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| France 24: |
Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA; EU rejects Apple's demand, saying it is “not surprised” as Apple has “contested every little bit” of DMA since day one — Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The European Union rejected a call by Apple to scrap its landmark digital competition law …
More: Engadget, The Guardian, Financial Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Investing.com, MacDailyNews, Irish Independent, MarketWatch, iThinkDifferent, Mobile World Live, Wall Street Journal, MLex, Global Competition Review, The Economic Times, and Euractiv
X: @aaronp613. LinkedIn: Aaron McLoughlin. Bluesky: @fbermingham, @hidde.blog, @margotdor, @andrewstroehlein, @gateklons, and @carnage4life
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Forums: Hacker News, r/stupidpol, r/BuyFromEU, r/europe, r/eutech, and Slashdot
| Apple: |
Apple says the DMA exposes users to new risks, reduces choice by making iOS resemble Android, and creates unfair competition by not applying to Samsung — At Apple, we've always focused on creating technology that empowers people and enriches their lives. We design our products to be intuitive …
More: AppleInsider, Macworld, Computerworld, Notebookcheck, T3, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, Politico, iDrop News, Cult of Mac, UPI, Inc, iClarified, The Hans India, iPhone in Canada, The Verge, Silicon Republic, Developer Tech News, Thurrott, BGR, MacRumors, Ghacks, 9to5Mac, BBC, and AppleInsider
LinkedIn: Jordy Thery. Mastodon: @Frederik_Borgesius …, @stroughtonsmith …, and @khaost@mastodon.tz.is
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Amazon reaches a $2.5B settlement with the FTC over deceptive Prime practices, with a $1B civil penalty and $1.5B in consumer redress, three days into the trial — Agreement includes largest ever penalty issued for breach of regulator's rules — Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5bn to settle …
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Irish Times, CNBC, Benzinga, and Associated Press
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Windows 10 users will receive free Extended Security Updates in the EEA without enabling Windows Backup, after pressure from the Euroconsumers group — You won't have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
More: Windows Central, BleepingComputer, PCMag, PCWorld, ZDNET, Pureinfotech, Windows Report, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: r/technology, r/Windows10, r/windows, r/technews, and Beehaw
| Wired: |
Sources: Meta poached Yang Song, who led OpenAI's strategic explorations team, to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs earlier this month — The Best Robot Vacuums to Keep Your Home Clean — Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Revolutionized Windows Laptops. Here Comes the Second Act| Joel Drapper: |
Sources allege that nonprofit Ruby Central took control of some Ruby open-source projects from their maintainers without consent, after pressure from Shopify — Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.
More: André Arko, pupdates, The Register, Freedom's Substack, Ruby Central, André Arko, Michael Tsai, Matt Mullenweg, and The Register
LinkedIn: Brian Greene. Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @martinemde.com, @rmfranca, @katproto.girlonthemoon.xyz, @davidcel.is, @seldo.com, @thomasfuchs.at, @duckinator, @wwahammy.com, @valeriecodes, and @baweaver
Mastodon: @joeldrapper@ruby.social, @ceejbot@toot.cat, @somebitslinks@tech.lgbt, @technotenshi@infosec.exchange, @anthroposamu@mastodon.social, @phillmv@hachyderm.io, @jbz@indieweb.social, @maxine@hachyderm.io, @elilla@transmom.love, @aesthr@wandering.shop, @jaredwhite@indieweb.social, and @bascule@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/ruby, and Lobsters
| The Guardian: |
Sources: Microsoft terminated Israel's Unit 8200 access to Azure, after an investigation found the tech was used for mass surveillance in Gaza and West Bank — Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit's access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
More: The Verge and Microsoft
X: @tomwarren. Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, @joolia, and @peark.es. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz — Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
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X: @vadimyuryev, @snapdragon, @qualcomm, @iancutress, @zacbowden, @sondesix, @sondesix, @maxwinebach, @qualcomm, @r3dash, @iancutress, @iancutress, @stevesi, @durga_malladi, @snapdragon, @alexmaxham, @sondesix, @iancutress, @snapdragon, @vadimyuryev, @snapdragon, @snapdragon, @snapdragon, @snapdragon, @leijun, @iancutress, @iancutress, @stufflistings, @durga_malladi, @maxwinebach, @zacbowden, and @mishaalrahman. Mastodon: @bradlinder@fosstodon.org
Forums: r/AMD_Stock, r/hardware, r/hardware, r/Android, and r/snapdragon
| Daniel Bader / Android Police: |
More: CNET, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Datamation, The Indian Express, SamMobile, The Walkman Blog, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, Benzinga, and Thurrott. X: @tnkgrl
| NBC News: |
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock — This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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Bluesky: @davidgilbert, @jakelahut.writes.news, @jakelahut.writes.news, @katie-drummond, @davekarpf, @chadstanton.blacksky.app, @aaronrosspowell.com, @tyleraking.com, @esqueer.net, @esqueer.net, and @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com. Mastodon: @anirvan@mastodon.social
Forums: r/worldnews, r/Journalism, and r/politics
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
More: Tubefilter, International Business Times, CBC News, Pixel Envy, SiliconANGLE, and TipRanks Financial
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @melindaclem, @socialmedialab.ca, @haydenstarr, @sgdickinson, and @sgdickinson
Forums: r/aussie and r/PoliticsDownUnder
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together — Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
More: Benzinga, DatacenterDynamics, Quartz, MacRumors, Forbes, New York Times, Windows Central, Proactive, 9to5Mac, MarketWatch, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, Fortune, iClarified, Yahoo Finance, Digit, The Hans India, CTech, Cult of Mac, PC Gamer, DigiTimes, Reuters, The Information, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada, Sharecafe, CNBC, CNBC, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent
X: @scottlincicome, @patrickmoorhead, @howardlindzon, @caro_milanesi, @benbajarin, @petgelsinger, @caro_milanesi, @benbajarin, @edludlow, and @business. LinkedIn: Alex Webb
Bluesky: @devindra and @shiraovide
Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social and @darkghosthunter …
Forums: r/apple, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Neon, which pays users to record their phone calls and sells that audio data to AI companies for training, becomes the #2 social app on the US App Store — A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably …
More: 9to5Mac, PCMag, iDrop News, Implicator.ai, Digital Trends, and Tech Times
Bluesky: @joetidy and @russwilcox
Mastodon: @davemark@mastodon.social and @skry@mastodon.social
Forums: r/passive_income and Slashdot
| Makini Brice / Reuters: |
The EU launches an antitrust probe into SAP over its ERP software maintenance and support services, with a potential fine of ~10% of its annual global sales — The European Commission has opened an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Germany's SAP (SAPG.DE) … | Oma Seddiq / Bloomberg: |
xAI signed a deal with the GSA to offer Grok to US federal agencies for $0.42 per agency for 18 months, a discount to OpenAI's $1 per year for ChatGPT — - Follows recent deals with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google — xAI engineers to assist federal agencies with implementation
More: New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, RedState, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, TESLARATI, Crypto Briefing, Nextgov/FCW, Fox News, and Newsweek. Bluesky: @jeczjan
| Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: |
xAI sues OpenAI in California for allegedly stealing trade secrets by means of hiring away key employees; in August, xAI sued an ex-staffer who left for OpenAI — Following a recent lawsuit against a former employee over allegedly stealing trade secrets, Musk's xAI is now suing the company that executive left to work for — OpenAI.
More: Reuters, Engadget, The Information, Bloomberg Law, and WinBuzzer
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo has been meeting with potential candidates for a role overseeing monetization efforts, including ads in ChatGPT — Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including, yes, bringing advertising to ChatGPT.
More: Financial Express, PYMNTS.com, Adweek, and The Decoder
X: @loudmouthjulia. Bluesky: @edzitron.com, @kazmonaut.kzstan.com, @peterswimm.com, and @alexeheath.com. Threads: @eric_seufert
Forums: r/singularity and r/BetterOffline
| Financial Times: |
Circle president Heath Tarbert says Circle is exploring the possibility of reversible stablecoin transactions to allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes — President says sector should learn from traditional finance and allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes
More: CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, The Crypto Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, and Cryptonews. Bluesky: @dlknowles
| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
A profile of AI skeptic Ed Zitron: Sam Altman's firing and return was his “Joker moment”, tech journalism is flawed, his brash persona is not a mask, and more — How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech's punchiest critics — Ed Zitron is not a journalist … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify updates its AI policy, including adopting the upcoming DDEX standard to label and identify AI music and rolling out a new music spam filter — Spotify on Thursday announced a series of updates to its AI policy, designed to better indicate when AI is being used to make music … | Richard Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Australian lawmakers propose rules to regulate crypto exchanges, allowing the government to slap penalties of 10% of annual turnover on firms that violate rules — Australia will slap penalties of as much as 10% of annual turnover on digital asset platform operators that breach proposed rules …
More: Australian Financial Review, Bitcoinist.com, Decrypt, crypto.news, The Block, Cryptonews, and Blockhead. LinkedIn: Liam Hennessy
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta expands Facebook and Messenger teen accounts, which have extra safety controls, globally; Instagram now lets all US schools report safety concerns — Instagram is also opening up its program that allows middle schools and high schools to report bullying.
More: TechCrunch, BBC, The Economic Times, Meta Newsroom, Irish Examiner, and The News International
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have sought to get closer to President Trump after Elon Musk fallout, but WH officials remain deeply skeptical of them — White House officials remain sceptical of Meta and OpenAI chiefs as they seek to embrace US president| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Databricks says it plans to integrate OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform and AI product Agent Bricks, as part of a $100M multiyear deal — Databricks said on Thursday that it is incorporating OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform as well as its AI product … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
CoreWeave expands its data center capacity agreements with OpenAI by $6.5B, bringing their total potential value to $22.4B, to support training of OpenAI models — CoreWeave Inc. expanded its agreements to supply data center capacity to OpenAI by as much as $6.5 billion to $22.4 billion …
More: CNBC, Capital Brief, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, and Crypto Briefing
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Xiaomi unveils 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, available September 27 in China; Pro phones feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a back screen — The company could lay off the Apple comparisons a bit though. … A critic might accuse Xiaomi of copying Apple a little too closely … | Marc Rubinstein / Bloomberg: |
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