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TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

    Sheila Chiang / CNBC: TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions  —  – TSMC reported fourth-quarter revenue slipped 1.5% from… Read More »TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

    New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms (Wall Street Journal)

      Wall Street Journal: New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms  —  A 2021 Meta Platforms presentation estimated 100,000 child users were harassed daily,… Read More »New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms (Wall Street Journal)

      SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg)

        Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond  —  – Exchange compares tokens to plush toys… Read More »SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg)

        A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: a total of 186,892 companies shared the volunteers’ data with Facebook, averaging 2,230 companies per person (Jon Keegan/The Markup)

          Jon Keegan / The Markup: A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: a total of 186,892 companies shared the volunteers’ data with Facebook, averaging 2,230 companies per person  —  A new study looks at who is sending information about your… Read More »A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: a total of 186,892 companies shared the volunteers’ data with Facebook, averaging 2,230 companies per person (Jon Keegan/The Markup)

          Bipartisan bills are being introduced across the US to fight AI deepfakes, especially non-consensual AI-generated porn and fake celebrity endorsements (Janus Rose/VICE)

            Janus Rose / VICE: Bipartisan bills are being introduced across the US to fight AI deepfakes, especially non-consensual AI-generated porn and fake celebrity endorsements  —  Lawmakers are introducing new bills to protect famous actors and musicians from ‘AI Fraud’—and maybe… Read More »Bipartisan bills are being introduced across the US to fight AI deepfakes, especially non-consensual AI-generated porn and fake celebrity endorsements (Janus Rose/VICE)

            Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though not at the scale of 2023’s reductions and not affecting every team (Alex Heath/The Verge)

              Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though not at the scale of 2023’s reductions and not affecting every team  —  Google has laid off over a thousand employees… Read More »Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though not at the scale of 2023’s reductions and not affecting every team (Alex Heath/The Verge)

              Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

                Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day  —  Earlier today, a US… Read More »Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

                LiveRamp, which helps match up customer datasets for brands and advertisers, agrees to acquire marketing data startup Habu for ~$200M in cash and stock (Abigail Summerville/Reuters)

                  Abigail Summerville / Reuters: LiveRamp, which helps match up customer datasets for brands and advertisers, agrees to acquire marketing data startup Habu for ~$200M in cash and stock  —  , a software company which helps match up customer datasets for… Read More »LiveRamp, which helps match up customer datasets for brands and advertisers, agrees to acquire marketing data startup Habu for ~$200M in cash and stock (Abigail Summerville/Reuters)

                  Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta’s board of directors and become an informal advisor to the company in May 2024 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

                    Sara Fischer / Axios: Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta’s board of directors and become an informal advisor to the company in May 2024  —  Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta’s board… Read More »Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg plans to leave Meta’s board of directors and become an informal advisor to the company in May 2024 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

                    Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or allow its iPad app on the platform, and says users can watch Netflix on the web browser (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

                      Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or allow its iPad app on the platform, and says users can watch Netflix on the web browser  —  Netflix Inc. isn’t planning to… Read More »Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or allow its iPad app on the platform, and says users can watch Netflix on the web browser (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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