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Sources: Cruise does not expect to see its robotaxis on city streets again until Q4 2024 and is considering Houston and Dallas as likely cities for a relaunch (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

The US DOJ says eBay agreed to pay $59M to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by allowing sales of pill presses and other items (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

A Microsoft engineer tells WA's AG he found ways to exploit DALL-E 3 to make explicit images, reported it, but was then told to take down a public post about it (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Apple's visionOS doesn't let users rearrange home screen icons or pin web apps to the home screen, particularly limiting as Netflix and YouTube lack native apps (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Zoom announces an app for the Apple Vision Pro, featuring digital personas, 3D file sharing, "real-world pinning" of meeting participants, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

China has approved more than 40 large language models for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week (Josh Ye/Reuters)

The Browser Company releases Arc Search, an iOS browser with a feature that takes a user's query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer it (David Pierce/The Verge)

A look at Warner Bros. Discovery's push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer of AI software, on copyright concerns over AI, open-source AI models, LLMs, and more (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple's electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian (Bloomberg)

With high-stakes elections in 2024, some experts are worried that a piece of disinformation potentially involving a deepfake might soon have a calamitous impact (Tim Harford/Financial Times)

In his new book, a16z VC Chris Dixon argues blockchain is a morally neutral tech that regulators must differentiate from the crypto industry's casino culture (Joel Khalili/Wired)

FTX is unloading cryptoassets as bankruptcy advisers look to repay customers; filings: its affiliates' cash pile grew from $2.3B in October to $4.4B at 2023 end (Jonathan Randles/Bloomberg)

Source: Chamath Palihapitiya shelved plans to raise $1B for an early-stage investment fund, in part due to fundraising challenges (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

ASML's stock rises 10%+ to reach a $350B+ market cap on the AI boom, becoming Europe's third most valuable company; ASML is up 19%+ in 2024 (Danilo Masoni/Reuters)

Google Pixel users say they are not able to access data stored in internal storage across all apps after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Klarna launches Klarna Plus, a $7.99/month subscription plan in the US, with waived service fees when using its One Time Card, double rewards points, and more (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Nvidia's RTX GPUs can now upgrade SDR video to HDR using AI, supported in both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on Windows PCs with HDR enabled (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Twitch changes the Prime Gaming subscription payout model to a fixed rate, expands the Partner Plus Program, and removes the $100K cap for 70/30 revenue share (Ash Parrish/The Verge)

Supermicro stock has jumped 430%+ since early 2023 amid an AI frenzy, outpacing Nvidia and boosting the value of its founder's 12% stake, plus options, to $3.3B (Bloomberg)

Framework Laptop 16 review: the modular system offers unprecedented customization, is competent at mid-range gaming, but ran hot, froze, and glitched in testing (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sources: Apple pivots to a less ambitious design for its upcoming EV, from Level 4 autonomy to Level 2+, and pushes back its launch from 2026 to 2028 or later (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Source: Brex told employees it is cutting 282 jobs, or about 20% of its staff, saying it grew too quickly and its CTO and COO are giving up their positions (The Information)

Researchers: only 18 companies of 391 analyzed seem to have followed a NYC law that went into effect six months ago and requires disclosure of hiring algorithms (Lauren Weber/Wall Street Journal)