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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Spotify plans a more expensive “Supremium” tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month — Spotify Technology SA is planning a more expensive subscription option that's expected to include high-fidelity audio …
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Thurrott, The Verge, KnowTechie, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, TweakTown, Neowin, KitGuru, TechSpot, XDA Developers, Android Authority, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, iMore, Appuals.com, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, Techlusive, CNET, RAIN News, Engadget, Billboard, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, BGR, and UPROXX
Twitter: @dylanmcd8, @ashleyrcarman, @max_eyr, @nicholasadeleon, @elite_gz, @alex, @ashleyrcarman, and @elite_gz. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU's AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding deeming general purpose AI systems as “high risk” — The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has spent the last month touring world capitals where, at talks to sold-out crowds …
More: The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, Foreign Policy, MediaNama, WinBuzzer, Mashable, TechCrunch, and Dexerto
Bluesky: @ekp.bsky.social and @ronmiller.bsky.social
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @marleenstikker@waag.social, and @tante@tldr.nettime.org
Twitter: @billyperrigo, @mc_of_a, @colincrowell, @orientaljanedoe, @djleufer, @abebab, @schock, @garymarcus, @profnoahgian, @marleenstikker, @nlw, @josephjacks_, @parismarx, @tprstly, @ainowinstitute, and @npcollapse
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 14 lineup, 13-inch M2 MacBook Air, and 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max, starting on June 21 — Apple today announced that its self-service repair program will be expanding to the iPhone 14 lineup, 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact, circulated on Mastodon, pledges to block Meta's planned ActivityPub service, a petty and insular move that would keep Mastodon small — The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact: … Yours truly, on Bluesky a month ago (which, ironically, is not yet open itself, so here's an open preview):
More: fedipact.online and Curator
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social. Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange, @tiesselune@g33ks.coffee, @happyborg@fosstodon.org, @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org, @Imoptimal@mastodon.social, @arlen@mstdn.social, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @jonne@mastodon.online, @EugeneTeplitsky …, @stringz@masto.nobigtech.es, @admin@floss.social, @drakulix@tech.lgbt, @TNLNYC@mastodon.social, @jonas@social.jonaskoeritz.de, @basil@tech.lgbt, @Keev@mastodonczech.cz, @mods@tech.lgbt, @mawr@plush.city, @tillianisafox@vulpine.club, @MikeBeas@mas.to, @hl0dwig@g33ks.coffee, @cendawanita@mefi.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz, and @timbray@cosocial.ca
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades via its “noncustodial” service in recent weeks — EDX Markets won't directly handle customers' digital assets or directly serve individual investors
More: EDX Markets, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Messenger, Bitcoinist.com, Crowdfund Insider, Cryptopolitan, Inside Bitcoins, Watcher Guru, crypto.news, NFTgators, Bloomberg, DL News, Coinspeaker, The Daily Hodl, Blockworks, Ethereum World News, CoinGape, The Block, CoinJournal, and Forkast
Twitter: @jjcycles, @fintechfrank, @hsakatrades, @silvermanjacob, @hsakatrades, @thestalwart, and @lalleclausen
Forums: Hacker News and r/CryptoCurrency
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password — You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support.
More: PCMag, The Verge, MacRumors, Fast Company, Six Colors, WeLiveSecurity, Cult of Mac, and iMore
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Activision's Bobby Kotick, and Sony's Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC's bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal — Microsoft is sending CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox chief Phil Spencer, and many other Xbox executives to defend against its Federal Trade Commission … | Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
In a surprise shakeup, Alibaba names Eddie Wu as its CEO, replacing Daniel Zhang, effective September 10; Zhang will remain CEO of Alibaba Cloud — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is replacing eight-year veteran chief Daniel Zhang at the helm of a Chinese e-commerce leader bleeding market share …
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Twitter: @qingqingparis, @pingroma, @arjunkharpal, @luna_cuili, and @sino_market
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi, who sold Xnor.ai to Apple for ~$200M in 2020, departs to become the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's CEO — Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple's machine learning initiatives …
More: AppleInsider, Seattle Business Journal, AI2 Blog, 9to5Mac, and WinBuzzer
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
USA Today publisher Gannett sues Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, echoing the US DOJ's arguments and saying audiences have grown but ad spending is down — - USA Today publisher Gannett is suing Google for allegedly illegally monopolizing the advertising technology market.
More: USA Today, The Hill, The Verge, MarketWatch, AppleInsider, Reuters, Search Engine Land, Android Authority, New York Times, The Register, Engadget, Gannett, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Livemint, Gizmodo, and CNN
Twitter: @tessaduvall, @usatoday, @clarajanehen, and @gannett
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to big corporations — President Joe Biden's internet access plan will hand $41.6 billion to internet service providers. In many places, that money will get funneled into private hands.| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The US DOJ announces NatSec Cyber, a new section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity — The U.S. Department of Justice is adding a new section to its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity …
More: CyberScoop, US Department of Justice, US Department of Justice, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, and FedScoop. Twitter: @martinmatishak
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitch will require streamers to add new content labels for streams containing sexual themes, graphic violence, drugs use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity — Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels.
More: Twitch, The Verge, Android Authority, and Dexerto
| Neesha A. Tambe / TechCrunch: |
Render, which provides developers cloud-based services for hosting code, deploying web apps, and more, raised a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners — Cloud platform startup Render closed a $50M series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Additional participation … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google updates Chrome on iOS with a new mini Google Maps view and an option to add Calendar events by tapping a date on a site, and promises Google Lens support — Google is adding some more features to its Chrome iOS browser to tempt iPhone users away from Safari.
More: The Keyword, MacRumors, AppAdvice, Thurrott, Android Central, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, TweakTown, Macworld, and BigTechWire
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Toronto-based Rose Rocket, which sells SaaS tools for trucking companies, raised a $38M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $69M — In 2015, Justin Sky, Justin Bailie and Alexander Luksidadi — all veterans of the trucking and logistics industry … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Roblox now lets eligible creators build mature content experiences for users 17 and up, who must verify their age with a picture of a government ID and a selfie — - Roblox announced eligible creators can build experiences featuring mature content for users aged 17 and older.| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Binance begins running Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes, as part of its plan to use the service for deposits and withdrawals, in response to network congestion — - Binance confirmed Tuesday it has started the process of integrating the Lightning Network. — They would join rivals Kraken …
More: Cointelegraph, Inside Bitcoins, The Crypto Basic, nft now, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, CCN.com, Crypto Daily, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoSlate, CoinDesk, Finbold, CryptoPotato, and Decrypt
Twitter: @binance and @cz_binance
Forums: r/CryptoMarkets and r/Bitcoin
| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
a16z, Sequoia, and others are increasingly investing in defense tech startups; PitchBook: US VCs invested $33B in the sector in 2022, up from below $16B in 2019 — War in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions leads to belief that fledgling companies will get a share of US Pentagon budget
More: PYMNTS.com, Point72 Ventures, and TNW
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