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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%
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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
CNN:
A US GAO review of nearly two-dozen agencies' AI usage details 200+ current applications and 500+ planned uses of AI, despite little guidance or planning  —  The US government plans to vastly expand its reliance on artificial intelligence, but it is years behind on policies to responsibly acquire …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Gina Raimondo says Nvidia “can, will, and should” sell commercial AI chips to China, but not advanced AI chips, and spoke to Jensen Huang about the US rules  —  The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips …
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.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace with 40K+ workers who businesses can book with as little as an hour's notice, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its funding to ~$65M  —  Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour's notice, today announced …
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 …
Financial Times:
Emmanuel Macron warns the EU's AI Act risks hampering tech companies compared to US, UK, and China 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
Simon Cohen / Digital Trends:
Bose confirms the company is “in the process of phasing out” its Bose Frames line of audio glasses, launched in 2018 as part of Bose's AR initiative  —  Bose has confirmed to Digital Trends that it is discontinuing its Bose Frames line of audio glasses.
More: The Verge
Bloomberg:
Sources: KKR is in advanced talks to buy payroll and HR tools maker Iris Software for ~£3B, in what could be 2023's biggest buyout of a European tech company  —  The investment firm has pulled ahead of other bidders and is negotiating final terms of an agreement with Iris' private equity owner Hg, the people said.

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