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Apple needs a better Siri, not an unproven wearable.
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-TikTok has finalized the deal for its US entity, with its parent company ByteDance selling the majority of its stake to a group of non-Chinese investors.

-Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is apparently still hopeful that investors will approve his $108.4 billion hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

-Elon Musk took the stage recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and announced that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot will be sold to the public by the end of next year.
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The agentic "Health AI" will be integrated into the primary care provider's app.
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-Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul will allegedly involve transforming the voice assistant into an AI chatbot, internally called Campos.

-A report by The Information on Wednesday said that Apple is working on an AI pin. The wearable is said to resemble a slightly thicker AirTag and include multiple cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging.

-Threads has grown enough for Meta to fully integrate it into its advertising machine.
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It also launched new features for Adobe After Effects.
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