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September 26, 2023, 12:35 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to keep its prices artificially high, lock sellers into its platform, and harm its rivals — High-stakes case puts e-commerce giant in sights of agency chair Lina Khan's aggressive antitrust stance

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts later in 2024 as part of its broader transition to move its streaming listeners over to YouTube Music — Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition to move its streaming listeners over to YouTube Music.

More: YouTube Official Blog, 9to5Google, Thurrott, The Verge, Android Police, Neowin, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, Variety, Android Headlines, Droid Life, and Chrome Unboxed

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Spotify launches Jam, a new feature that lets up to 32 people curate a single playlist; only Premium subscribers can create Jams, but all users can contribute — Spotify is today introducing its latest social feature, Jam, which allows multiple people to blend their own musical tastes into a combined playlist.

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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

Sources: FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel is set to announce on September 26 plans to reinstate net neutrality rules governing ISPs that the FCC gutted under Trump — - Chairwoman set to announce plans to restore broadband rules — FCC panel gained Democratic majority with new commissioner

More: Gizmodo, Reuters, Mercury News, Deadline, The Messenger, The Verge, and Cord Cutters News

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Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:

EU's first DSA report: Twitter had the highest rate of disinfo in H1 2023, followed by Facebook; TikTok removed ~6M fake accounts; YouTube removed 400+ channels — Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

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Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk:

Email: Chase bans crypto-linked payments for UK clients starting October 16 as “fraudsters are increasingly using crypto assets to steal large sums of money” — Starting Oct. 16, the bank will decline customer attempts to make payments related to crypto assets via debit card or outgoing bank transfers.

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Aaron Holmes / The Information:

Sources detail how Microsoft aims to cut costs behind running AI features like Bing Chat by developing efficient AI models that mimic OpenAI's more capable ones — Microsoft's push to put artificial intelligence into its software has hinged almost entirely on OpenAI, the startup Microsoft funded …

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, The Verge, TIME, Mashable, and New York Times

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Bloomberg:

The US SEC objects to Coinbase's role in Celsius' plan to emerge from bankruptcy, saying the proposal goes “far beyond the services of a distribution agent” — - Regulator objects to Coinbase distribution agreements — Coinbase, Celsius each face separate lawsuits from the SEC

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

Q&A with Apple execs Ron Huang and Eric Treski on AirPods Pro's Adaptive Audio, Conversational Awareness, Personalized Volume, faster device switching, and more — Ron Huang and Eric Treski discuss Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, Conversational Awareness and AirPods Pro 2's Vision Pro connectivity

More: iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and BGR

X: @tailosivetech and @snazzylabs

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority:

Many users report that their iPhone 15 series devices, including the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, get too hot to hold, especially during charging or prolonged use — Many users are reporting that their iPhone 15 and 15 Pro series heats up during charging and during prolonged tasks. — TL;DR

Steve Dent / Engadget:

DJI Mini 4 Pro review: lightweight, improved obstacle avoidance, great ActiveTrack 360 subject tracking, 4K at 60fps, but not crashproof and expensive at $760 — Better range, tracking and crash protection, plus ultra slow mo 4K — Last year, DJI showed what was possible in a small drone …

Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters:

Sources: French authorities received and are reviewing an iPhone 12 software update from Apple that is meant to defuse a row over the device's radiation levels — French authorities have received a software update from Apple (AAPL.O) for its iPhone 12 and are reviewing it …

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, and Wccftech

Simon Sharwood / The Register:

Google plans to discontinue Gmail's Basic HTML version in January 2024, saying the view does not include “full Gmail feature functionality” — The blind think this is not a visionary decision — Google will discontinue the Basic HTML version of its Gmail service in January 2024.

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From Mediagazer

CNBC:

Brendan Carr says Paramount's deal for WBD has “real consumer benefits” and is “cleaner” than Netflix's and that he expects it to be approved “pretty quickly”

Peter White / Deadline:

Banijay and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media announce a merger, creating a production giant with $8B in annual revenue, in a deal expected to close in H2

Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:

Source: Ars Technica fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after his February 13 story had AI-fabricated quotes; Edwards admitted to using Claude and ChatGPT

More News

Bloomberg:

The CIA is planning to roll out a ChatGPT-style tool across the 18-agency US intelligence community to give analysts better access to intelligence

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Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google:

Google Messages has been installed 5B+ times, after crossing the 1B threshold in 2020 and since becoming a default installation on a majority of Android devices

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Series, which offers ERP-like tools, including for managing payroll and benefits, contract lifecycles, and treasuries, raised $25M across a Series A and a seed

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Alexandra Garfinkle / Yahoo Finance:

Q&A with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on generative AI making developers more efficient and shortening software development cycles, managing AI's risks, and more

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

San Diego-based edge AI chipmaker Kneron raised a $49M Series B extension, after raising a $48M Series B in October 2022, bringing its total funding to $190M

More: DatacenterDynamics, CNBC, and Metaverse Post

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Valve announces SteamVR 2.0 in beta, with an updated keyboard, Steam Chat and Voice Chat integration, and an improved Store, after teasing the project in 2019

More: Dexerto, Steam Community, WinBuzzer, Blue's News, MIXED Reality News, PC Gamer, UploadVR, Neowin, and Road to VR

Financial Times:

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission plans to publish a list of crypto exchange license applicants in the wake of the JPEX crypto exchange probe

Balkan Insight:

Investigation: some stakeholders, like AI firms selling CSAM scanning tech, funded lobbying efforts for EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson's CSAM scanning proposal

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Earlier Picks

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:

Email: YouTube plans to stop offering its ad-free €6.99/month Premium Lite tier after October 25, 2023, following a two year pilot in some European countries

More: Engadget, Thurrott, Android Police, Android Authority, ResetEra, Ghacks, Mashable, Neowin, Sammy Fans, Phandroid, PhoneArena, and 9to5Google

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