Intro

Researchers have found a gnarly zero-click, zero-day iMessage hack that has been exploited. Apple can sell watches again! What was the best performing tech stock of 2023? Will 2024 be the climax of the streaming wars? And will 2024 be the year Apple finally gets serious about gaming on the Mac?

Links:

• 4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever (ArsTechnica)
• Apple can temporarily sell smartwatches after US appeals court win (Reuters)
• The Late-Night Email to Tim Cook That Set the Apple Watch Saga in Motion (Bloomberg)
• Seattle’s Zulily will ‘wind down’ its business and liquidate its assets (Seattle Times)
• Affirm’s stock quintupled this year, beating all tech peers, on buy now, pay later boom (CNBC)
• ‘Shakeout has begun’ after $5bn streaming loss for Netflix rivals (FT)
• Inside Apple's Massive Push To Transform The Mac Into A Gaming Paradise (Inverse)

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