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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 and in-app billing services markets; Google plans to appeal — 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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| Bloomberg: |
Google's legal defeat to Epic threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple that generates nearly $200B/year and accelerate the weakening of app store rules — - Jury decision poised to accelerate crumbling of business model — Case takes aim at app store commissions of up to 30%
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discusses beating Google, attributing the win to a jury trial and Google deleting chats, and says “Apple didn't write anything down” — - The verdict is a significant win for Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney, which have been fighting against mobile app stores and their fees since at least 2020.| Gene Park / Washington Post: |
The ESA shuts down the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, after new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits, and more; E3 began in 1995 — The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry — The Electronic Entertainment Expo …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple offers to let rivals access its tap-and-go payments systems for mobile wallets, hoping to settle EU antitrust charges and avoid a possible fine — Apple (AAPL.O) has offered to let rivals access its tap-and-go mobile payments systems used for mobile wallets …
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| Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: |
Stanford professor David Mills, who led SBF's defense as a favor to his parents, says the ex-FTX CEO is “the worst person I've ever seen do a cross examination” — Stanford Law Professor David Mills, who led defense for FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried as favor to his parents, now fears ‘unwinnable’ case has ended their friendship.
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| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telco, is mitigating a cyberattack that led to a “large-scale technical failure”, leaving millions without internet and cell service — Kyivstar customers began complaining about network and internet outages in the early morning.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple rolls out Stolen Device Protection in an iOS beta that, if enabled, restricts actions like Apple ID password resets while not in a “familiar location” — Stolen Device Protection can prevent criminals from using your passcode to change your Apple account
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| CNN: |
A US GAO review of nearly 24 agencies' AI usage catalogs 200+ current applications and 500+ planned uses of AI and ML, despite the lack of government guidance — The US government plans to vastly expand its reliance on artificial intelligence, but it is years behind on policies …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Gina Raimondo says she plans to give ~12 CHIPS Act grants within the next year, including some worth billions of dollars, which could reshape US chip production — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday she expects to make around a dozen semiconductor chips funding awards within the next year … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple redesigns Apple TV in iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 with a sidebar that unifies content; iTunes now redirects users searching for shows and movies to Apple TV — Starting Monday, the iTunes Store app on iPhone and iPad will redirect users searching for TV and film titles to the newly redesigned Apple TV app.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
More: 9to5Mac, Apple, 9to5Mac, Apple, The Hill, MacRumors, PCMag, Apple, Apple Support, Security Affairs, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, ZDNet, BGR, Ars Technica, MacRumors, CNET, iMore, Gizchina, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, NewsBytes, Ghacks, PetaPixel, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Business Today, Livemint, GSMArena.com, zollotech on YouTube, Appleosophy, Brandon Butch on YouTube, PhoneArena, CNBC, USA Today, iMore, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, MacDailyNews, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, The Independent, XDA Developers, iClarified, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, The Apple Post, The Apple Post, MacRumors, MacRumors, MacRumors, BGR, BGR, BGR, BGR, BGR, 9to5Mac, Macworld, and iThinkDifferent
| Elura Nanos / Law & Crime: |
A US judge rules to allow a class action lawsuit to proceed over Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, which alleges Musk lied about bots to manipulate its stock — A federal judge ruled to allow a class-action lawsuit over the acquisition of Twitter to proceed against Elon Musk Monday …
More: Globes Online, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, and Cryptopolitan
| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Essential AI, co-founded by two co-authors of Google's Attention Is All You Need paper, raised $56.5M led by March Capital and calls its tech Enterprise Brain — The startup was founded by two co-authors of a famous Google AI paper — Essential AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
More: PYMNTS.com and Business Wire
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
OpenAI's nonprofit arm reports $44,485 in revenue in 2022, even though the company is worth billions, avoiding California's $2M threshold for audited financials — - OpenAI's nonprofit organization generated $44,485 in revenue in 2022, almost entirely from investment income … 
| Simon Cohen / Digital Trends: |
Bose confirms the company “is in the process of phasing out” its Bose Frames line of audio smart glasses, launched in December 2018 as part of its AR initiative — Bose has confirmed to Digital Trends that it is discontinuing its Bose Frames line of audio glasses.
More: The Verge and Notebookcheck
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix posts its first ever What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M hours viewed — Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.
More: Bloomberg
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
The New York Times hires Quartz co-founder Zach Seward to work with its newsroom's leadership to establish principles around using and not using generative AI — Quartz co-founder Zach Seward tasked with establishing principles for how the Times will and won't use generative AI| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
A profile of Li Ying, an art graduate who used his X account to tell the world about Chinese protests in 2022 and now lives in exile after losing his livelihood — Li Ying used social media to help tell the world about last year's protests. Now in exile, he has been threatened and lost his livelihood for his defiance.| Financial Times: |
Emmanuel Macron warns that the EU's AI Act may hamper tech companies compared to US, UK, and Chinese rivals, and says France is “neck and neck with the British” — French president argues landmark rules may leave European tech companies lagging rivals in US, UK and China
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace with 40K+ workers who businesses can book in as little as an hour, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$65M — Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour's notice, today announced … Sponsor Posts
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