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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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| Forbes: |
Stability AI says Emad Mostaque resigned as CEO and from the board “to pursue decentralized AI”; COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Christian Laforte named interim CEOs — Mostaque has told a number of people close to him that he plans to step down as chief executive …
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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 …
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LinkedIn: Emerson Martinez and Spencer Tuttle
| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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for miners, who will likely move from the US to lower-cost countries like Ethiopia, Tanzania, Paraguay, and Uruguay — - Outdated machines may be profitable in low-cost energy areas — Ethiopia, Paraguay among countries becoming mining ‘players’| Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: |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: European Commission, yTech, The Quantum Insider, and Euractiv
X: @quantumflagship and @matterpr
| 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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| Justin Ling / Wired: |
How Ukraine recreated the Soledar Salt Mine in Minecraft to let players compete for prizes and donate to restore a school hit by a Russian missile — The Soledar Salt Mine in eastern Ukraine shut down in early 2022 amidst the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian government recreated it in Minecraft …
More: Minesalt, UNITED24, Minesalt, and Odessa Journal
| Jesusegun Alagbe / Rest of World: |
Filmmakers, critics, and users detail why Prime Video failed in Africa; Amazon laid off staff and scaled back operations on the continent in January 2024 — Filmmakers, critics, and users blame the platform's struggle in Africa on poor user experience, a lack of local content, and mediocre publicity.
More: Pocket-lint. X: @jesusegun1, @restofworld, and @ugotalksalot
LinkedIn: Ato Micah, Manoj Narender Madnani, David Adeleke, and Fadi Ismail
| The Information: |
Source: HeyGen, which uses AI to generate avatars and voices for videos, is raising $60M led by Benchmark at a $440M valuation, amid concerns about China ties — HeyGen, a three-year-old startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate avatars and voices for videos …
X: @steph_palazzolo, @amir, and @kateclarktweets
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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