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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: The Verge, KnowTechie, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, TweakTown, KitGuru, TechSpot, XDA Developers, Android Authority, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, iMore, Appuals.com, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, CNET, RAIN News, Billboard, Techlusive, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Reuters, 9to5Mac, and BGR
Twitter: @dylanmcd8, @ashleyrcarman, @max_eyr, @nicholasadeleon, @elite_gz, @alex, @ashleyrcarman, and @elite_gz. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company's mobile app — Spotify is updating its desktop experience with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” interfaces, the company announced on Tuesday.
More: Spotify, Variety, Neowin, AppleInsider, iClarified, BGR, TechRadar, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, BigTechWire, Engadget, Mashable, Droid Life, Deadline, Axios, and Memeburn. Forums: r/spotify
| 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: PYMNTS.com, Daring Fireball, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Mashable, WinBuzzer, MediaNama, TechCrunch, and Dexerto
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Jeremy Diamond / CNN: |
A look at the White House's urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities — President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts into ChatGPT … | 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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| 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
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| 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, TechRadar, MacRumors, Fast Company, WeLiveSecurity, Cult of Mac, Six Colors, and iMore
| 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
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| 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, AI2 Blog, Seattle Business Journal, 9to5Mac, and WinBuzzer
| 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, FedScoop, SiliconANGLE, and CNBC. Twitter: @martinmatishak
| 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 … | 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, Android Authority, The Verge, and Dexerto
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says it's a violation of its policy to incorrectly mark subreddits as NSFW — Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work …
More: New York Times, Platformer, and The Economic Times
| 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.| Xinghui Kok / Reuters: |
Letter: Grab CEO tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing the need to manage costs and ensure more affordable services — Singapore-based Grab Holdings (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing and food delivery app, is cutting 1,000 jobs or 11% … | 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, Android Central, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, TweakTown, Thurrott, Macworld, AppAdvice, and BigTechWire. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| 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 … | 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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| 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.| 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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