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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces support for alternative app stores in the EU, charging no commission but instead an annual €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account — Apple today announced major changes to its app ecosystem in the European Union, implementing updates that will allow iPhone …
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| The Verge: |
Apple plans to “notarize” iOS apps distributed via third-party app stores; apps will need to meet basic platform 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: MacStories, GamesIndustry.biz, Android Police, PCMag, OSnews, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, ExtremeTech, Digital Trends, BGR, Gizchina, Axios, and CNBC
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's “anticompetitive scheme rife with new junk fees” is illegal under the EU's DMA and an example of “malicious compliance” — Apple announced a slew of App Store policy changes today to conform to the EU's Digital Market Act …
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Supercharged
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says anyone looking to develop an alternative app marketplace needs 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.| 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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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning that Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now, and others can be turned into full-featured 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 …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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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, ZDNet, arXiv.org, The Decoder, Inbar Mosseri on YouTube, Mashable, Tom's Guide, PetaPixel, TechSpot, and TechEBlog
| 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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| 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 … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces lower GPT-3.5 Turbo prices, a GPT-4 Turbo preview model to reduce cases of “laziness”, a new generation of embedding models, and more — OpenAI is always making slight adjustments to its models and pricing, and today brings just such an occasion.
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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.
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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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| 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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X: @metanewsroom, @elizableu, @ttp_updates, and @ttp_updates
| New York Times: |
A Cruise report finds its top executives' adversarial approach toward regulators led to a cascade of events that ended with a suspension of its autonomous fleet — A report by a law firm hired to investigate an October crash in San Francisco found that executives failed to fully explain what happened in the incident.| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Google partners with Hugging Face to host the startup's open-source AI models on Google Cloud, letting Hugging Face developers access Google's computing power — Alphabet Inc.'s Google forged a deal to host AI software from startup Hugging Face on its cloud computing network …
More: Thurrott, Hugging Face, PR Newswire, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, The Decoder, Benzinga, CRN, and Reuters. LinkedIn: Philipp Schmid
| 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.
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| 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, Fierce Electronics, ExtremeTech, insideHPC, Evertiq AB, and HotHardware
X: @intelpolicy, @govmlg, @intelnews, and @bandrewsdc
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
PayPal rolls out product enhancements, including CashPass to let users earn cash back through the PayPal app and revamped Venmo business profiles — - CEO Chriss had promised to ‘shock’ company's detractors — Enhancements include one-click checkout, Venmo updates
More: PayPal Newsroom, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
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| 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 … | 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, and CCN.com
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