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The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more — Justice Department says iPhone maker leveraged its dominance to block software and limit functionality of competing devices
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Threads: @daviddoesfuji, @alexhcranz, @film_girl, @technicallymims, @daviddoesfuji, @benedictevans, @crumbler, @nexusben, @hexinab0x, @mossbergwalt, @ianbetteridge, @crumbler, @joannastern, @nick_statt, and @parkerortolani
Mastodon: @film_girl@mastodon.social and @bigzaphod@mastodon.social
X: @sdw, @benthompson, @florian4gamers, @bzamayo, @florian4gamers, @garrettventry, @rakeshlobster, @adamkovac, @sytaylor, @papscun, @joellthayer, @getpeid, @richontech, @bzamayo, @thejusticedept, @jason_kint, @joannastern, @senwarren, @mgsiegler, @marceloplima, @pelositracker_, @markgurman, @jason_koebler, @garrytan, @igorletina, @pat_hedger, @adamkovac, @skinclasshero, @jose_pagliery, @barstoolnate, @ericmigi, @ggreenwald, @matthewstoller, @ericmigi, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @brij, @amyklobuchar, @castrotech, @ccianet, @megangra, @thejusticedept, @matthewstoller, @thejusticedept, @mikebutcher, @caro_milanesi, @modestproposal1, @pythiar, @amandalws, @nexusben, @munster_gene, @lutherlowe, @kantrowitz, @eric_seufert, @stevesi, @mediamorphis, @carnage4life, @tomgara, @film_girl, @jonfortt, @gergelyorosz, @pdmcleod, @garrytan, @benthompson, @tomwarren, @pat_hedger, @thejusticedept, @jolingkent, @vadimyuryev, @ericjackson, @ericmigi, @netchoice, @ericmigi, @thejusticedept, @mgsiegler, @lauren_feiner, @pdmcleod, @ericmigi, @jolingkent, @ashleygjovik, @markgurman, @carnage4life, @film_girl, @ingridlunden, @amandalws, @lexnfx, @s8mb, @joannastern, @richontech, @mrddmia, @jeiting, @jwsherrod, @dhh, @florian4gamers, and @steipete
LinkedIn: Langley Steinert, Cole Dansie, and Caroline Giegerich
Forums: Hacker News, r/moderatepolitics, r/Destiny, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/business, r/gadgets, r/neoliberal, r/iphone, r/apple, r/technology, r/law, r/politics, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay — Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.
More: US Department of Justice, Wired, Fast Company, Wccftech, Hollywood Reporter, InsideEVs, and Carscoops
Threads: @parkert, @jonathansposts, @ashzade_, @davie_jens, @reckless1280, @gergelyorosz_, and @gergelyorosz_. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @niedermeyer.io. X: @dorajfacundo
| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
A look at DOJ's case against Apple, which has some strong points but also includes some silly arguments like Apple affecting “the flow of speech” via Apple TV+ — The U.S. Department of Justice, 15 states, and the District of Columbia sued Apple on Thursday.
More: MacStories, Hypebeast, Ars Technica, Spyglass, PCWorld, Neowin, Daring Fireball, and The Verge
Threads: @benedictevans, @eric_seufert, @agraham999, and @benedictevans
| Matt Rosoff / TechCrunch: |
The DOJ's Apple suit has a lot of parallels to its Microsoft suit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was — The U.S. Department of Justice plus attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia sued Apple for antitrust this morning in federal court.
More: ABC News, mobilenewscwp.co.uk, TechSpot, The Register, New York Daily News, and TechRadar
Threads: @parkerortolani, @bzamayo, @pkedrosky, @pkedrosky, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @siracusa@mastodon.social and @danilo@hachyderm.io
X: @parkerortolani, @swiftonsecurity, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @stevesi, @thurrott, @jonfortt, @asteveparker, @charlesarthur, @eriqgardner, @stevesi, @gchampeau, @s8mb, @papscun, @ryanaraine, @modestproposal1, @mgsiegler, @mattrosoff, @munster_gene, @charlesarthur, @briancalbrecht, @benbajarin, and @hbkirb. Forums: r/apple
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says the US DOJ winning its lawsuit “would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology” — The U.S. Department of Justice today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of operating …
More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Daring Fireball, XDA Developers, KnowTechie, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Payments Dive, Android Authority, Silicon Republic, London Evening Standard, and The Register
Threads: @eshumarneedi, @mossbergwalt, @chancehmiller, and @technicallymims
X: @jolingkent, @sdw, and @sdw
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations — Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance. — A newly discovered vulnerability baked …
More: GoFetch, AppleInsider, Tom's Hardware, iThinkDifferent, SiliconANGLE, and Six Colors
Mastodon: @arstechnica@mastodon.social, @threatresearch@infosec …, @harrysintonen@infosec …, @ilumium@eupolicy.social, @ngorby@mastodon.social, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @timbray@cosocial.ca, @aram@aoir.social, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @Kensan@mastodon.social, @Kensan@mastodon.social, and @Kensan@mastodon.social
X: @sweis, @danielgenkin, and @matthew_d_green
LinkedIn: Ken Tindell and Avesta Hojjati, Ph.D.
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/apple, r/mac, r/MacOS, r/technology, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights — The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence …
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Forums: r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out Threads fediverse integration beta in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated platforms like Mastodon — Threads is rolling out a beta of its fediverse integration in the US, Canada, and Japan. In a post on Thursday …
More: TechCrunch, Engineering at Meta, We Distribute, MediaPost, PhoneArena, Social Media Today, News.ng, and Engadget
Threads: @mosseri, @zuck, @mattbirchler, @timothyjchambers, @lucaspuskaric, @jrdorkin, @ben.werdmuller, @alexanderbellgram, @guillecummings, @parkerortolani, @codybrom, and @zuck. Instagram: Threads
| Bloomberg: |
Reddit closes up 48%, at $50.44 per share, in its New York Stock Exchange debut, valuing the company at about $9.5B on a fully diluted basis — - Social media company, holders raised $748 Million in IPO … The San Francisco-based company's stock closed at $50.44 each on Thursday in New York …
More: CNBC, Reuters, Reddit, Axios, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, The Guardian, Axios, Fortune, Business Insider, Financial Times, CoinGape, Crunchbase News, CryptoGlobe, Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Times, and San Francisco Business Times
Threads: @mostly.borrowed.ideas and @firerock31
X: @ghadjia, @sorayadarabi, @alexisohanian, @snowmaker, @mikeisaac, @alexisohanian, @tranhelen, @alexisohanian, @borrowed_ideas, @teroterotero, @serenawilliams, @lethain, @tidefallcapital, @can, @coryweinberg, @mwseibel, @edwinarbus, @nyse, @altcap, @amberillig, @alexisohanian, @alexia, @mwseibel, @lexnfx, @teroterotero, @mikeisaac, @tomaxwell, @yuris, @katie_roof, and @akhenosiris
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/stupidpol, r/news, r/CryptoCurrencyMoons, and r/wallstreetbets
| Paul Graham / Y Combinator: |
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU plans to announce investigations into Apple's and Google's DMA compliance in the coming days; Meta's subscriptions could also face scrutiny — - Meta also expected to face scrutiny in EU's Big Tech clampdown — Digital Markets Act investigations could pave way for fines
More: The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, MSPoweruser, The Crypto Times, Gizchina, CoinGape, and Channel NewsAsia
Mastodon: @malwaretech@infosec.exchange and @tob@hachyderm.io
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 for enterprises, adding a Copilot key, a Neural Processing Unit for Windows 11's AI features, and more — Microsoft is gearing up for its “year of the AI PC” with two new Surface devices that won't be sold directly to consumers.
More: Microsoft Devices Blog, Windows Blog, Microsoft Store, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Business Times, Investor's Business Daily, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Lifewire, CRN, Windows Central, TechRadar, CNBC, Windows Central, Tom's Hardware, and XDA Developers
X: @satyanadella, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @markhachman, and @tomwarren
| The Information: |
Source: Microsoft agreed to pay Inflection ~$650M when hiring its staff, mostly via a licensing deal that makes Inflection's models available for sale on Azure — Microsoft doesn't want its plan to hire two of Inflection AI's co-founders and most of its 70-person staff to be seen as an acquisition.
More: Benzinga, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and The Decoder
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Changing policy, X bans the posting of real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after it suspended accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist — Some X users said the move was another example of Musk going out of his way to defend neo-Nazis, antisemites and white supremacists.
More: Advocate. Threads: @vpsreports, @lorakolodny, @e.w.niedermeyer, and @esqueer_
Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange and @SteveThompson@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @apocalypticanow.bsky.social
X: @leftcoastist, @msymchuk, @tomcoates, @tomodell, @martinimaas, @tweetbynatasha, @pavldozer, @drmistercody, @rontech777, @blakmaclives, @gschifanelli, @pan_dejo_, @hawksgirl80, @stealthmedical1, @ellamae_content, @shnozzmoana, @ttecclesbrown, @raderje, @romanvalentinus, @aridrennen, @taliaotg, @network_synth, @evan_r_mclaren, @beneluxtesla, @againstgrmrs, @sikataraeda, @eyesontheright, @stevanzetti, @agoldmund, @mehdirhasan, @acabylonbee, @daithaigilbert, @safety, and @ldrogen. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash partners with Alphabet's Wing to test drone delivery in the US, starting in Christiansburg, VA, after launching a pilot program in Australia in 2022 — DoorDash is expanding its partnership with Alphabet's Wing to bring its drone delivery pilot to the U.S., the company announced on Thursday.
More: DoorDash, Wing Blog, Engadget, ZDNet, New York Post, and Business Insider
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Foundry, a cloud computing service provider focused on AI workloads, comes out of stealth after raising $80M across a seed and a Series A at a $350M valuation — Jared Quincy Davis was inspired by AlphaGo. You know, the AI program that plays Go, the 2,500-year old Chinese strategy game?| Buster Benson / The Medium Blog: |
Medium says it will revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers who publish AI-generated stories, even with disclosure, and other low-quality content — Protecting Medium's mission and authentic writers means doing more to protect quality — We know you've seen it: spammy comments that say nothing of value.
X: @ruialves_rnh, @ltm, and @burkr_
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally — The letter, also signed by CrowdTangle's former CEO, claims shutting it down is a “direct threat” to researchers' work
More: Mozilla Foundation. Threads: @silvermanbrandon, @silvermanbrandon, @andymstone, and @silvermanbrandon
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, raised $50M led by Pace Capital at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $128M — The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively.
Threads: @moys1lva. Mastodon: @andyn@social.lol. X: @browsercompany, @_shankarganesh, @jackrandalll, @joekndy, and @vanlancker. Forums: r/ArcBrowser
| Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial interests, but will remain on the company's board — Bhatt to remain a member of the board — Robinhood Markets co-founder Baiju Bhatt will step down from his chief creative officer role … | Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia's GPU IP in its chips — MediaTek this week has introduced a new lineup of Dimensity Auto Cockpit system-on-chips, covering the entire market spectrum from entry-level to premium.
More: Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, TalkAndroid.com, Forbes, Forbes, AndroidGuys, Pocketnow, TechSpot, TechPowerUp, SamMobile, Phandroid, and eeNews Europe
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