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November 27, 2021, 1:25 PM

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Kuo: Apple AR headset to launch in late 2022 with an M1-like chip and no tethering to a Mac or an iPhone; Apple wants to replace the iPhone with AR in 10 years  —  Apple's long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset project is set to bear its first fruit late next year with the launch …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Italy fines Apple and Google €10M each for “aggressive” data practices and not providing users with clear enough information on commercial uses of their data  —  Apple and Google have been fined €10 million apiece by Italy's competition and market authority (AGCM) …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
UK's CMA says Google has agreed to expanded oversight in the development of Privacy Sandbox as part of the regulator's antitrust investigation  —  As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's Privacy Sandbox by the UK's competition regulator, the adtech giant has agreed …
Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alibaba is delegating more responsibility to presidents of its business units to shed its monolithic image in the wake of China's regulatory crackdown  —  CEO Daniel Zhang is devolving power to unit presidents as competition grows and big platforms come under pressure in China
More: Benzinga
Martha Muir / Financial Times:
Kazakhstan plans to ration power over winter to 50 registered crypto miners as illegal miners and mass relocations from China cause blackouts across the country  —  Illegal miners and mass relocations after a ban on crypto mining in China have overloaded energy grid

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