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Apple appeals the EU's iOS interoperability order under the DMA, saying the requirements create “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation” — Companies face fines of up to 10% their worldwide annual turnover if the EU decides they are flouting its Digital Markets Act
More: Axios, Computerworld, iTnews, GSMArena.com, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, New York Post, BGR, iPhone in Canada, WebProNews, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iClarified, and MacTech.com
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Sources: Meta aims to help brands fully create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026, including images and budgetary goals, expanding its current AI tools — AI-powered advertising is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the company's future — Meta Platforms is betting that automation is the future of ads.
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X: @zephyr_z9, @jerrycap, @eric_seufert, @scobleizer, @herrmanndigital, @robleathern, @chamath, @rihardjarc, and @meghanbobrowsky
LinkedIn: Mike Mallazzo and Sandra Barnidge
| New York Times: |
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers — The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers.| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Snowflake agrees to acquire Crunchy Data, a cloud-based database service that helps businesses and government agencies use PostgreSQL, a source says for ~$250M — The cloud data company aims to attract customers who want to build their own artificial intelligence agents
More: CRN, Investor's Business Daily, TechCrunch, CNBC, Maginative, Crunchy Data, and Constellation Research
Bluesky: @romitmehta.com. X: @aarondfrancis, @wking__, @ramaswmysridhar, @craigkerstiens, @crunchydata, and @snowflake. Forums: Hacker News
| Maya Goldman / Axios: |
FDA debuts agency-wide AI tool meant to help scientific reviewers and others streamline their work and, soon, to identify high-priority targets for inspections — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday is launching an agency-wide generative AI tool aimed at helping scientific reviewers …
More: STAT, Reuters, US Food and Drug …, YouTube, and Becker's Hospital Review
Bluesky: @hypervisible. X: @brittanytrang, @angie_rasmussen, @matthewherper, @amandagarces, @drmakaryfda, @seckennedy, and @us_fda
| Financial Times: |
Sources: xAI is launching a $300M secondary stock offering that values the group at $113B, allowing staff to sell shares to new investors — Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X — Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco, and Ivan Levingston in London
More: New York Times, Bloomberg, Cryptopolitan, Capital Brief, The Information, Reuters, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, WinBuzzer, and The Irish Times
Bluesky: @conorsen, @hyperlexic, @davelee.me, @agusnox, and @niedermeyer.online
| Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
An interview with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech's next chapter, meeting in 1997, Steve Jobs, Apple, Powell Jobs backing LoveFrom in 2019, and more — After Apple, the Silicon Valley visionaries are looking to artificial intelligence to shape the future again
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Business Insider, MacRumors, Spyglass, Neowin, iPhone in Canada, iClarified, Fortune, Patently Apple, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, The Guardian, and Apple Must
Bluesky: @robertscotthorton, @carnage4life, @stevekovach, and @stephenkb
X: @camilomoresala, @kylascan, @kylascan, and @parkerortolani. LinkedIn: Nicholas Thompson. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the DMA for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless it is opened — Apparently only the Digital Markets Act can stop Bing from begging you to switch . … Microsoft's changes in response …
More: Windows Blog, XDA Developers, and Thurrott
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Alphabet offers to spend $500M+ over ten years to rebuild its global compliance structure, in a settlement proposal for an antitrust lawsuit from shareholders — Latest move comes as tech giant is attacked on multiple legal fronts that threaten its break-up| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
More: Investor's Business Daily, Fox News, Tech Monitor, Tech Times, Search Engine Roundtable, BMI, and Livewire Markets. Mastodon: @timbray@cosocial.ca
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber names longtime exec Andrew Macdonald as president and first COO since 2019; SVP of delivery Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty is leaving Uber after nearly 13 years — Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, senior vice president of delivery, has decided to leave Uber after nearly 13 years … | Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Netic, which sells an AI platform that helps home services firms automate client outreach and handle calls, raised $20M from Greylock, Founders Fund, and others — The startup Netic launched a platform that helps skilled trade companies book appointments and generate new sales using artificial intelligence
More: Greylock. X: @melisatokmak, @zoink, @mirzadegen, @tbpn, @tarahz9, @mavolpi, @ivanhzhao, and @melisatokmak
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
A deep dive into Apple TV's privacy features shows that Apple's streaming device is more private than the vast majority of alternatives, save for dumb TVs — Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though. … Among smart TVs, streaming sticks …
More: AFTVnews, iPhone in Canada, 9to5Mac, PCWorld, Pocket-lint, MacRumors, and MacDailyNews
Mastodon: @mookie@wantstoruletheworld …. Forums: r/apple, r/technews, r/privacy, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Sources: Meta prioritizes an ultralight Horizon OS headset with a compute puck for 2026, and may not ship a new Quest with a traditional form factor until 2027 — Meta is prioritizing shipping an ultralight Horizon OS headset with a tethered compute puck in 2026, multiple sources tell UploadVR.
Threads: @jaymayo_vrtist. X: @bozoid, @lunayian, @heaney555, @heaney555, @scobleizer, @motorsep, @josethevrtech, @heaney555, and @olusayof
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
ISP Frontier Communications settles a lawsuit from record labels that demanded broadband users accused of piracy be dropped; SCOTUS may hear Cox's similar case — Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections … Sponsor Posts
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