Thu. 01/05 – CES Roundup Part 1

Amazon’s layoffs are bigger than we thought. Meta’s new fines in Europe could be a way, way bigger deal than you might think. Apple is brining AI narrators to audiobooks. And a roundup of cool CES stuff. Sony and Honda have a new electric car brand. The first truly wireless TV. And a solar powered watch band means you might never need to charge it.

Links:

• Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave (WSJ)
• €390M fine strikes blow to Meta’s ad-fueled business model (Politico)
• Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks (The Guardian)
• Bankruptcy judge rules that Earn account assets belong to Celsius (Axios)

CES Roundup:

• Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela (The Verge)
• iOttie Velox Elite is an actively cooled MagSafe car charger to prevent overheating (Apple Insider)
• LG’s latest Signature OLED TV receives all of its audio and video wirelessly (The Verge)
• I'm thinking of ditching my Apple Watch for this solar and body heat-powered band (TechRadar)
• Shower pods are here to turn your bathroom into a spa (The Verge)
• Samsung Display’s latest foldable concept can both slide and fold (The Verge)

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