Journals

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH’s primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500  —  Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the… Read More »A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH’s primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500 (Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC News)

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections  —  A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe’s politicians… Read More »A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73″ LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499  —  Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two… Read More »Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73″ LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Honor announces global availability of Magic 6 Pro with a 6.8″ 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 5,600mAh battery, set to retail for €1,299 in Europe  —  A month and a half after… Read More »Honor announces global availability of Magic 6 Pro with a 6.8″ 120Hz OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 5,600mAh battery, set to retail for €1,299 in Europe (Jon Porter/The Verge)

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)