Intro

Telegram has completely redesigned its app. Microsoft has brought Copilot to iOS. Camera makers are remaking their hardware for the age of AI. There’s the premium smartphone market, and then there’s the premium premium market segment, and those are the only parts of the smartphone market you want to be in. And will 2024 be the year the Internet gets weird again?

Links:

• Telegram rolls out revamped voice and video calls, new delete animation on Android (9to5Google)
• Bitcoin climbs above $45,000 to 21-month peak as new year kicks off (Reuters)
• Global Premium Smartphone Market Continues to See Record Sales in 2023 (Counterpoint)
• Smartphone makers bet on foldables to revive lacklustre market (Financial Times)
• Nikon, Sony and Canon fight AI fakes with new camera tech (Nikkei Asia)
• Microsoft’s Copilot app is now available on iOS (The Verge)
• The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again (Rolling Stone)

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