsoft offered to sell Apple… Read More »Filing: Google said Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but Eddy Cue said Microsoft had search quality issues and was investing less than Google (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: Broadcom is nearing a $3.8B deal to sell its end-user computing unit to private equity firm KKR  —  Chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) is nearing a $3.8 billion deal to sell its business that allows users to… Read More »Sources: Broadcom is nearing a $3.8B deal to sell its end-user computing unit to private equity firm KKR (Milana Vinn/Reuters)