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July 1, 2024, 12:45 PM

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Preliminary findings: the EU says Meta's pay or consent ad model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found guilty  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules …
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple plans to mass produce new AirPods with camera modules by 2026, which will include an IR camera like the iPhone's Face ID receiver, for use in AR/VR  —  According to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is targeting to begin mass production of new “AirPods with camera modules” by 2026.
Kalley Huang / The Information:
Source: Character.AI held talks over research partnerships with Google, Meta, and xAI, to access their computing resources in return for sharing some of its IP  —  A year ago, Character.AI had the wind at its back.  Founded by two artificial intelligence pioneers from Google …
Silla Brush / Bloomberg:
BlackRock acquires Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash; BlackRock expects alternative assets to reach nearly $40T by 2030  —  The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on bringing Apple Intelligence to the Vision Pro, rejiggers its Vision Pro retail demos, and starts developing its major OSes for 2025  —  Apple's strategy to make its devices last longer will mean AI and software are even more important to its business.

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