January
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Kuo: due to development issues, Apple is "more likely" to debut its mixed-reality headset in the spring or at WWDC than in January as previously predicted (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Kuo: due to development issues, Apple is “more likely” to debut its mixed-reality headset in the…
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Snap is shutting down its Camera app for Mac and PC on January 25; launched in 2018, the app let users apply facial filters while on video conference calls (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Snap is shutting down its Camera app for Mac and PC on January 25; launched…
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Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut its wealth management division HQ on January 2; filing: HQ had more than $3.5B under management as of December 2022 (Kate Clark/The Information)
Kate Clark / The Information: Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut its wealth management division HQ on January 2; filing:…
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Twitter users in Australia and New Zealand report the service being down for over 12 hours, starting around 6:40am AEST on January 4 (Zachariah Kelly/Gizmodo Australia)
Zachariah Kelly / Gizmodo Australia: Twitter users in Australia and New Zealand report the service being down for over 12…
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Suhail Sameer, CEO of New Delhi-based fintech BharatPe, plans to step down to an advisor on January 7, after co-founder Ashneer Grover's exit in February 2022 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Suhail Sameer, CEO of New Delhi-based fintech BharatPe, plans to step down to an advisor on…
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A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India’s tech startups, which raised…
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First pretrial hearing in the FTC's case against Microsoft's $69B bid to take over Activision Blizzard set for January 3, 2023 (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)
Alexandra Alper / Reuters: First pretrial hearing in the FTC’s case against Microsoft’s $69B bid to take over Activision Blizzard…
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Tim Wu, who helped shape Biden's antitrust agenda, will leave his role as an adviser on January 4 to return to teaching antitrust law at Columbia Law School (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Tim Wu, who helped shape Biden’s antitrust agenda, will leave his role as an adviser on…
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An obituary of Dark Sky, which changed how people consume weather forecasts but is disparaged by scientists, as Apple shuts the iOS app down on January 1 (Russell Jacobs/Slate)
Russell Jacobs / Slate: An obituary of Dark Sky, which changed how people consume weather forecasts but is disparaged by…
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