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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Spotify plans a more expensive “Supremium” tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month — Spotify Technology SA is planning a more expensive subscription option that's expected to include high-fidelity audio …
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| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU's AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding deeming general purpose AI systems as “high risk” — The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has spent the last month touring world capitals where, at talks to sold-out crowds …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact, circulated on Mastodon, pledges to block Meta's planned ActivityPub service, a petty and insular move that would keep Mastodon small — The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact: … Yours truly, on Bluesky a month ago (which, ironically, is not yet open itself, so here's an open preview):
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| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
In a surprise shakeup, Alibaba names Eddie Wu as its CEO, replacing Daniel Zhang, effective September 10; Zhang will remain CEO of Alibaba Cloud — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is replacing eight-year veteran chief Daniel Zhang at the helm of a Chinese e-commerce leader bleeding market share …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 14 lineup, 13-inch M2 MacBook Air, and 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max, starting on June 21 — Apple today announced that its self-service repair program will be expanding to the iPhone 14 lineup, 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip …
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
After Indian users complained about increasing spam, WhatsApp adds the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers and a Privacy Checkup feature — WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers. This comes after multiple customers in India …
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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades via its “noncustodial” service in recent weeks — EDX Markets won't directly handle customers' digital assets or directly serve individual investors
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Twitter says CEO Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk won't attend the Cannes Lions ad festival, despite the company's new “brand safety and suitability controls” push — Elon Musk and Twitter Inc.'s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino won't be at the advertising industry's biggest annual event … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Binance begins running Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes, as part of its plan to use the service for deposits and withdrawals, in response to network congestion — - Binance confirmed Tuesday it has started the process of integrating the Lightning Network. — They would join rivals Kraken … | New York Times: |
In a legal campaign, GOP lawmakers accuse Wikimedia, Graphika, universities, and others of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online — A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma automatically generates Apple ID passkeys; Apple adds support to Apple․com and iCloud․com so users can log in without passwords — You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
USA Today publisher Gannett sues Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, echoing the DOJ's arguments and saying audiences have grown but ad spending is down — - USA Today publisher Gannett is suing Google for allegedly illegally monopolizing the advertising technology market.
More: USA Today, AppleInsider, Engadget, Reuters, Tech Xplore, New York Post, and Livemint
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a detailed “phase 2” investigation into Adobe's Figma acquisition later in 2023, which may derail the $20B deal — Transaction faces lengthy antitrust probe in Brussels as global watchdogs signal concern over market consolidation
More: Gizmodo, Reuters, The Verge, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: powerful chips in a thin body, a 16:10 QHD+ 240Hz screen, and an RGB keyboard, but $2.4K+ is absurd and the speakers are just okay — This is a nice laptop with a somewhat confusing price. … The 14-inch gaming laptop space basically has two products in it.
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