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TikTok's CEO is scheduled to testify before a U.S. congressional committee next month. CEO Shou Zi Chew voluntarily agreed to appear before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, when he's expected to answer questions about TikTok's data, privacy, and security practices. The announcement comes as the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to vote on a bill next month to ban TikTok in the U.S. over security concerns. More: - It will be Chew's first appearance before a U.S. congressional panel.
- In a news release today, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the committee's Republican chair, accused ByteDance-owned TikTok of allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to access U.S. user data.
- "Americans deserve to know how these actions impact their privacy and data security, as well as what actions TikTok is taking to keep our kids safe from online and offline harms," she said.
- In response, a TikTok spokesperson said the CCP has "neither direct nor indirect control of ByteDance or TikTok."
Zoom Out: - Meanwhile, TikTok has been working on a proposal with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to address concerns about data sharing and security.
- In 2020, that same committee ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok over concerns about user data being accessible to China's government.
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A top Apple analyst expects the company to release a foldable iPad as early as 2024. Ming-Chi Kuo said the new model will likely "boost shipments and improve the product mix" for iPads. More: - Kuo predicts the foldable iPad will have a carbon fiber kickstand made by Anjie Technology. He did not provide further details.
- Meanwhile, Kuo has predicted a year-over-year drop in iPad shipments of 10% to 15% in 2023.
- “There may be no new iPad releases” in the next nine to 12 months, he said.
- Apple could start mass production of a refreshed iPad mini in early 2024, according to Kuo.
Zoom Out: - In October, CCS Insight reported that Apple would launch a foldable iPad in 2024 before bringing the technology to iPhones.
- Almost a year ago, analyst Ross Young said Apple has been testing a foldable iPad with a 20-inch folding screen but did not plan to release it until 2026.
- Lenovo and Samsung currently produce laptops and phones with fully foldable displays.
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Mega-cap tech giants are set to report earnings this week. These include Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Google parent Alphabet. More: - Meta Platforms will report its 2022 Q4 earnings on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet will follow a day later, on Feb. 2.
- The results come as all of the tech giants, except for Apple, have reported layoffs in recent months.
- Alphabet was the latest to announce job cuts of 12,000 employees or about 6% of its global workforce earlier this month. The company "hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today," CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged.
- Overall, more than 100 companies, or about 20% of the S&P 500, will report earnings in the coming week.
- The results are expected to heavily influence the market. Positive results could help usher in a bull market shift as inflation decreases.
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Apple supplier Jabil has started manufacturing AirPods components in India, a further sign of Apple's aim to shift production outside of China. The AirPods components, which include enclosures or plastic bodies, are now being shipped to manufacturers in China and Vietnam for final assembly. More: - It's the first time an India-based Apple supplier has manufactured parts for a device other than the iPhone.
- Jabil is producing the Airpods components at an 860,000-square-foot plant employing 2,500 workers in Pune, western India.
- The news comes after a Nikkei Asia report said Apple is asking suppliers to shift production of some AirPods and Beats headphones to India
- Chinese supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co. has also gained clearance from the Indian government to locally produce the earphones, shifting more of the supply chain to India. It currently makes the earbuds in China and Vietnam.
Zoom Out: - The request comes as Apple seeks to diversify from China amid U.S.-China trade tensions and COVID-19 lockdowns that disrupted its supply chain.
- Apple began assembling iPhones in India in 2017. While 98% of iPhones are still made in China, the company is expected to ramp up shipments of India-made iPhones.
- As of Q3 2022, Apple has a 31% market share of wireless stereo devices, which includes earbuds and headphones.
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England's Premier League and blockchain-based sports game Sorare inked a deal to offer official digital trading cards. France-based Sorare has agreed to pay millions of dollars per year under the four-year licensing contract with the English soccer league. More: - Sorare is a fantasy sports gaming experience based on NFTs or non-fungible tokens.
- Under the deal's terms, Sorare users will be able to buy and trade the digital collectibles as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain.
- The digital cards will feature players from all 20 Premier League clubs. Players will be able to create their own five-player teams and compete online, earning points based on who wins.
- Sorare said the Premier League game will also have a "financial fair play" feature that bars users from choosing all-star teams.
- Sorare claims 3 million users worldwide. In 2021, the startup raised $680M in a SoftBank-led funding round at a $4.3B valuation.
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Google researchers unveiled a new AI that creates music from text descriptions. The new model, MusicLM, has outperformed other AI music generators in its audio quality. More: - MusicLM was trained on over 280,000 hours of music, making it able to create new high-quality song tracks of different genres and instruments.
- Users can also sing, whistle, or hum to build upon a melody.
- The model "generates music at 24kHz that remains consistent over several minutes," according to researchers.
- The system is based on Google's Transformer neural network architecture, which has been particularly useful in the AI fields of natural language processing and computer vision.
- Due to copyright issues, Google will not release MusicLM publicly yet.
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