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| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims — - The World Federation of Advertisers is ‘discontinuing’ the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
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X: @lindayax, @florian4gamers, and @catthekin
LinkedIn: Marc Zander, Sarah Kay Wiley, Michael Follett, Arielle Garcia, and Ruben Schreurs
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans a Mac mini in 2024 with M4 and M4 Pro options that is less than half the size of the current mini, its first major design change since 2010 — - It's the first major design change to Mac mini since Jobs era — Entire Mac line to get updated with AI-focused M4 processors
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Forums: r/apple, r/macmini, and MacRumors Forums
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify says Apple's new “unacceptable” plan “disregards the fundamental requirements” of EU's DMA; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with “junk fees” — Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy …
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Bluesky: @blowdart.me. X: @timsweeneyepic, @bzamayo, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @mzunigap, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @lewis_crofts, and @lewis_crofts
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts new rules and fees for apps in the EU that link to the web for purchases, including allowing links to any website, and removes other restrictions — Following the EU ruling in June that said Apple's App Store anti-steering policies are officially in breach of the Digital Markets Act, Apple is announcing changes.
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Threads: @eshumarneedi. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @iKyle@mastodon.social, and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @mgsiegler, @ballmatthew, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @eric_seufert, @mgsiegler, @mysk_co, and @bzamayo
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with DOJ antitrust boss Jonathan Kanter on the US' Google win, the Apple deal, competition, being “overjoyed”, Google's appeal, market definitions, and more — AAG Jonathan Kanter says the Google monopoly verdict belongs on the ‘Mount Rushmore of antitrust.’| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
OpenAI rolls out the ability for ChatGPT free users to create up to two images per day with DALL-E 3, after launching DALL-E 3 to Plus subscribers in October — OpenAI is going to let users of ChatGPT's free tier make up to two images per day with its DALL-E 3 model, the company announced on Thursday.
More: Business Today, Tom's Guide, Business Standard, Neowin, TechRadar, and Boing Boing
| Wired: |
OpenAI reveals details of GPT-4o's safety testing, including concerns that its anthropomorphic voice may make some users emotionally attached to their chatbot — The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing—including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface.
More: OpenAI, Business Today, TechCrunch, The Verge, Cointelegraph, CoinGeek, Neowin, and CoinGape
X: @lindsmccallum, @simonw, @joheidecke, @openai, and @teknium1. LinkedIn: Sandro Gianella. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users buy items from Amazon ads without leaving the social media apps — Amazon's e-commerce business is huge but slow-growing, while shopping on social media has been taking off. That's prompted Amazon to look for ways to team up with popular social media apps.| Reuters: |
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bans X in the country for ten days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to promote hatred after Venezuela's disputed election — Maduro said he signed a resolution presented by regulator Conatel which “has decided to take social network X, formerly known as Twitter, out of circulation for 10 days.”
More: Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Al Jazeera, Benzinga, Xataka On, MercoPress, and Anadolu Ajansı …. Forums: r/worldnews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: enterprise AI company Glean is in advanced talks to raise $250M led by DST Global at a $4.5B valuation, about double its valuation from February 2024 — The $250 million investment would double the company's valuation from six months ago, a sign of continued enthusiasm for generative AI
More: PYMNTS.com
| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
A look at Whisper CEO Michael Heyward's Medialab, which acquired Imgur and Genius and was sued by their founders and others for allegedly failing to honor deals — Whisper cofounder and CEO Michael Heyward's second company made a $1.1 billion business out of acquiring floundering startups like Imgur, Genius and Kik.| Financial Times: |
Perplexity says its AI search engine answered ~250M queries in July vs. 500M in all of 2023; sources: Perplexity recently raised $250M at a $3B valuation — Artificial intelligence app boosts usage and sales despite controversy over its data-gathering techniques| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Researchers: 50 false or misleading claims about the US election posted on X in 2024 by Elon Musk have generated nearly 1.2B views and none had a Community Note — The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate said that Musk's debunked claims are spreading widely and do not appear … | Josh Self / Politics.co.uk: |
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Threads: @martinsfp and @daveleebbg
X: @josh_self_, @telegraph, @shayan86, @josh_self_, @mattzeitlin, @jimmysecuk, @jakubkrupa, @jackbailey2, @sundersays, @jonathanpienews, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @philmoorhouse76, @drjennings, @gerryhassan, @mij_europe, and @albertonardelli
Forums: r/Law_and_Politics, r/LabourUK, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
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