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March 25, 2024, 11:40 AM

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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU opens formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over using user data for ads  —  The trio of Big Tech giants are the first to face full investigations under bloc's new Digital Markets Act
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Sources: iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over their Home Screen app arrangement, including the ability to create blank spaces, rows, and columns  —  iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over Home Screen app icon arrangement, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg:
Nigeria files tax evasion charges against Binance and executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, detained since February; reports say Anjarwalla escaped  —  - Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped on Friday during prayers at a mosque  — Two Binance execs had been charged to court for tax evasion
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
An analysis of the US DOJ's Apple case; sources say Apple plans to start rolling out its system for updating packaged iPhones' iOS to US stores in April 2024  —  With its lawsuit against Apple, the Justice Department focuses on outdated issues and irrelevant points, missing an opportunity to address more pressing concerns.
Reuters:
Chinese state media: at the China Development Forum, Tim Cook said Apple Vision Pro will launch in China in 2024, its first official non-US launch confirmation  —  Apple (AAPL.O) Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to state media.
Financial Times:
Chinese officials begin following China's new PC, laptop, and server guidelines to phase out Intel chips, AMD chips, 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 …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Spotify adds online courses from BBC Maestro, Skillshare, Thinkific, and PlayVirtuoso, covering music, business, creativity, and health, as a UK-only experiment  —  Spotify's UK users are getting access to a fourth category of content to sit alongside its existing library of songs, podcasts and audiobooks: online courses.
Ravi Mattu / New York Times:
Q&A with tech expert Dan Wang on how China views the US' TikTok crackdown, why Chinese state media is keeping its powder dry, possible retaliation, and more  —  Dan Wang, an expert on China's technology sector, says Beijing would see a forced sale or ban of the social media platform as a propaganda coup.
The Verge:
A look at the Financial Times' Claude-powered AI chatbot Ask FT, which is trained on FT's articles and available to some subscribers in the FT Professional tier  —  The Financial Times has a new generative AI chatbot called Ask FT that can answer questions its subscribers ask.

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