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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces in the EU, charging a 0% commission and a €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account annually — Apple today announced major changes to its app ecosystem in the European Union, implementing updates that will allow iPhone …
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Forums: Hacker News, Lobsters, and MacRumors Forums
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning Xbox Cloud Streaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and others will be able to offer full apps — Starting today Apple is opening up its App Store to allow game streaming apps and services. This means that services … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to allow third-party default browsers and web engines, including Chrome, in the EU with iOS 17.4, prompting users on the first launch of Safari — Apple is making major changes to how web browsers can operate on iPhone for customers in the EU. iOS 17.4 will introduce the ability …
More: The Verge, Bloomberg, MacRumors, CNET, iMore, Supercharged, Android Headlines, Lifewire, and The Apple Post
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| The Verge: |
Apple plans to “notarize” iOS apps distributed via third-party marketplaces and the apps will need to meet basic requirements, like getting scanned for malware — The iPhone's app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008.
More: 9to5Mac, MacStories, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, 9to5Mac, ExtremeTech, The Apple Post, Digital Trends, Gizchina, Axios, and CNBC. X: @mgsiegler
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says anyone looking to develop an alternative app marketplace need to submit a €1M “letter of credit” to “guarantee support for developers and customers” — Apple today officially announced support for third-party app stores in the European Union, as part of iOS 17.4.
More: MacRumors
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Microsoft plans to lay off ~1,900 staff at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, or ~8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce, this week — Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week. While Microsoft is primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
As Palworld hits 8M+ copies sold, The Pokémon Company denies having let “another company” use its IP and plans to “investigate and take appropriate measures” — The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
X is flooded with AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift; one post, live for 17 hours, had 45M+ views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and 24K reposts — Sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift have been circulating on X (formerly Twitter) over the last day in the latest example …
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Google Research details Lumiere, an AI video tool that uses unique architecture to create videos in one smooth process instead of putting together smaller parts — Lumiere generates five-second videos that “portray realistic, diverse and coherent motion.” — On Tuesday, Google announced Lumiere …
More: Google Research, arXiv.org, TechEBlog, Tom's Guide, Cointelegraph, PetaPixel, and TechSpot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Mesh, its 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, spatial audio, and only supporting Meta Quest for VR — Microsoft is launching its immersive 3D meetings inside Microsoft Teams today. Microsoft Mesh, the company's mixed reality platform … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta rolls out DM limits on Facebook and Instagram to stop all users from messaging teens who don't follow them, on by default, and expands parental controls — Meta announced today that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens.
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
The FTC launches a review of investments by Microsoft in OpenAI and by Amazon and Google in Anthropic, to assess how the deals alter the competitive landscape — The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Axios, Engadget, Financial Times, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Guardian, The Hill, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Messenger, BNN Bloomberg, InformationWeek, Yen.com.gh, CNBC, Wccftech, Benzinga, and Dow Jones Newswires
X: @benbajarin, @ftc, and @papscun
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: despite a US-Netherlands deal to limit ASML's China exports, the Dutch let ASML export to China after lobbying, to make up for weak demand elsewhere — - US was seeking to limit shipments of ASML gear to China — Beijing was the Dutch company's biggest market last year
More: TechNode, TrendForce Insights, CCN.com, DigiTimes, and nltimes.nl
| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Intel begins production at its Fab 9 facility in New Mexico, to package chips for its Foveros tech; Fab 9 cost $3.5B, the most expensive such facility ever — Intel this week has started production at Fab 9, the company's latest and most advanced chip packaging plant.
More: Intel, ExtremeTech, insideHPC, Evertiq AB, Tom's Hardware, HotHardware, and TechPowerUp
X: @intelpolicy, @govmlg, @intelnews, and @bandrewsdc
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google unveils the Pixel 8 series in a mint color, plans to bring Circle to Search to the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, improves the 8 Pro's built-in thermometer, and more — A “fresh” new color for the Pixel 8 series isn't the only thing Google is announcing today.
More: The Keyword, PCMag, 9to5Google, The Keyword, 9to5Google, The Messenger, Tom's Guide, Phone Scoop, SlashGear, CNET, Thurrott, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Android Authority, PetaPixel, Gadgets & Wearables, KnowTechie, Root-Nation.com, The Economic Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizchina, nextpit, SamMobile, GSMArena.com, PhoneArena, MSPoweruser, Dexerto, Wccftech, Gizmochina, Pocket-lint, T3, Android Police, Engadget, Phandroid, and Android Central
Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Axiom, a protocol that lets smart contract developers access historical data from Ethereum and then perform computations off-chain, raised a $20M Series A — The funding will go towards further developing the protocol and adding new hires. Axiom allows smart contract developers …
More: Axiom, The Block, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, and NFTgators
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Study: kids aged 4 to 18 globally spent an average of 112 minutes daily on TikTok in 2023, up from 107 minutes YoY and 60% more than YouTube; 20% tried ChatGPT — No wonder YouTube launched Shorts. A new study of children's online habits found that children ages 4 through 18 spent … | Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
An investigation details a spy tool called Patternz, which can track billions of phone profiles via ads in hundreds of thousands of apps, including 9gag and Kik — Hundreds of thousands of ordinary apps, including popular ones such as 9gag, Kik, and a series of caller ID apps …
More: Security Boulevard, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and The Overspill
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Some Chinese investors are using creative methods to own bitcoin and other crypto that they believe are safer than China's crumbling stock and property markets — Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving a bit of his money into cryptocurrencies in early 2023 …
More: Crypto Daily, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, Cryptonews, and crypto.news
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