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| Bloomberg: |
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements — - Firm says it'll withhold Apple Intelligence from EU this year — Big Tech firm cites concerns over EU's Digital Markets Act
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| Spotify: |
Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time — On Spotify, users discover and enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks, with various plans that meet our listeners' needs.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against 12 Kaspersky executives; the company and its founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky were not included — The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions against twelve executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky.
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| BBC: |
London hospitals hackers Qilin publish almost 400GB of data, including sensitive patient info, on their darknet site and on Telegram; the NHS is investigating — Experts say the hack is one of the most “significant and harmful” cyber attacks ever in the UK. — 48 mins ago — Technology| Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC: |
TikTok confirms it offered the US a “kill switch” in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules — TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US — Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time — OpenAI has done acquihires, but this deal marks the first time it will be integrating both the technology and staff of the company it's buying.
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X: @shiringhaffary, @gdb, @openai, @8teapi, and @cloud_opinion
LinkedIn: Pramod Gosavi, Matthieu Patou, Stephen Yeargan, and Jason Kinnebrew
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa” — Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers …
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Forums: r/amazonecho, r/alexa, and r/technology
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Squarespace agrees to sell its restaurant reservation service Tock to American Express for $400M, the exact amount that Squarespace paid for Tock in March 2021 — Website building platform Squarespace is selling Tock, its restaurant reservation service, to American Express in a deal worth $400 million …
More: Associated Press, Payments Dive, American Express, Squarespace, Inc., Bloomberg, Benzinga, and Quartz
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A look at Congress' absurd plan to ban DJI drones in the US, even as the company adds geofencing restrictions and other features to comply with FAA regulations — Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives jammed a functional ban on DJI drones, called the “Countering CCP Drones Act” into a military funding bill that it then passed.
More: TechRadar, The Hill, and DroneDJ
X: @lawyerliz, @jason_koebler, @erratarob, @repstefanik, @konrad_it, @shortformernie, and @papapishu. Forums: Beehaw
| Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
Sources: Sony is making deep cuts to funding for VR games, with only two PSVR 2 games in development; Sony released just three PSVR 2 games last year — It's a sad, disappointing story that could have been so much better. — Until now, the PSVR 2 has been a pretty darn good VR headset.
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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @dylanljmartin.bsky.social
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with its “Made with AI label”, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images — Earlier in February, Meta said that it would start labeling photos created with AI tools on its social networks.
More: PetaPixel. Threads: @thebrianpenny, @fadedlofidreams, @sean_scheidt_photography, and @noahkalina
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