iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over their Home Screen app arrangement, AliExpress and Temu were the fastest-growing e-commerce apps in South Korea in 2023

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iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over their Home Screen app arrangement, including the ability to create blank spaces, rows, and columns. - Link

AliExpress and Temu were the fastest-growing ecommerce apps in South Korea in 2023. - Link

How Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters, who is obsessed with data, and Ted Sarandos, who loves working with talent, overcame differences to make the partnership work. - Link

Spotify adds online courses from BBC Maestro, Skillshare, Thinkific, and PlayVirtuoso, covering music, business, creativity, and health, as a UK-only experiment. - Link

Study finds that China produced almost 50% of the world's top AI researchers, compared to ~18% from the US, thanks to China's heavy investment in AI education. - Link

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