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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces in the EU, charging a 0% commission and a €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account annually — Apple today announced major changes to its app ecosystem in the European Union, implementing updates that will allow iPhone …
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, Dexerto, Axios, AppleInsider, The Guardian, CNN, BBC, Reuters, Independent.ie, Apple Developer, Forbes, Supercharged, and BGR
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Forums: Hacker News, Lobsters, and MacRumors Forums
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning Xbox Cloud Streaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and others will be able to offer full apps — Starting today Apple is opening up its App Store to allow game streaming apps and services. This means that services … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to allow third-party default browsers and web engines, including Chrome, in the EU with iOS 17.4, prompting users on the first launch of Safari — Apple is making major changes to how web browsers can operate on iPhone for customers in the EU. iOS 17.4 will introduce the ability …
More: The Verge, Bloomberg, MacRumors, CNET, The Apple Post, and 512 Pixels
| The Verge: |
Apple plans to “notarize” iOS apps distributed via third-party marketplaces and the apps will need to meet basic requirements, like getting scanned for malware — The iPhone's app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008.
More: 9to5Mac, MacStories, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, 9to5Mac, Engadget, iMore, ExtremeTech, CNBC, The Apple Post, BGR, Daring Fireball, Gizchina, TNW, and Axios. X: @mgsiegler
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Microsoft plans to lay off ~1,900 staff at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, or ~8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce, this week — Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week. While Microsoft is primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
As Palworld hits 8M+ copies sold, The Pokémon Company denies having let “another company” use its IP and plans to “investigate and take appropriate measures” — The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
X is flooded with AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift; one post, live for 17 hours, had 45M+ views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and 24K reposts — Sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift have been circulating on X (formerly Twitter) over the last day in the latest example …
More: 404 Media, Dexerto, TMZ.com, and New York Post
Threads: @ashtonpittman.ms, @reporterzoe, @crumbler, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, and @renee.diresta
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Google Research details Lumiere, an AI video tool that uses unique architecture to create videos in one smooth process instead of putting together smaller parts — Lumiere generates five-second videos that “portray realistic, diverse and coherent motion.” — On Tuesday, Google announced Lumiere …
More: Google Research, arXiv.org, TechEBlog, Tom's Guide, Cointelegraph, PetaPixel, and TechSpot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Mesh, its 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, spatial audio, and only supporting Meta Quest for VR — Microsoft is launching its immersive 3D meetings inside Microsoft Teams today. Microsoft Mesh, the company's mixed reality platform …
More: Microsoft 365 Blog, Engadget, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Windows Central, Petri IT Knowledgebase, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, and XDA Developers. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta rolls out DM limits on Facebook and Instagram to stop all users from messaging teens who don't follow them, on by default, and expands parental controls — Meta announced today that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens.
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
The FTC launches a review of investments by Microsoft in OpenAI and by Amazon and Google in Anthropic, to assess how the deals alter the competitive landscape — The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Axios, Financial Times, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Guardian, The Hill, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Messenger, BNN Bloomberg, InformationWeek, Associated Press, CNBC, Wccftech, and Dow Jones Newswires
X: @benbajarin, @ftc, and @papscun
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: despite a US-Netherlands deal to limit ASML's China exports, the Dutch let ASML export to China after lobbying, to make up for weak demand elsewhere — - US was seeking to limit shipments of ASML gear to China — Beijing was the Dutch company's biggest market last year
More: TechNode, TrendForce Insights, CCN.com, DigiTimes, and nltimes.nl
| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Intel begins production at its Fab 9 facility in New Mexico, to package chips for its Foveros tech; Fab 9 cost $3.5B, the most expensive such facility ever — Intel this week has started production at Fab 9, the company's latest and most advanced chip packaging plant.
More: Intel, ExtremeTech, insideHPC, Evertiq AB, and HotHardware
X: @intelpolicy, @govmlg, @intelnews, and @bandrewsdc
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google unveils the Pixel 8 series in a mint color, plans to bring Circle to Search to the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, improves the 8 Pro's built-in thermometer, and more — A “fresh” new color for the Pixel 8 series isn't the only thing Google is announcing today.
More: The Keyword, PCMag, 9to5Google, The Keyword, The Messenger, 9to5Google, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, Phone Scoop, SlashGear, CNET, Thurrott, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, PetaPixel, Gadgets & Wearables, KnowTechie, Root-Nation.com, The Economic Times, Gizchina, nextpit, SamMobile, GSMArena.com, PhoneArena, MSPoweruser, Dexerto, Wccftech, Gizmochina, Notebookcheck, Pocket-lint, T3, Android Police, and Engadget
Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Axiom, a protocol that lets smart contract developers access historical data from Ethereum and then perform computations off-chain, raised a $20M Series A — The funding will go towards further developing the protocol and adding new hires. Axiom allows smart contract developers …
More: Axiom, The Block, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, and NFTgators
| Reuters: |
Some Chinese investors are using creative methods to own bitcoin and other crypto that they believe are safer than China's crumbling stock and property markets — Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving a bit of his money into cryptocurrencies in early 2023 …
More: Crypto Daily, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, Cryptonews, and crypto.news
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
An investigation details a spy tool called Patternz, which can track billions of phone profiles via ads in hundreds of thousands of apps, including 9gag and Kik — Hundreds of thousands of ordinary apps, including popular ones such as 9gag, Kik, and a series of caller ID apps …
More: Security Boulevard, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and The Overspill
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X: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @byrontau, @josephfcox, @wolfiechristl, and @josephfcox
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| IDC: |
Chinese smartphone shipments declined 5% YoY to 271.3M units in 2023; Apple gained the top spot, a first, with 17.3% market share, followed by Honor with 17.1% — A shift of power that we saw on the worldwide stage also happened in China, the largest smartphone market globally.
More: 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Reuters, Taipei Times, CNBC, MSPoweruser, Benzinga, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, Huawei Central, BusinessLIVE, The Information, TipRanks Financial, FE Tech Bytes, MacDailyNews, 24/7 Wall St., Supercharged, AppleInsider, and SHINE
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
PayPal rolls out product enhancements, including CashPass to let users earn cash back through the PayPal app and revamped Venmo business profiles — - CEO Chriss had promised to ‘shock’ company's detractors — Enhancements include one-click checkout, Venmo updates| Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg: |
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