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June 18, 2024, 4:15 AM

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Emma Roth / The Verge:
The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing” plan terms  —  The US government is suing Adobe for allegedly hiding expensive fees and making it difficult to cancel a subscription.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will no longer offer Apple Pay Later, the BNPL service launched in the US in 2023, and will focus on installment loan features coming in 2024  —  Apple has announced that it is no longer offering Apple Pay Later, the “buy now, pay later” service that launched in the United States last year.
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Stablecoin provider Tether announces a synthetic dollar backed by gold that will trade as aUSDT via smart contracts on the Ethereum Mainnet blockchain  —  - Alloy by Tether designed to track dollar with gold collateral  — Tether Gold has a $573 million market capitalization
Amar Subramanya / Google:
Google launches a Gemini app for Android in India, supporting English and nine other languages; Gemini will be available on Google's iOS app in the coming weeks  —  Vice President, Engineering, Gemini Experiences  —  Gemini, your AI assistant from Google, has had an exciting first year in India.
Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority:
Adobe updates Acrobat with Firefly-powered AI image generation, AI Assistant supporting analysis of multiple documents, including non-PDF files, and more  —  Acrobat's AI Assistant is getting more useful, just months after its debut.  —  •  —  TL;DR
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Signal president Meredith Whittaker warns the EU's recent “upload moderation” proposal to detect CSAM “fundamentally undermines encryption” of messaging apps  —  A controversial European Union legislative proposal to scan the private messages of citizens in a bid …
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Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
Microsoft says Windows 11 version 24H2, now in the Release Preview Channel, is “targeting Copilot+ PCs devices” and devices previously using Insider 24H2 builds  —  Microsoft has split the future of Windows between two user groups: those with AI-powered Copilot+ PCs and those without.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
A look at India's quick commerce market, which has become an important distribution channel for Indian food brands, as Zepto and others expand beyond groceries  —  India's 2023 e-commerce sales of $60B-$65B were less than half of China's Singles Day sales  —  Even as quick commerce startups …

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