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| Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: |
Google agrees to pay $700M and make app store changes, like offering an alternative billing system, to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit by 36 US states and DC — Agreement with coalition of states resolves antitrust litigation related to app store — Google parent Alphabet agreed …
More: The Keyword, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Messenger, Thurrott, Epic Games, Financial Times, RTÉ, The Register, Variety, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Pocket Gamer.biz, SamMobile, AppleInsider, BGR, iThinkDifferent, Sammy Fans, NPR, Business Insider, Mashable, 9to5Google, The Information, Android Authority, Axios, Metaverse Post, Beyond Search, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, and GSMArena.com
X: @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @florian4gamers, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, and @lutherlowe. Forums: r/Android
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
In Google's $700M settlement for Utah et al v. Google, an estimated 102M eligible US Android users will split $630M, leaving $70M for other related claims — Google will pay consumers from all 50 states to settle a lawsuit over its app store practices — Tens of millions of U.S. consumers … | David Hollingworth / Cyber Daily: |
Hackers post 1.67TB of Insomniac Games' internal data, including for an upcoming Wolverine game, HR files, Slack screenshots, and a Marvel-Sony X-Men agreement — The Rhysida ransomware gang publishes 98 per cent of leaked data minutes after the ransom deadline passes - Wolverine game files included.
More: Video Games Chronicle, IGN, gamedeveloper, Bloomberg, Game World Observer, Windows Central, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Gizmodo, Forbes, Insider Gaming, Polygon, Al Bawaba, Game Rant, PC Gamer, Kotaku, GameSpot, GamingBolt, Push Square, GameRevolution, 9to5Toys, Digital Trends, The Verge, IGN, Neowin, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Engadget, TheGamer, Press Start, Wccftech, Dot Esports, Pure Xbox, Gamereactor UK, and Notebookcheck
X: @stephentotilo, @playstationsize, @paultassi, @youtheremehere, @phiweber, @stirpicus, @pc_focus_, @platinumequinox, @evanfilarca, @pure_ps, @chellaramanan, @andy_vgc, @patrician_tv, @jorraptor, @vslayerv, @ghost_motley, @bigrebo, @thegamersjoint, @peter5tewart, @elysivms, @discussingfilm, @vslayerc99, @postup_sog, @sweetpeachgames, @vaultofdaedalus, @squared_nation, @tomwarren, @redgamingtech, @colleen_sculpts, @pc_clown, @vslayerv, @tha_rami, and @vslayerv
LinkedIn: David Hollingworth and Jack Chapman
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a software fix to avoid an Apple Watch ban in the US over Masimo's blood oxygen patents; Masimo says “the hardware needs to change” — - Company submitting software workaround to customs agency — Apple engineers are racing to develop fixes for patent issue
More: Thurrott, The Messenger, Moneycontrol, Australian Financial Review, PYMNTS.com, Macworld, MacStories, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, WRAL TechWire, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Register, MacRumors, Android Headlines, The Verge, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Supercharged, BGR, Cult of Mac, MarketWatch, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Business Today, Pixel Envy, Android Authority, USA Today, The Independent, BBC, WEYI, Fierce Biotech, Newser, Forbes, Telegraph, ZDNet, and SamMobile
X: @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @idevicehelpus, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @markgurman, @markgurman, @pitdesi, and @munster_gene. LinkedIn: Evan Zimmerman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
The FBI, UK, Germany, and more seize the dark web leak site of the notorious ransomware gang ALPHV, or BlackCat; the US also seized “several” other ALPHV sites — An international group of law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the notorious ransomware gang known as ALPHV, or BlackCat.
More: US Department of Justice, Bloomberg, The Messenger, PCMag, The Record, The Register, BleepingComputer, The Record, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, ITPro, Cybernews.com, and Hackread
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, @metacurity@infosec.exchange, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @azalsecurity, @uuallan, @sosintel, @dojcrimdiv, and @bushidotoken. Forums: Slashdot
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Comcast's Xfinity says hackers breached one of its Citrix servers in October 2023, two weeks after Citrix issued a patch, and stole data on 35,879,455 people — Comcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, disclosed on Monday that attackers who breached one of its Citrix servers …
More: Comcast, Maine.gov, TechCrunch, The Record, The Verge, Deadline, 9to5Mac, DataBreaches.net, ITPro, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Engadget, and Cybernews.com. X: @vxunderground
| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
A US judge approves a previously announced settlement between Binance and the CFTC, asking Binance to pay $2.7B and Changpeng Zhao to pay $150M to the regulator — A U.S. court entered an order against crypto exchange Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, approving billions of dollars … | Bloomberg: |
The failed Figma acquisition leaves Adobe with ~$6B in cash, likely to be used for AI development and stock buybacks; ADBE is up 75%+ in 2023 amid AI excitement — - Startups like Canva, Figma and OpenAI remain a risk to growth — Investors banking on AI to boost Adobe's customers and sales
More: Fortune, New York Times, European Commission, Financial Times, and Investor's Business Daily. X: @katie_roof
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
More: Fortune, Sramana Mitra, WRAL TechWire, TechRadar, TechCrunch, PCMag, The Messenger, Bloomberg, Constellation Research, and Pixel Envy. X: @coryweinberg
| Bloomberg: |
TSMC Chair Mark Liu plans to retire in 2024, replaced by CEO C.C. Wei, set to become one of the most influential executives in tech; shareholders must approve — - C. C. Wei will become chairman of Apple's chipmaking partner — Wei is poised to lead the world's most advanced chipmaker
More: DatacenterDynamics, Nikkei Asia, Taiwan Semiconductor …, eeNews Europe, Reuters, TechPowerUp, and CNBC
| Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press: |
Tech group NetChoice, representing TikTok, Meta, X, and others, sues Utah over its laws requiring kids and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media — A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok updates its app for tablets and foldable devices, adding streamlined navigation bars and a landscape mode, as the company seeks to compete with YouTube — TikTok has rolled out an update to enhance the app experience for viewers on tablets and foldable devices, the company announced on Monday.| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Meta's Oversight Board says Meta should not have removed two Israel-Hamas war videos, as they were valuable to showing human suffering, its first expedited case — Meta Platform's (META.O) Oversight Board said on Tuesday that the social media company erred in removing two videos depicting hostages … | Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Andrew Ng, a Google Brain cofounder, Stanford professor, ex-Baidu executive, and investor, on AI models, training, regulation, Big Tech, and Biden's EO — The computer scientist says it's a mistake to fall for the doomsday hype on AI — and that regulators who do will only benefit vested interests
X: @per_thorn, @hoofnagle, @anastasiabekt, and @drcolinwplewis
| New York Times: |
How Russia uses specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds, and middlemen in China to buy Cisco and other Western tech to maintain its economy — Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained …
X: @auroraalmendral and @ldrogen
| Reuters: |
Iran says a cyberattack disrupted services at ~70% of gas stations nationwide; a hacking group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claims responsibility — Iran's Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday confirmed that a nationwide disruption to petrol stations was caused by a cyberattack.
More: CTech, The Times of Israel, The Sun, The i Paper, CNBC, Iran International, Jerusalem Post, Dark Reading, CSO, Silicon Republic, Infosecurity, Cybernews.com, Reuters, Livemint, Cyber Daily, TechRadar, Al Jazeera, The Messenger, CyberScoop, Security Affairs, TIME, and DataBreaches.net. LinkedIn: Mihoko Matsubara
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
An analysis of Amazon's AI review summaries shows they sometimes mischaracterize products or exaggerate negative feedback, which sellers say can threaten sales — Review summaries created by generative artificial intelligence also sometimes mischaracterize products.| Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast: |
Sources: Appin co-founder Rajat Khare used law firms to threaten US, UK, Swiss, Indian, and Luxembourg outlets to kill stories about the hack-for-hire industry — A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to … | Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: |
Electric Coin, Zcash's main developer, says that Zooko Wilcox, the project's creator, will step down as CEO, and names former SVP of Growth Josh Swihart as CEO — The overseeing board of Zcash, known for its privacy-oriented “shielded” addresses or “z-addresses,” credited Wilcox with delivery of …
More: Electric Coin Company, zooko, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, The Block, and Blockworks
| Bloomberg: |
As NYC's $17.96+/hour minimum wage law for delivery apps begins, Uber and DoorDash update their apps to make tipping harder and, workers say, work more for less — - Base hourly pay of $17.96 prompts companies to pass on costs — City aims for smaller, more efficient, better paid workforceSponsor Posts
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