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An analysis of the DOJ's case against Apple; sources: Apple will start rolling out its system to update packaged iPhones' software to its US stores in April — With its lawsuit against Apple, the Justice Department focuses on outdated issues and irrelevant points, missing an opportunity to address more pressing concerns.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PCMag, PhoneArena, Engadget, New York Times, Wired, The Indian Express, The Verge, Supercharged, AppleInsider, Benzinga, and Tom's Guide
Threads: @benedictevans and @laurengoode
| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
A look at the US DOJ's lawsuit against Apple, comparisons to Microsoft suit in the 1990s, basic factual errors, why it is clearly a political case, and more — March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple. The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges …
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| Financial Times: |
Chinese officials have begun following the new PC, laptop, and server guidelines to phase out Intel/AMD processors and Windows from government PCs and servers — China has introduced new guidelines that will mean US microprocessors from Intel and AMD are phased out of government PCs and servers …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Redis, the popular in-memory data store, switches from the open source 3-clause BSD license to a controversial dual-license model — Redis, the popular in-memory data store, is switching away from the open-source three-clause BSD license. Instead, in a move that is clearly aimed to prevent …
More: Andrew Kelley, The Stack, and Datanami
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LinkedIn: Emerson Martinez and Spencer Tuttle
| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
April's Bitcoin halving will slash revenue for miners, who will likely move from the US to lower-cost countries like Ethiopia, Tanzania, Paraguay, and Uruguay — - Outdated machines may be profitable in low-cost energy areas — Ethiopia, Paraguay among countries becoming mining ‘players’
More: crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, CryptoGlobe, The Block, and CoinGape
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Some TikTok fans in India still question the country's 2020 decision to ban the app, saying alternatives like YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels lack its allure — Young adults in India who came of age on the app are still angry at their government — NEW DELHI—Gayatari Mohanty always wanted to be a dancer.
More: Mashable and The National Pulse
| Reuters: |
Source: Spain's High Court orders the suspension of Telegram after media companies complained it was allowing users to upload their content without permission — Spain's High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram's services in the country after media companies complained …
More: Euronews and CoinGape
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| Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: |
Leaders from 20 EU countries sign the Quantum Pact, recognizing the importance of quantum tech in enhancing Europe's scientific and industrial competitiveness — Thomas Skordas of the European Commission describes the Quantum Pact as the EU's attempt to make Europe the ‘Quantum Valley’ of the world.
More: yTech, European Commission, The Quantum Insider, and Euractiv
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: |
Q&A with ex-CEO of CrowdTangle Brandon Silverman about the founding principle of the research tool, Meta's decision to close it in an election year, and more — Meta announced this month that in August it will be closing CrowdTangle, the platform monitoring tool the company bought in 2016.
More: Mozilla Foundation. Threads: @checkmyads. X: @andymstone, @randallb, @kyle_a_morse, @andymstone, and @stokel
| Brian Fung / CNN: |
More than 23M US households risk losing internet access by the end of April as Congress fails to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program due to GOP opposition — Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls.
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Forums: r/politics and r/technews
| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
BeReal's challenges show the difficulty for new consumer apps to break out absent a big platform shift, as users lack the time to try additional consumer apps — The recent reports that BeReal is struggling with either a fundraise or growth or both, is a bummer.
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Financial Times: |
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