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September 30, 2024, 5:35 PM

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Reuters:
Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU  —  “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit moderators must now submit a request to Reddit staff before changing a subreddit's public/private status, making sitewide mod-led protests much harder  —  Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform.  Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able …
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera  —  Smarter Pi  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … It may not come as a big surprise.  After all, the $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
A massive outage has affected Verizon customers since around 10AM ET, according to reports on Downdetector from subscribers across the US  —  Verizon is experiencing a massive outage, according to subscribers across the United States.  Several of us here at 9to5Mac are also affected …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FCC announces a $31.5M settlement with T-Mobile over four data breaches, in 2021, 2022, and 2023, that compromised personal info of millions of US customers  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches …
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pledges to keep investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech, in his first comments since his release from US custody on September 27  —  - Zhao was released Friday after serving a four-month sentence  — Binance founder in X post lays out plans including investment
The Information:
Source: SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI's latest funding round, SoftBank's first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B  —  SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, which values the developer of ChatGPT …
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