Reliable leaker Evan Blass has shared images of what appears to be the Galaxy S24 and S24 Ultra in a pair of eye-catching colors. Luckily, we’ll only have to wait a little longer to see the real thing when Samsung’s AI-themed Galaxy Unpacked event kicks off at 1PM ET.
In a January 16th filing, Apple asked the court to award it $73,404,326 in relief to cover its out-of-pocket expenses, lawyer fees, and other costs arising from Epic’s lawsuit. A bargain, if you ask Apple:
Although it would be reasonable for Apple to seek the total amount of its Losses in this matter, it has provided a 10% discount in recognition of Epic’s win on one out of ten of its claims. This 10% overall reduction is extremely generous, given the undisputed fact that the UCL claim did not constitute nearly 10% of the litigation, as this Court recognized.
Meeeoooow.
[CourtListener]
In an interview with Venturebeat, Ross Rosenberg claims that Apple can’t match the level of precision that Magic Leap’s tech can provide:
“What Apple has shown, as I’m sure you’ve seen, is much more about watching a streaming movie or a Facetime call, where you don’t need nearly as much accuracy. That’s a very different space.”
The augmented reality company was recently granted $590 million in additional debt relief funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, as Apple readies its Vision Pro headset for launch on February 2nd.
The latest in this hey-look-at-me car trend comes from BYD, the company that just overtook Tesla in global EV sales. It recently demonstrated a DJI Mavic 3 Pro “Auto Docker” that lives atop a U8 SUV from luxury sub-brand YangWang. It safely stores the drone and contains a battery-swapping robot, all of which can be monitored and controlled from the infotainment system. Great if you’re an #SUVLIFE influencer, I guess.
Some BG3 players on Xbox have had to deal with lost saves, which is obviously frustrating in a game as massive as Larian’s hit RPG, but Microsoft says a new system update should fix things. Larian said last week the firmware update was coming.
That’s according to Alessandro Paluzzi, who regularly spots features in the works for apps like Threads and Instagram.
I’m not much of a bookmarker myself, but if you are, I’m hoping for you that this feature comes out soon.
You can report posts and publications from the app, according to Substack update notes spotted by Chris Messina. (It appears you’ve been able to report things on the web for at least a few months.) But for people who are unhappy with Substack’s moderation policies, as Messina says, it might be too little, too late.
The company, which had been fined $350,000 for the delay, argued that President Donald Trump should have been notified when prosecutors investigating him for election interference issued a search warrant for his account data, according to The Washington Post.
Twitter, now X, can appeal to the Supreme Court, which recently declined to hear the company’s broader legal challenge arguing that it should be able to publicly share government demands for user data.
[The Washington Post]
Dorothy Gambrell of Cat and Girl (IYKYK) has made a comic about being named as one of the artists used to train Midjourney. Gambrell refers to herself as “small-time” and her discussion of her ambitions may clarify why a lot of creators feel exploited by scraping.
[catandgirl.com]
After dropping a not-so-subtle teaser last week, Google has announced that users wearing a Fitbit device or Pixel Watch to a SoulCycle class from January 22nd to 28th will get a complimentary class they can attend with a friend.
Google says users can redeem the offer at any class with the “Soul Surprise presented by Fitbit” theme from January 29th to February 4th.
Chapek and Masimo aren’t names I expected to see linked together!
The former Disney CEO is joining the medical device maker amid its dispute with Apple (which could be nearing its conclusion).
The lawsuit from movie financier TSG Entertainment alleged that Disney used tricky accounting to withhold millions of dollars from it. For instance, TSG believes it was underpaid by “at least $40 million” for The Shape of Water, making it harder to invest in other films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The reported settlement’s terms were undisclosed, the Reporter writes.
