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In preliminary findings, the EU says Apple's anti-steering developer rules breach the DMA; the EU is also probing if Apple's developer fees comply with EU rules — Tech giant faces penalty of up to 10% of global annual revenue — Brussels has accused Apple of stifling competition on its App Store …
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Apple is the first Big Tech company to be charged under the DMA rules and could be fined up to 10% of its annual global revenue, or $38B based on 2023 numbers — Apple's App Store “steering” policies violate the EU's Digital Markets Act meant to encourage competition, said regulators in their preliminary ruling Monday.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement” — A group of record labels including the big three — Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment …
More: 404 Media, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Reuters, Music Ally, Engadget, Washington Post, Variety, RIAA, Music Technology Policy, Quartz, The Decoder, Digital Music News, Fast Company, Wired, Tech Startups, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Meta has seemingly stopped trying as hard to moderate its services, overrun with AI spam and scams; X gutting safety staff may have lowered the industry's bar — Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources describe Apple's efforts to fully automate iPhone assembly lines, helping reduce its reliance on China, including by acquiring startups like DarwinAI — It was the kind of incident Apple executives never want to repeat. In November 2022, at a factory in Zhengzhou, China … | Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU plans to charge Microsoft this week for bundling Teams with its other software to the detriment of rivals, deeming its concessions insufficient — Also in this newsletter: How the European Commission wants to put G7 plans on Russia's frozen assets into action| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
A look at Apple Intelligence, an umbrella for dozens of models running on device or in carbon-neutral data centers, and why the Vision Pro is not getting it yet — An oft-told story is that back in 2009 — two years after Dropbox debuted, two years before Apple unveiled iCloud …
More: Macworld, Ubergizmo, BGR, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, T3, Simon Willison's Weblog, and Benedict Evans
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Prosus, the largest external investor in Byju's with a 9.6% stake, says its stake in the Indian edtech startup is now worth zero; Prosus has invested $570M+ — One of Byju's largest investors, Prosus, on Monday said it believes its stake in the Indian edtech startup is now worth nothing …
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| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Klarity, which uses AI to let companies automate reviews of invoices and other documents, raised a $70M Series B led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross — Read through enough contracts, invoices or purchase orders—any business documents, really—enough times, and your eyes probably glaze over.
More: Crunchbase News
| Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg: |
Uber has begun locking NYC drivers out of its app during low demand periods to fight a local rule that requires drivers be paid for idle time between rides — - Company locks drivers out of its app at unpredictable times — Uber blames Lyft, which is now threatening its own lockouts| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
The Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 receive a repairability score of 8 out of 10, far better than the first Surface Laptop, which got a 0 in June 2017 — Microsoft's team of hardware wizards have spent the last couple of years practicing their Reparo spell and it's really starting to show.
More: iFixit on YouTube, Thurrott, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, XDA Developers, The Register, Fortune, WinBuzzer, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, and Neowin. LinkedIn: Cory Ebert
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Shopify unveils AI-focused updates for merchants, including suggested replies and product categorization, and launches its AI chatbot Sidekick in early access — Shopify's new AI “Sidekick” chatbot is officially launching in early access, the company said as part of its “2024 Summer Edition” updates announced on Monday.
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