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🤖 Saying goodbye to Chicago with a heart full of memories and a mind buzzing with innovation, thanks to the Apple Vision Pro experience. 🍏✨ A special shoutout to the team behind this immersive journey. You've not just shown us a product; you've unveiled a future. 🚀 The blend of technology and creativity was nothing short of magical. It's not every day you see the boundaries of what's possible being pushed right before your eyes. 🔮 Connecting with fellow tech enthusiasts and innovators in such a vibrant setting was the cherry on top. 🍒 Networking in the realm of cutting-edge tech? Yes, please! It's experiences like these that remind us why we love what we do. The thrill of innovation, the joy of discovery, and the bonds we build along the way. ❤️ As we look forward to what's next, let's keep pushing the limits. Who knows what tomorrow holds? 🌅 Have you had a tech experience that left you awe-struck? Share your stories and let's marvel at the wonders of innovation together! 🌟 What's the most innovative tech you've encountered recently, and how do you see it shaping our future? Let's get the conversation going! 💬

"ByteDance's main hardware focus now is the development of a high-end Apple Vision Pro competitor incorporating "cutting-edge technologies", a project which Osawa reports is codenamed Swan. This Swan project is "still largely experimental and conceptual" though, Osawa writes, and there's no clear timeline for it to become an actual product." I'm curious if someone can explain this to me, because I don't get it. Pico has just accepted that is has failed at taking on Meta's Quest, while having significantly invested in trying to seriously compete in that market. I'm having trouble understanding how after failing that, the thinking is that it's a good idea to take on Apple next. What is going to be different this time? It's not like Apple is an easier company to compete with than Meta, I think?

Big Tech's (defined as Apple+ Microsoft+ Google+ Meta) aggregate FCF-SBC was +50% YoY in 3Q'23. Admittedly, it was a bit of an easy comp, but compared to 3Q'21, it was still +15%. Interesting to see how Meta has been gaining its lost ground in big tech profit pool mix this year.

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CAI (Content Authenticity Initiative) and C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) is spearheading efforts to enhance media transparency and evaluation, attracting participations from community members and key industry players like #Adobe, #Microsoft, #Intel, #BBC etc. However, notable absences include #Google, #Amazon, #Meta, #Nvidia, #OpenAI etc. despite their significant influence in the technology and media landscape. It's definitely a great first step 👍, however the absences are also making creators, publishers, consumers and communities nervous 😥 about power plays in this space. Given the transformative impact of synthetic media (GenAI for media), it's crucial for Copyright Offices and Institutions to facilitate inclusive discussions and wider outreach among diverse industry leaders to address challenges and seize opportunities without borders and boundaries. #oneworld 🏡 🙏 #c2pa - https://lnkd.in/gje9SkfF #syntheticmedia #creators #publishers #consumers

I preordered a Vision Pro. Mostly because as a potential developer, I’m always curious about new platforms and their potential. “But what about the Quest 3, which does almost everything Apple’s talking about?” The answer to that is actually pretty simple: I don’t want the Quest 3. And it has very little to do with the technology. I don’t want the Quest 3, because fundamentally, I don’t trust Meta. I don’t trust Mark Zuckerberg. Do I think he’s a terrible guy? No - I know folks who know him, and I believe he’s sincere and well-intentioned. But I don’t trust his judgment on matters of data and privacy, and a real XR headset is a privacy nightmare. I know folks who worked on the privacy side of the Quest. They were incredibly smart folks, who thought hard and deeply about the subject. But I also never trusted the end product, because *fundamentally* I don’t trust Meta and I never will. And I know that whatever those smart, caring folks did, it wasn’t *their* judgment that made the final decisions. It was Zuckerberg, it was the $. It doesn’t matter what they say, because what they’ve *already done* with Facebook tells me everything I need to know. And because of that, nothing they say will ever carry any weight. As things like XR and AI and the general total pervasiveness of phones & IOT and what have you gets … more, the thing I want out of a company is to believe in their efforts around privacy and trust. I know Apple is not a saintly company by any stretch (I’m with Epic re: store & monopoly, for instance) - but when it comes to trust and safety, it’s no contest. I’d easily pay significantly more for an Apple product than a Meta one, solely around how I perceive they will treat the data that’s necessary for deep interactions with this kind of product. I know that for a lot of people, price beats everything, but I think more and more, how much companies can be trusted with data will become more critical, and right now, Apple’s sort of the only game in town.

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