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June 22, 2024, 12:50 AM

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Bloomberg:
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements  —  - Firm says it'll withhold Apple Intelligence from EU this year  — Big Tech firm cites concerns over EU's Digital Markets Act
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Craig Trudell / Bloomberg:
Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership software provider CDK Global has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, and CDK plans to pay  —  - Eastern European cybercrime group demanding extortion payment  — CDK down for several days as dealerships experience fallout
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Change Healthcare says the February ransomware attack on its systems resulted in the theft of medical records of a “substantial proportion of people” in the US  —  Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption …
Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa”  —  Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers …
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers  —  Recent reports raise questions about how the answer engine works, including its use of third-party content crawlers.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
The US Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against 12 Kaspersky executives; the company and its founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky were not included  —  The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US  —  Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials …
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Retro game streamer Antstream plans to launch on the App Store with 1,300 titles, the first such launch after Apple allowed game streaming services on iPhone  —  There are now several excellent retro gaming emulators available for Apple's mobile devices, including Delta, RetroArch, and PPSSPP, which focuses on the PlayStation Portable.
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time  —  OpenAI has done acquihires, but this deal marks the first time it will be integrating both the technology and staff of the company it's buying.

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