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Apple settles with the EU over Apple Pay and avoids potential fines by agreeing to open NFC access on iOS to third-party wallet developers for free for a decade — - EU accepts Apple pledge to open up payment tech to rivals — Firm still faces mounting EU antitrust scrutiny in other areas
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The US SEC drops its investigation into Paxos over its BUSD stablecoin issued in partnership with Binance, after sending Paxos a Wells notice in February 2023 — As the crypto industry continues its calls for regulatory clarity, a glaring question has been whether stablecoins …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
IDC estimates that Apple will sell under 500K Vision Pro units in 2024, and the headset's international launch will offset a 75% QoQ drop in US sales in Q3 2024 — - The pricey headset's US sales are expected to plummet — A more affordable model in a year's time should help momentum
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
An international study of 642 websites and mobile apps offering subscription services finds ~76% with at least one possible dark pattern and ~67% with multiple — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
A Google DeepMind research paper details how Gemini 1.5 Pro's 1M-token context window lets Google's robots navigate and complete tasks using simple instructions — Google is training its robots with Gemini AI so they can get better at navigation and completing tasks.
More: arXiv
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Helsing, which makes AI tools for defense, raised a €450M Series C led by General Catalyst, a source says at a €4.95B valuation, taking its funding to €769M — - Company formed in 2021 has now raised nearly €770 million — Helsing will open entity in Estonia as part of Baltic push
More: TechCrunch, Axios, Sifted, Helsing, Maginative, The Decoder, TNW, Perspectives, and Lightspeed Venture Partners
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Regard, which saves physicians time by analyzing patients' health data using AI, raised a $61M Series B led by Oak HC/FT, a source says at a $350M valuation — People in tech often say that data is the new oil. That phrase, coined by British mathematician Clive Humby, of course implies that data is valuable.| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
SpaceX makes its $599 Starlink Mini portable dish available to everyone in the US; the Mini works with the $150/month Regional and $50/month Mini Roam services — SpaceX's Starlink Mini dish — which Elon Musk says “will change the world” — is now available to anyone in the US.| Bloomberg: |
Tencent-backed Shift Up closed up ~18% after raising $320M in its Seoul IPO, the largest South Korean IPO by a gaming company since Krafton raised $3.8B in 2021 — - Tencent-backed firm sold shares at the top of an offered range — It's the largest Korean IPO by a gaming firm since Krafton
More: GamesIndustry.biz, Reuters, PlayStation LifeStyle, CNBC, and Video Games Chronicle
| Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: |
A SAS survey of 1,600 decision makers in key global markets: 83% of Chinese respondents said they've adopted generative AI vs. 65% in the US and 54% globally — China is leading the world in adopting generative AI, a new survey shows, the latest sign the country is making strides in the technology …
More: SAS, Beyond Search, Cybernews.com, Semafor, SAS, ZDNet, GovTech, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Analytics India Magazine, Quartz, Cryptopolitan, Tech.co, and SAS
| Lauren Smiley / Wired: |
A profile of Priscila Barbosa, who defrauded Uber and other apps by building a ~$10K-per-month business renting fake accounts to undocumented workers in the US — She came to the US with a dream. Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing.
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| Brady Dale / Axios: |
US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not having an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020 — - U.S. agencies are paying attention now, and they are aggressively reviewing those early practices, as we've seen again and again recently.
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| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
Fireworks AI, which helps companies fine-tune and customize AI models, raised $52M led by Sequoia at a $552M valuation, taking its total funding to $77M — - Startup's platform lets companies access multiple AI models — Investors put $52 into the company, led by Meta alum Lin Qiao
More: SiliconANGLE, Fireworks, and FinSMEs
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
YouTube announces new Shorts features, including TikTok-like text-to-speech video narration, in-app auto-generated captions, and a set of Minecraft effects — YouTube has announced a set of new features for YouTube Shorts, some of which are available now, like a new text-to-speech video narration … | Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
How the SCOTUS NetChoice ruling on social media platforms' First Amendment rights could affect a host of tech legislation, including kids' online safety laws — Here's what the SCOTUS decision might mean for everything from kids online safety laws to the TikTok ‘ban.’| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Two Republican US House Committee chairs call for an intelligence assessment of Microsoft's deal with Abu Dhabi's G42, including a focus on G42's China ties — - GOP officials concerned China could access sensitive US tech — Lawmakers have had ‘productive’ conversations with Microsoft
More: Reuters, Rest of World, and Dark Reading
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple and Google launch a data portability tool that lets Google Photos users move their photos to iCloud, after offering iCloud to Google Photos in March 2021 — Apple and Google have teamed up to introduce a new data portability tool that lets users transfer their Google Photos collections straight to iCloud Photos.
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
A look at the rise in use of the sparkles emoji to market AI products as magic, as some say the imagery distracts from real-world issues the AI industry faces — Have you noticed artificial intelligence is looking a lot more sparkly lately? But first... Do you believe in magic?
More: CNET. X: @minney_cat, @fdaudens, @kristyt, @c_pritchard, @katherineamunro, @thdxr, @bzamayo, @kristyt, and @rachelmetz
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A US court grants Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down Redbox and liquidating its assets — Court hearing included allegations of fraud — Redbox is shutting down, corporate parent is being liquidated
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