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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A look at the browser-related iOS changes in the EU, including letting users set their default out of the 12 most popular browsers in their country's App Store — The raft of iOS changes Apple dropped in the European Union yesterday, as it prepares for enforcement of the bloc's Digital Markets Act …
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TipRanks Financial, PCMag, WinBuzzer, Wccftech, Android Authority, Gizchina, Mobile World Live, GSMArena.com, The Register, Lifewire, and 9to5Mac. Mastodon: @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's €0.50 Core Technology Fee in the EU would lead to a free or freemium app with 2M annual “first installs” paying $540K+ a year even if no money is earned — App developers in the European Union who choose to opt in to Apple's new business terms must pay an €0.50 …
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| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
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| The Verge: |
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Mysk: iOS apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Instagram, and WhatsApp are skirting Apple's privacy rules to collect user data through push notifications — Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless other use notifications as a loophole to skirt privacy protections.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: xAI is in talks to raise up to $6B from family offices in Hong Kong, Middle Eastern funds, and Japanese and South Korean investors at a $20B valuation — Tesla chief targets $20bn valuation in bid to take on OpenAI — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks to raise up to $6bn …
More: The Information, Business Today, TechStartups, Crypto Daily, MSPoweruser, and Reuters. Forums: r/singularity
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft details the techniques that Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations — Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives' email accounts in November 2023 …
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| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs — The layoffs, which will affect around 1% of its workforce, follow a 10% reduction last year — Salesforce is laying off around … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on not launching an app on the Apple Vision Pro, the WWE deal, content strategy, ads, competition, gaming, bundles, and more — I am pleased to welcome Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters for a Stratechery Interview. Peters was named the co-CEO of Netflix …
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| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Some Beeper users lost access to iMessage on their Mac and were told by Apple access was revoked due to irregular activity; Beeper: ~3.5K users reported outages — Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones.| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
An NSA letter to Senator Ron Wyden reveals the agency buys logs related to Americans' domestic internet activities from commercial data brokers without warrants — The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.
More: AppleInsider, CNN, PCMag, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden …, Engadget, TechCrunch, TechSpot, Metacurity, TechRadar, Nextgov/FCW, The Record, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Messenger, and The Verge
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Review of Honor's Magic V2 foldable, launching in UK and Europe for £1,700: very thin and durable but has a dated OS and processor, and software issues — It's thin and light enough to feel like a regular smartphone when folded. That's impressive. I just wish Honor's software were as svelte.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A profile of Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow, whose cyberattacks on Iranian civilian targets are some of the most aggressive offensive hacking incidents ever — From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow's offensive hacking …
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| Bloomberg: |
Omdia: Nintendo plans to introduce a new Switch gaming console in 2024 with an 8" LCD screen; the current gen seven-year-old Switch has sold over 132M units — - The next console from Kyoto company to have 8-inch LCD — Seven-year-old Switch console has sold over 132 million units
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Mastodon: @topintech@flipboard.social. X: @6d6f636869. Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/nintendo, r/NintendoSwitch, r/Games, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Lightspeed Venture Partners seeks to sell stakes in 10 startups, worth ~$1B, to a private equity-style continuation fund, to let investors cash out — Venture capital firm plans to roll holdings into continuation fund as sector seeks ways to return cash to investors| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Baidu partners with Samsung to integrate its Ernie chatbot into Galaxy S24 smartphones in China, allowing users to translate calls in real time and more — - Chinese tech giant Baidu will partner Samsung to integrate its Ernie chatbot capabilities into Galaxy S24 smartphones.
More: Engadget, The Economic Times, 9to5Google, Cybernews.com, The Verge, GSMArena.com, SamMobile, Gizmochina, TechNode, and Sammy Fans
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Epic Games plans to launch its Epic Games Store on the iPhone in the EU in 2024, which will include its popular game Fortnite — Epic Games plans to bring its Epic Games Store to the iPhone and the iPad under Apple's new alternative app store policy in the European Union, Epic Games announced today.
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Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A federal judge sentences OneCoin lawyer Mark Scott to 10 years in prison for his role in laundering millions of dollars through the crypto scheme — A court convicted Mark Scott of two felony counts related to bank fraud and money laundering in November 2019. — Total views Total shares
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds support for transcripts to the Podcasts app in iOS 17.4 beta and says transcripts will be generated automatically after an episode is published — Apple released the first developer beta of iOS 17.4 today, and there are a couple of changes to the Apple Podcasts app.
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| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA launches the first stage of its review of Vodafone and Three UK's merger, and sets March 22, 2024 as a deadline to decide for an in-depth probe — - The CMA sets a March 22 deadline for an in-depth probe — Deal will create largest UK mobile operator by revenue| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
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