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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
The jury in Epic v. Google finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution markets and in the in-app billing services markets — Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Beeper says “Beeper Mini is back” but now requires users to log in with their Apple ID, as phone number registration doesn't work; Beeper makes the service free — Just days after its debut, Beeper Mini was seemingly killed by Apple. Now, the iMessage app for Android is back, but how long will it last this time?
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Apple releases iOS 17.2, with a Journal app, Qi2 support on iPhone 13 and 14, and 15 Pro spatial video capture, alongside macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS updates — Software updates for all of Apple's platforms, including the Mac and Apple Watch, are live. — After several weeks of testing …
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| Pew Research Center: |
US teens survey: 93% use YouTube, 63% use TikTok, 60% use Snapchat, 59% use Instagram, and 33% use Facebook; ~33% use at least one of these “almost constantly” — YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens
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| Washington Post: |
US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline — A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to give added weighting to streams of songs mixed in Dolby Atmos from 2024, possibly leading to higher royalties, to push Spatial Audio — - Service will more heavily weigh songs offered in Dolby Atmos — Push could encourage more music labels to adopt the format
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI's impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use — Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with labor unions to create “an open dialogue” on how artificial intelligence will impact workers.
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| Financial Times: |
Dealroom: Nvidia is the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerator funds like YC, with 35 deals, almost 6x more than in 2022 — US chipmaker takes stakes in groups that are also its customers in effort to ‘lock up the market’
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle Q2: revenue up 5% YoY to $12.94B, vs. $13.05B est., net income up 44% to $2.5B, and cloud and on-prem license revenue down 18% to $1.18B; ORCL drops 8%+ — - Oracle's revenue came up short in three operating segments. — The stock tumbled in after-hours trading.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
A US judge rejects a lawsuit filed by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in July 2023 challenging Texas' TikTok ban on state devices — A U.S. judge on Monday upheld Texas' ban on state employees', including public university employees, using Chinese-owned short video app TikTok … | Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
The US chooses BAE Systems for the first CHIPS Act grant, giving the defense contractor $35M to quadruple production of chips used in F-15 and F-35 fighter jets — The award, which will go to BAE Systems, is part of a new government program aimed at creating a more secure supply of semiconductors.| Randy Nelson / data.ai: |
TikTok reaches $10B in gross revenue, including $3.84B in 2023 so far, $3.32B in 2022, and $1.72B in 2021, the fifth mobile app and the first non-game to do so — The short video social phenomenon has added nearly $4 billion this year alone, and it's all from virtual coins used to purchase gifts for the platform's content creators.| Sara Dorn / Forbes: |
In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal” — Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
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