Mojo Vision, which demonstrated a working prototype of its smart contact lenses in 2022, pivots to focus on micro-LED display tech and lays off 75% of staff (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios:
Mojo Vision, which demonstrated a working prototype of its smart contact lenses in 2022, pivots to focus on micro-LED display tech and lays off 75% of staff  —  Mojo Vision, a startup that had embarked on a years-long effort to create a smart contact lens with a built-in display …

GPTZero, an app made by a Princeton student to detect if an academic essay was written by a human or by OpenAI's ChatGPT, goes viral (Tony Ho Tran/The Daily Beast)

Tony Ho Tran / The Daily Beast:
GPTZero, an app made by a Princeton student to detect if an academic essay was written by a human or by OpenAI's ChatGPT, goes viral  —  “Humans deserve to know when the writing isn't human.”  —  Deputy Editor, Innovation & Tech … Edward Tian was fast asleep when his bot broke a website.

A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas to stop the spread of an image of a fake tweet created in her name (Brandy Zadrozny/NBC News)

Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas to stop the spread of an image of a fake tweet created in her name  —  Growing concerns over impact of medical misinformation on public health  —  When Dr. Natalia Solenkova woke up Monday morning …

Sources: Microsoft is working on incorporating existing and future versions of OpenAI's GPT in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other productivity apps (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Sources: Microsoft is working on incorporating existing and future versions of OpenAI's GPT in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other productivity apps  —  In a move that could change how more than a billion people write documents, presentations and emails, Microsoft has discussed incorporating …

Android 14 may change phone's share menu

Google's upcoming system software update, Android 14, will reportedly change Android devices' share sheet. Esper's Mishaal Rahman spotted that the tech giant developed an experimental, hidden copy of the share sheet that resides within Android 13. It was identical to the existing share sheet in terms of appearance and functionality, however, unlike it, it was a mainline module. https://ift.tt/YLe0rfZ

Samsung confirms to launch Galaxy S23 series on Feb 1

Tech giant Samsung's Colombia website has revealed that the Galaxy S23 series will be launched on February 1 this year. Moreover, the teaser on the website revealed the new camera design with pictures of leaves and lilacs in the corner, indicating at the names of the rumoured colours that recently leaked. https://ift.tt/A1xzqvm

Sources: Taiwan's space agency plans a low-earth orbit satellite communications project to help resist any attacks by China, inspired by Starlink in Ukraine (Kathrin Hille/Financial Times)

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
Sources: Taiwan's space agency plans a low-earth orbit satellite communications project to help resist any attacks by China, inspired by Starlink in Ukraine  —  Country wants to emulate Elon Musk's Starlink in wake of Ukraine war with low-Earth orbit start-up

Twitter hasn't paid severance to employees Elon Musk fired

Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in late October, and his first order of business was to fire half of the workforce. These sacked employees were expected to receive severance, but it appears they are still waiting for the same. Last year on November 4, Musk fired half of the employees across different teams and regions, and the firing continued for several weeks. Out of these 3,500 employees, 1,000 were posted in California, as per the documents filed with the state. https://ift.tt/vYQD3tK

Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off 20% of its ~1,100 staff, citing the "bear market"; CoinGecko: Huobi had the 8th largest exchange volume in November 2022 (Reuters)

Reuters:
Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off 20% of its ~1,100 staff, citing the “bear market”; CoinGecko: Huobi had the 8th largest exchange volume in November 2022  —  Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off about 20% of its staff, the company told Reuters on Friday …

Salesforce's layoffs hit Tableau, acquired for $15.7B in 2019, harder than other divisions, after CEO Mark Nelson was ousted in late December 2022 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Salesforce's layoffs hit Tableau, acquired for $15.7B in 2019, harder than other divisions, after CEO Mark Nelson was ousted in late December 2022  —  Salesforce Inc. division Tableau was hit harder than other units in the company's largest-ever round of jobs cuts this week …

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 spring or at WWDC than in January as previously predicted  —  Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a tweet thread today that ongoing delays with development of Apple's mixed-reality headset …

A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country (Varsha Bansal/Rest of World)

Varsha Bansal / Rest of World:
A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country  —  Shaik Salauddin: the Indian driver-turned-union leader who is brushing shoulders with top politicians and giving ride-hailing firms a run for their money.

Google may move Supreme Court to challenge CCI ruling on Android

The Supreme Court approach will come after Google suffered a setback on Wednesday when a tribunal turned down its request to block the antitrust ruling. The company argued implementation of CCI's directives will hurt its long-standing business model and consumer interests. A spokesperson for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. https://ift.tt/1zxWqmU

After YouTuber Coffeezilla reported on Logan Paul's apparently sham NFT game CryptoZoo, Paul finally responds, acknowledging some involved were "bad actors" (Levi Winslow/Kotaku)

Levi Winslow / Kotaku:
After YouTuber Coffeezilla reported on Logan Paul's apparently sham NFT game CryptoZoo, Paul finally responds, acknowledging some involved were “bad actors”  —  Blockchain investigator Stephen ‘Coffeezilla’ Findeisen may see Paul in court  —  After keeping his mouth shut …

After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media  —  A group of online creators has skyrocketed to fame by covering every aspect of the meltdown, but some optimize for attention over accuracy