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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ plans to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing iPhone features — - Lawsuit to be filed in federal court as soon as Thursday — Case comes as iPhone maker also faces scrutiny in Europe
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X: @mrddmia, @jeiting, @bdsams, @openwebadvocacy, @florian4gamers, @jwsherrod, @dhh, @steipete, and @dhh
Forums: r/apple, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| CNBC: |
Reddit priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its expected $31-$34 range, raising $519M and valuing the company at nearly $6.5B, ahead of its market debut — In this photo illustration a Reddit logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. — Reddit, the 19-year-old website that hosts millions …
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X: @yuris, @mikeisaac, @katie_roof, @tomaxwell, and @akhenosiris
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Epic plans to release its Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later in 2024, with the same terms as the PC store, including a 12% commission on sales — With plans to launch its own game store on iOS, it's now been announced that the Epic Games Store is coming to Android.
More: Unreal Engine on YouTube, Unreal Engine, 9to5Mac, Android Police, MacRumors, TechSpot, O'Grady's PowerPage, Android Central, KitGuru, PhoneArena, Gizchina, MSPoweruser, Ghacks, Bloomberg, Neowin, Press Start, TechEBlog, Digital Trends, How-To Geek, Liliputing, and Pocket Gamer.biz
Threads: @parkerortolani. Mastodon: @elkmovie@mastodon.social, @elkmovie@mastodon.social, and @thurrott@twit.social
X: @epicgames, @om, @timsweeneyepic, @wilson_boi_101, @timsweeneyepic, @dylanmcd8, @om, @chancehmiller, and @uwukko. Forums: r/Games
| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match Group file an amicus brief in Epic v. Apple protesting Apple's plan to charge a commission for payments made outside the App Store — Four tech companies object to Apple's new app store policies related to payment for services
More: MSPoweruser, TechSpot, Reuters, Windows Report, The Verge, AppleInsider, Business Today, PYMNTS.com, Malay Mail, Business Insider, NewsBytes, Forbes, and The Information
Threads: @shiraovide, @documentingmeta, and @eshumarneedi
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Emily Mullin / Wired: |
Neuralink shows its first brain implant patient, a 29-year-old man paralyzed from the shoulders down, playing online chess using the Neuralink device — In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/gaming, r/singularity, r/Futurology, r/technology, r/teslainvestorsclub, and r/Neuralink
| Financial Times: |
Chinese state media: during his visit to Shanghai, Tim Cook says “there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us than China” — Apple chief Tim Cook has said China is “critical” to its business in comments made during a visit to the country … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Fairly Trained certifies KL3M, an LLM claimed to be built without the permissionless use of copyrighted materials by legal tech consultancy startup 273 Ventures — OpenAI claimed it's “impossible” to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” … | Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to Judge Kaplan, FTX CEO John Ray says SBF's claims of “zero” harm to users are “demonstrably false” and FTX had only 105 bitcoin when Ray took over — - Ray called the claims ‘callously’ and ‘demonstrably’ false — SBF had claimed customers on the exchange suffered no harm
More: PYMNTS.com, CCN.com, Reuters, Cryptonews, Financial Times, CoinGape, The Block, CryptoSlate, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and Cointelegraph
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
YouTube TV rolls out Multiview support on iOS and iPadOS, letting users watch four TV channels at once; Android support will roll out “in the coming months” — Google has confirmed that YouTube TV is now rolling out support for Multiview on the iPhone and iPad, but the feature won't arrive on Android for a while.
More: ZDNet, MacRumors, ABC News, SamMobile, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Android Central, and Phandroid. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
BlackRock unveils its first tokenized asset fund, BUIDL, built on the Ethereum network and fully backed by cash, US Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements — The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ethtrader
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
After a classified briefing on TikTok, the Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell says “the next steps might be something more public, like a hearing” — - But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not committed to putting the bill on the floor anytime soon.
More: NPR, UPI, 6abc, The Hill, Reuters, ABC News, News 12, and NBC News
X: @ashleyrgold, @nathanleamerdc, and @ashleyrgold
| Zephyr Teachout / The Atlantic: |
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Forums: r/technology, r/JordanPeterson, and r/politics
| Bloomberg: |
A UK jury finds Jian Wen guilty of laundering bitcoin for a Chinese fugitive allegedly behind a ~$6B fraud in China; police had seized BTC worth $2.2B+ in 2018 — - Jury finds Jian Wen guilty on one count of money laundering — Jian helped Chinese fugitive Zhimin Qian launder Bitcoin
More: BBC, cps.gov.uk, CCN.com, The Crypto Times, Sky News, Protos, Cryptonews, Blockonomi, Bitcoinist.com, The Guardian, crypto.news, CoinGape, CoinDesk, Financial Times, and Reuters
Forums: r/unitedkingdom, r/CryptoCurrency, and Slashdot
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Canadian regulatory agency ISED clarifies its stance on banning Flipper Zero, saying the aim is to restrict the use of such devices “to legitimate actors only” — A Canadian regulatory agency says the aim is to restrict the Flipper Zero ‘to legitimate actors only.’ — Michael Kan
More: BleepingComputer, Gizmodo, and Change.org
| Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: |
Investor letter: Shein announces its “supply chain as a service” initiative to offer its supply chain infrastructure and tech to outside brands and designers — China-founded fashion giant shifts business strategy as it faces U.S. challenges — China-founded Shein has built … | Matt Burgess / Wired: |
An analysis of cookie pop-ups on the 10,000 most popular websites: dozens share data with 1,000+ companies, and thousands share data with 100+ companies — Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies …
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| Yossi Matias / The Keyword: |
In a research paper, Google Research details how AI helped to provide accurate flood forecasting in over 80 countries up to seven days in advance of the flood — A paper published in Nature today shows how Google Research uses AI to accurately predict riverine flooding and help protect livelihoods …
More: Business Standard, Google AI Blog, Engadget, Google Research on YouTube, Nature, Hindustan Times, Android Authority, BetaNews, and Business Green
LinkedIn: Kate Brandt, Juliet Rothenberg, and Adam Elman
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub releases code scanning autofix, powered by Copilot and CodeQL, in public beta for GitHub Advanced Security customers, to help them fix vulnerabilities — It's a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now …
More: The GitHub Blog, SC Media, WinBuzzer, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, TechRadar, Constellation Research, InfoWorld, and BleepingComputer
X: @github. LinkedIn: Thomas Dohmke, Casey Honan, Andrew Labus, and Shawn Kelley. Forums: r/technews
| NBC News: |
Sources: after more than six months, the FBI has resumed limited outreach to some US tech companies about foreign propagandists using their platforms — The agency put the briefings on pause amid lawsuits and government scrutiny. — The FBI has resumed some of its efforts to share information …
X: @ericgeller and @kevincollier
| Wired: |
As “censorship free” social network Parler returns to the iOS App Store, CEO Ryan Rhodes talks new features, moderation, and building “a true open platform” — The “free speech” social media alternative is back on Apple's App Store ahead of its official relaunch.
More: 9to5Mac and Benzinga
X: @kellymakena, @leahfeiger, @parler_media, @parler_media, and @scottnover
| Alfred Ng / Politico: |
The US House passes a bill to prevent data brokers from selling personal data to China, Russia, or other “foreign adversaries”; the bill now heads to the Senate — The first major Capitol Hill action on tech in years passes the House with broad support — and steers straight …
More: The Verge, Gizmodo, Benzinga, MediaNama, Engadget, The Record, The Michigan Daily, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com. Forums: r/neoliberal
| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, founded by two Google researchers, releases three Japanese language models using “model merging”, which combines existing models — Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google (GOOGL.O) researchers …
More: Sakana AI and arXiv.org
X: @sakanaailabs, @vkhosla, @sakanaailabs, @sakanaailabs, and @graceisford
| Reuters: |
US government emails show India rolled back its policy to impose restrictions on laptop imports in 2023 after behind-the-scenes lobbying by US officials — India reversed a laptop licensing policy after behind-the-scenes lobbying by U.S. officials, who however remain concerned … Sponsor Posts
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