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Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software:
Apple's Mother Nature skit at the Wonderlust event was awkward, but every fact or position put forth is a strategic, money-saving, and innovative effort  —  Apple's showed a widely criticized video showing their efforts to fight climate change.  Looking past the video is a significant and strategic set of initiatives worthy of praise.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts on Apple's Wonderlust event, including the Mother Nature skit, FineWoven iPhone cases and Watch straps, iPhone 15 and 15 Pro lineup, and AirPods Pro 2  —  Was Tuesday's “Wonderlust” event mostly predictable?  Yes.  Does that mean it was boring?  For some people, yes.
More: TidBITS
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children's data and gives three months to comply  —  It's been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation …
Niket Nishant / Reuters:
Instacart raises its proposed IPO price range to $28 to $30, up from $26 to $28, seeking to sell 22M shares at an up to $10B valuation after Arm's stellar debut  —  Grocery delivery app Instacart on Friday raised the proposed price range for its initial public offering …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Instacart plans to price its IPO on Monday, September 18 and begin trading on Tuesday, September 19  —  Grocery delivery business Instacart is preparing to price its initial public offering on Monday after boosting its price range following a strong trading debut by Arm Holdings Plc …
More: Axios, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Google confirms the company does not offer repair options for cracked Pixel Watch screens; Google's hardware warranty policy does not cover accidental damage  —  If you crack the screen on the Pixel Watch, getting it officially repaired by Google isn't in the cards.
Karen Naundorf / Wired:
A look at Buenos Aires' legal battle to turn back on a facial recognition system that activists criticized for its misuse and the city shut down in March 2020  —  A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place.
Rest of World:
How some Chinese data labeling companies hired by Baidu, Alibaba, and JD.com to train AI are exploiting vocational school students via data labeling internships  —  As part of China's digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators - for low pay and little future prospects.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users for commercial gain even after they turned off Location History  —  Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices.

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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits

Cade Metz / New York Times:
Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims

More News

David Shepardson / Reuters:
A US judge declines to order Jonathan Kanter's recusal from the DOJ's ad antitrust lawsuit against Google, after the company cited his past work for its critics
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
X partners with Au10tix to offer paid users government ID-based account verification, which is not available in the EU or the UK, likely due to strict data laws

Earlier Picks

Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters:
Apple plans an iPhone 12 software update in France over radiation, saying this is “not a safety concern” and is for the regulators' “specific testing protocol”
Bloomberg:
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle”
Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, letting customers run Oracle workloads natively in Azure data centers
Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used help desk calls to get passwords and planned to hack the slot machines
Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal:
Google plans to offer Chromebook software updates for up to 10 years, starting in 2024, so no current device expires within the next two years, to help schools
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