Over the weekend, news broke that Japan and the Netherlands would be joining the USA in restricting exports of critical semiconductor manufacturing tools to China. The move reflects growing anxieties about China’s domestic chip production efforts (here’s a well-produced explainer), and is designed to cut it off from essential tools supplied by the likes of ASML in the Netherlands, and Nikon and Tokyo Electron in Japan.
If you’re counting down the days until the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie on April 7th, then the film has just received another trailer that you might want to check out. The focus this time is on Donkey Kong, played in the movie by noted Verge fan Seth Rogen. And yes, you get to hear Rogen deliver his iconic laugh.
For now, here’s a silly tweet to start your day:
Stay tuned, as we continue to update this list with the most important news of today: Monday, January 30th, 2023.
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You just activated my Snap card.
Marvel Snap’s long awaited Battle Mode, which allows players to directly challenge others in a new game mode, launches tomorrow. Consequently, also launching tomorrow is Ash’s campaign to make new friends as all her old ones leave in disgust and shame after getting beat by her in Marvel Snap.
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Jan 30, 2023, 6:11 PM UTCJay Peters
Instagram Notes launched in December, and people immediately equated them to AIM away messages. This week, they’re coming to Europe and Japan.
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Jan 30, 2023, 5:04 PM UTCCameron Faulkner
This late 2020 laptop is aging well thanks to its speedy M1 chip and long-lasting battery life. In today’s mix of deals, we also have huge price cuts on refurbished LG C2 OLEDs at Woot.
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How many quirks and features can you buy with $37 million?
Doug DeMuro, YouTube’s favorite car reviewer and our foremost expert on automotive quirks and features, is getting a significant cash injection from the Chernin Group. The investment group behind a number of online creators, including Barstool Sports, MeatEater, and Exploding Kittens, said it would invest $37 million in DeMuro’s Cars and Bids website, which under the deal will merge with his YouTube page to form one entity. Congrats to Doug — now buy yourself a fancy knee pillow to celebrate.
Here’s our Decoder interview with Doug from 2021, where he describes how the business of being Doug Demuro actually works:
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Apple’s expanding production in India.
According to Bloomberg, an Apple supplier in the country has started making plastic AirPods enclosures. This comes as Apple continues to shift more production from China to India, where it now makes the iPhone 14 and other devices.
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TP-Link made its first Matter device available today for $19.99 through Amazon.
The Tapo P125M Mini Smart Plug is one of just two Matter-enabled smart plugs you can buy. The other is from Meross. (Eve’s option requires an OTA update). But judging by recent announcements, we shouldn’t have to wait too long for more Matter stuff.
The new plug will work with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Samsung SmartThings through Matter, as well as TP-Link’s Tapo app.
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TP-Link’s Tapo P125 is one of the first Matter-enabled smart plugs you can buy. Image: TP-Link -
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Jan 29, 2023, 12:02 AM UTCEmma Roth
The three companies want to dismiss a complaint that alleges that the AI-powered Copilot relies on ‘software piracy on an unprecedented scale.’
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Jan 28, 2023, 8:08 PM UTCJon Porter
The new sanctions are designed to limit the access of Chinese firms to key chip manufacturing technologies from the likes of ASML, Nikon, and Tokyo Electron.
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