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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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LinkedIn: Nico Wittenborn and Benedict Evans
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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 …
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| 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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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
More: The Information and MSPoweruser
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. X: @vadimyuryev, @avichal, @morganwbender, @markopolojarvi, and @mehedih_. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| The Verge: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More: Tech Xplore, Business Insider, Android Authority, Spyglass, iMore, MacRumors, Financial Times, and 9to5Mac
| 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 …
More: Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, GamesIndustry.biz, Wccftech, KitGuru, Windows Central, Gizmodo, TechSpot, The Information, Press Start, TheSixthAxis, MacRumors, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and Engadget
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Forums: r/GeForceNOW, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Cruise says the US DOJ and SEC are probing the company over an October 2023 incident where one of its autonomous vehicles hit and dragged a pedestrian 20 feet — Confirmation of the probe comes after an October incident where one of the cars dragged a pedestrian 20 feet| New York Times: |
More: SiliconANGLE, Fast Company, Financial Times, and The Verge
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
An NSA letter to Sen. 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: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden …, The Record, Reuters, The Messenger, and The Verge
Forums: Hacker News and r/privacy
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Mysk: iPhone apps including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and X 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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X: @mysk_co, @gvnzng, and @iamyourdaddy
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/privacy, and MacRumors Forums
| Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
The George Carlin estate sues Dudesy, which released a comedy special featuring an AI-generated recreation of George Carlin, alleging copyright infringement — “We have to draw a line in the sand,” says daughter Kelly Carlin, who sued creators of an hourlong special titled 'George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead.'
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| 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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LinkedIn: Ian Harper, Dennis Detwiller, Robert Wynne, Christopher Hana, and Sam Carlisle
Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to allow default third-party browsers, like Chrome, Edge, and Brave, and web engines in the EU with iOS 17.4, prompting Safari users on first launch — Apple is making major changes to how web browsers can operate on iPhone for customers in the EU. iOS 17.4 will introduce …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
More: Mobile Dev Memo and MacRumors
Threads: @bzamayo. X: @drbarnard, @drbarnard, @lewis_crofts, @drbarnard, @ballmatthew, @carnage4life, and @dhh
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces 25% to 50% lower GPT-3.5 Turbo prices, a GPT-4 Turbo preview model to reduce cases of “laziness”, improved text embedding models, and more — OpenAI is always making slight adjustments to its models and pricing, and today brings just such an occasion.
More: OpenAI, Business Today, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Supervised, and TechRepublic
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
The US FTC opens a probe into 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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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
An interview with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on the lack of a Netflix app on the Apple Vision Pro, the WWE deal, content strategy, ads, competition, 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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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $15.4B vs. $15.15B est., Data Center and AI down 10% YoY to $4B, and Q1 revenue guidance below estimates; INTC drops 10%+ — - Intel issued an outlook for the first quarter of 2024 that lagged analyst estimates. — Intel shares are down slightly …
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Threads: @firstadopter. X: @thetranscript_, @munster_gene, @intelnews, @irfanbaqui, @benbajarin, @zerohedge, @markhachman, and @markhachman
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk's xAI is in talks to raise up to $6B from family offices in Hong Kong and sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East 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: Reuters
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
LA County agrees to pay $5M to election software maker Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, who was wrongly arrested and charged in 2022 with mishandling voter data — Eugene Yu, the owner of an election software company, was arrested in 2022 on charges of breaching election data. Those charges were dropped weeks later.
| 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.
More: The Verge, Engadget, MacStories, SamMobile, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and Six Colors
X: @stevesi, @benthompson, @benthompson, and @stevesi
| 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| Jennifer Creery / Bloomberg: |
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