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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 …
More: Fortune, The Verge, Foreign Policy, Mashable, MediaNama, Dexerto, WinBuzzer, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| 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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| 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):
More: fedipact.online, Curator, and Scripting News
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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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| 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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Twitter: @jjcycles, @fintechfrank, @hsakatrades, @silvermanjacob, @hsakatrades, @thestalwart, and @lalleclausen
Forums: Hacker News and r/CryptoCurrency
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password — You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support.
More: PCMag, MacRumors, WeLiveSecurity, and iMore
| 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 … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi, who sold Xnor.ai to Apple for ~$200M in 2020, departs to become the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's CEO — Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple's machine learning initiatives …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, AI2 Blog, and WinBuzzer
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
USA Today publisher Gannett sues Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, echoing the US 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, Search Engine Land, Android Authority, The Register, CNN, Engadget, Gizmodo, Reuters, New York Times, New York Post, and Livemint
Twitter: @tessaduvall, @usatoday, @clarajanehen, and @gannett
| 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 …
More: Cointelegraph, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoPotato, Inside Bitcoins, CCN.com, The Crypto Basic, CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, Finbold, CoinDesk, Crypto Daily, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, and Cryptonews
Twitter: @binance and @cz_binance
Forums: r/CryptoMarkets and r/Bitcoin
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Toronto-based Rose Rocket, which sells SaaS tools for trucking companies, raised a $38M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $69M — In 2015, Justin Sky, Justin Bailie and Alexander Luksidadi — all veterans of the trucking and logistics industry … | 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.
Twitter: @jswatz, @anneapplebaum, @mattsteinglass, @mollyjongfast, and @mtaibbi
Forums: r/FreeSpeech, r/politics, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/law, and r/moderatepolitics
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google updates Chrome on iOS with a new mini Google Maps view and an option to add Calendar events by tapping a date on a site, and promises Google Lens support — Google is adding some more features to its Chrome iOS browser to tempt iPhone users away from Safari.
More: AppAdvice, Thurrott, TechCrunch, The Keyword, Macworld, 9to5Google, BigTechWire, and Android Central
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Roblox now lets eligible creators build mature content experiences for users 17 and up, who must verify their age with a picture of a government ID and a selfie — - Roblox announced eligible creators can build experiences featuring mature content for users aged 17 and older.Sponsor Posts
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