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December 12, 2023, 3:25 PM

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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 …
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%
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.
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
Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
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 …
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:
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
OpenAI's nonprofit arm reports $44,485 in 2022 revenue, despite the company being valued at ~$86B, avoiding California's $2M threshold for auditing its finances  —  - OpenAI's nonprofit organization generated $44,485 in revenue in 2022, almost entirely from investment income …
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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