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Sales of some Apple Watch products will be discontinued in the US Apple plans to stop selling smartwatches soon in order to comply with the US import ban. The ban was ordered by the federal trade agency after the company was found to be infringing on patents owned by competitors, The Wall Street Journal reported. Starting December 21, the tech giant will temporarily suspend online sales of Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the United States. Over-the-counter sales in the United States will end after December 24th. The move will see popular Christmas gifts disappear from…

Work continues in the United States to create a crypto- and investor-friendly legal framework. Thankfully, I have friends in high places in the Web3 community. It has been nearly three years since U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce announced her latest Token Safe Harbor Proposal 2.0. Although this proposal is not progressing in its previous form, the Secretary is not giving up. “If the government wants to keep cryptographic innovation alive in the United States, I think it definitely needs version 3.0,” she said in an exclusive chat with TechCrunch at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.…

newstechnologytechnologyToday's tech news: Millions consider deleting Instagram, OpenAI seeks $100 billion in funding, more Today's tech news (December 23, 2023): Big moves in social media, AI, messaging, smartphones, and more – here are today's five biggest tech headlines. Another great day in technology. (express image)The world of technology is always buzzing with the latest news and developments. This week, OpenAI attempts to raise $100 billion in a new funding round, the Beeper vs. Apple battle finally reaches a conclusion, and the prices of Redmi Note 13 series devices are revealed. Here are his five biggest technology stories that are trending…

Instagram Threads has a much-requested feature and will compete with X/Twitter. The text-based social networking app is experimenting with the ability to save posts. This allows users to bookmark their favorite posts and revisit them later. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the feature in a Threads post on Wednesday, noting that the company had just begun limited testing. Users who have tested can find the new save feature under the three-dot menu in the top right corner of their posts. Instagram's bookmark icon is easily accessible next to the Like, Comment, and Share buttons, so I'm not sure why Threads…

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn He is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley, which was named “California Law Firm of the Year for Entrepreneurial Immigration Services” at the 2019 Global Law Experts Awards. She connects people with opportunities to expand their businesses and lives. More posts by this contributor Ask Sophie: What's the latest on the H-1B Lottery? Ask Sophie: What's the latest on the USCIS H-1B lottery and filing fees? Sophie Alcorn, AttorneyThe author and founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in California's Silicon Valley is an award-winning attorney certified in immigration and citizenship law by the…

Laptop screen for illustration photography. January 23, 2022, Gliwice, Poland. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto (from Getty Images) Here are five things that happened in the tech industry this week and how they impact your business. Were you lonely? 1-10 Windows 11 AI features you can use now. Windows users – Computerworld has listed 11 AI-powered tools you can use right now. Some are: -Paint Cocreator – AI tool “DALL-E” can be instructed to create different images based on user input. -Smart App Control is another new feature that is still being discovered by users. This AI tool…

Copilot, Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot and assistant family, is getting some new upgrades to coincide with its splashy Super Bowl LVIII ad campaign. In a post on Microsoft's official blog, Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's chief marketing officer, outlined what users can expect. “Today marks exactly one year since we gave people AI-powered experiences with Bing Chat,” he wrote. “We learned so many new things that year, and the use of the Copilot experience exploded, with over 5 billion chats and 5 billion images created to date… We're introducing even more, using Copilot as the only experience for people who want to get…

After former FOX News TV host Tucker Carlson announced he would interview Russian President Vladimir Putin on X, downloads of the app formerly known as Twitter skyrocketed, and X became a US app overnight. It rose to the top of the Store. Multiple news outlets, including Reuters, the Associated Press and the New York Times, confirmed on Wednesday that Carlson's interview had already taken place, and the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said the interview would take place on Thursday. I was told that it is scheduled to be broadcast. Interest in the Carlson-Putin interview likely caused a spike…

newstechnologyToday's tech news: Pixel 8 Pro gets new features, Microsoft Co-Pilot can now generate music, and more Today's tech news (December 24, 2023): Google adds headline features to its flagship Pixel 8 Pro smartphone through software update, Microsoft adds more features to CoPilot and more with GPT-4 did. Google Pixel 8 Pro (Image source: Google)Today's tech news in India: If you're a Pixel 8 Pro smartphone user, Google has significantly improved its video recording capabilities by introducing Video Boost technology through a software update, and CoPilot, powered by Microsoft's generative AI, can now generate music for free. I did. you…

It's not every day that a new VC firm emerges from stealth. Now, Varsity is announcing its first fund. Founded by a former Société Générale executive and two of his VC investors who worked at Serena Capital, Varsity has already raised €70 million ( At today's exchange rates he has raised $75 million. This is just the first deadline, as Varsity hopes to raise as much as 150 million euros ($161 million) for Varsity I. Overall, the company plans to invest in around 30 European startups. Varsity's limited partners include his Bpifrance, a French public bank, MACSF, Sogecap and Elevation…