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The jury in Epic v. Google finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution and in-app billing services markets; Google plans to appeal — Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Apple releases iOS 17.2, with a Journal app, Qi2 support on iPhone 13 and 14, and 15 Pro spatial video capture, alongside macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS updates — Software updates for all of Apple's platforms, including the Mac and Apple Watch, are live. — After several weeks of testing …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple redesigns Apple TV in iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 with a sidebar that unifies content; iTunes now redirects users searching for shows and movies to Apple TV — Starting Monday, the iTunes Store app on iPhone and iPad will redirect users searching for TV and film titles to the newly redesigned Apple TV app.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Beeper says “Beeper Mini is back” but now requires users to log in with their Apple ID, as phone number registration doesn't work; Beeper makes the service free — Just days after its debut, Beeper Mini was seemingly killed by Apple. Now, the iMessage app for Android is back, but how long will it last this time?
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| Pew Research Center: |
US teens survey: 93% use YouTube, 63% use TikTok, 60% use Snapchat, 59% use Instagram, and 33% use Facebook; ~33% use at least one of these “almost constantly” — YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI's impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use — Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with labor unions to create “an open dialogue” on how artificial intelligence will impact workers.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Gina Raimondo says she plans to make ~12 CHIPS Act grants within the next year, including some worth billions of dollars that could reshape US' chips production — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday she expects to make around a dozen semiconductor chips funding awards within the next year … | Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle Q2: revenue up 5% YoY to $12.94B, vs. $13.05B est., net income up 44% to $2.5B, and cloud and on-prem license revenue down 18% to $1.18B; ORCL drops 8%+ — - Oracle's revenue came up short in three operating segments. — The stock tumbled in after-hours trading.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
A US judge upholds Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, rejecting a lawsuit filed by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in July 2023 — A U.S. judge on Monday upheld Texas' ban on state employees', including public university employees, using Chinese-owned short video app TikTok … | Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
In his first public appearance since returning to OpenAI, Sam Altman says AI is “going to lift the world up”, and you cannot build AI “safely in a vacuum” — - Altman spoke on the ethics of AI and need to push exploration — ‘You gotta deploy,’ says the chief of ChatGPT creator| Dong Cao / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese memory chipmaker Changxin is delaying its Shanghai IPO for a more favorable market and instead plans to raise funds at a ~$19.5B valuation — - Government-backed Changxin put Shanghai IPO on the backburner — Changxin among the firms key to China's goal of matching US| Jinshan Hong / Bloomberg: |
Apptopia: shoppers spent ~22 minutes per day on Temu in October, up from 18 minutes in Q2 2023, compared with 10 minutes on Amazon and 11 on AliExpress in Q2 — - Games and rewards entice shoppers to spend longer on Temu — Firm has seen explosive growth in US, with sales topping Shein| Sara Dorn / Forbes: |
In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal” — Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
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