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November 28, 2025, 9:45 AM

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Reuters:
The EC says it got notification from Apple that Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet DMA thresholds; Apple says the services should not be called “gatekeepers”  —  The European Commission said on Friday that Apple's (AAPL.O) Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet the thresholds to be considered …
Kang Yoon-seung / Yonhap News Agency:
Sources: South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacking group Lazarus of the $30M+ Upbit hack, which used methods resembling those of a 2019 Upbit theft  —  North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected to be behind a recent breach of around 45 billion won (US$30.6 million) …
Bloomberg:
China's top economic planning agency warns about the risk of a bubble forming in the booming humanoid robotics industry; 150+ manufacturers operate in China  —  China's powerful economic-planning agency warned of the risks of a bubble forming in the country's humanoid robotics industry …
Alex Forbes-Calvin / GamesIndustry.biz:
Reuters:
CME Group says futures trading on its markets, including for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, was halted on November 28 due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne's data centers  —  An outage at the world's biggest exchange operator, CME Group, has halted trade on its currency platform …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Temasek is in talks to buy a ~5% stake in Quest Global, in a deal that values the engineering services company at $4.6B in the lead-up to its India IPO  —  Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Quest Global Services Pte …
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Australia passes a law requiring global streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local outlay or 7.5% of revenue on Australian originals  —  Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content …
Politico:
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks  —  The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.  —  BRUSSELS — Platforms including Meta and TikTok …

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