🖥️ Microsoft's AI Surfaces, Apple Watch Dilemma, & 2024 Tech Outlook
Today’s pick
Microsoft readies 'next-gen' AI-focused Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 with Arm chips and design upgrades for 2024. Microsoft's 2024 Surface Pro 10 and Surface Pro 6 will have Arm processors and be powered by AI. Microsoft is making major updates to its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines with improved designs, new features, and next-gen silicon. By Zac Bowden via Windows Central
𝕏: Microsoft next wave of AI infused hardware undoubtedly includes Xbox too. - Jez (@JezCorden)
Apple Eyes Long-Term Software Fix for Watch While Appealing Ban. Apple Inc., facing a ban on imports of its watches that generate billions in annual sales, is seeking alternate paths to overcome the patent-infringement loss that forced the most popular Apple Watch models off shelves over the holidays. By Christopher Yasiejko via Bloomberg
𝕏: We don't pay attention to the Federal Circuit court but those judges just helped Apple steal technology from Masimo for no reason. The FedCircuit has jurisdiction over patents/trademarks, as well as international trade and procurement. And it is *terrible.*… - Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller)
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Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2024. Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media. We could go on, but we’re here to look forward. That’s the best part about this annual exercise, where we all pile into an electric time-travel vehicle and set the Google Maps destination to The Future. By Joanna Stern via Wall Street Journal
Australia's climate tech industry is booming, but it could bust without funds. Australia is a land of natural wonders, from the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest to Kakadu National Park and the Blue Mountains. But because of the country's naturally dry and biodiverse climate, it's particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events that have been exacerbated by climate change. By Rebecca Bellan via TechCrunch
California Pushes Electric Trucks as the Future of Freight. Neri Diaz thought he was ready for a crucial juncture in California's ambitious plans, closely watched in other states and around the world, to phase out diesel-powered trucks. His company, Harbor Pride Logistics, acquired 14 electric trucks this year to work alongside 32 diesel vehicles, in anticipation of a rule that says that after Monday, diesel rigs can no longer be added to the list of vehicles approved to move goods in and out of California’s ports. By Peter Eavis via The New York Times
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