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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces support for alternative app stores in the EU, charging no commission but instead an annual €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account — Apple today announced major changes to its app ecosystem in the European Union, implementing updates that will allow iPhone …
More: Apple, Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Axios, AppleInsider, The Verge, TheSixthAxis, Forbes, Patently Apple, Engadget, The Independent, Neowin, CNN, MobileSyrup, Spyglass, iMore, AppleInsider, Independent.ie, and iClarified
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's “anticompetitive scheme rife with new junk fees” is illegal under the EU's DMA and an example of “malicious compliance” — Apple announced a slew of App Store policy changes today to conform to the EU's Digital Market Act …
More: GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Coalition for App Fairness, and Supercharged
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| The Verge: |
Apple plans to “notarize” iOS apps distributed via third-party app stores; apps will need to meet basic platform 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: MacStories, OSnews, The Hill, MacRumors, GamesIndustry.biz, ZDNet, Ars Technica, PCMag, Android Police, Kotaku, Eurogamer.net, TechCrunch, Tech Xplore, CNET, ExtremeTech, Gizchina, BGR, Axios, and CNBC
Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon …. X: @mgsiegler. LinkedIn: Nico Wittenborn. Forums: r/gadgets, r/programming, and Ars OpenForum
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says anyone looking to develop an alternative app marketplace needs to submit a €1M “letter of credit” to “guarantee support for developers and customers” — Apple today officially announced support for third-party app stores in the European Union, as part of iOS 17.4.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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| 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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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning that Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now, and others can be turned into full-featured apps — Starting today Apple is opening up its App Store to allow game streaming apps and services. This means that services …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to allow default third-party browsers, like Chrome, Edge, and Brave, and web engines in the EU with iOS 17.4, prompting Safari users on first launch — Apple is making major changes to how web browsers can operate on iPhone for customers in the EU. iOS 17.4 will introduce …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
The US FTC opens a probe into 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.
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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, CNET, SiliconANGLE, arXiv.org, ZDNet, The Decoder, PetaPixel, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, and Mashable
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces 25% to 50% lower GPT-3.5 Turbo prices, a GPT-4 Turbo preview model to reduce cases of “laziness”, improved text embedding models, and more — OpenAI is always making slight adjustments to its models and pricing, and today brings just such an occasion.
More: OpenAI, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, VentureBeat, Fortune, Supervised, CIO Dive, TechRepublic, and The Decoder
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $15.4B vs. $15.15B est., Data Center and AI down 10% YoY to $4B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below estimates; INTC drops 5%+ — - Intel issued an outlook for the first quarter of 2024 that lagged analyst estimates. — Intel shares are down slightly … | 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 …
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Threads: @ecmclaughlin, @ashtonpittman.ms, @renee.diresta, @crumbler, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, and @reporterzoe
Mastodon: @spencerdailey@journa.host and @Some_Emo_Chick@mastodon …
X: @bcmerchant, @jasminericegirl, @danishacarterr, @josephfcox, @0pvlent, @bengrossbg, @tzmorsy, @ejdickson, and @whyparker_. Forums: r/technology
| 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, Inc.com, ExtremeTech, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| 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,” … | New York Times: |
A Cruise report finds its top executives' adversarial approach toward regulators led to a cascade of events that ended with a suspension of its autonomous fleet — A law firm's review found that executives had failed to fully explain an October crash, which the Justice Department is also investigating.
More: Cruise Self Driving Cars, The Verge, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, NPR, Fast Company, Financial Times, Reuters, Forbes, Wired, and NBC 7 San Diego. Bluesky: @strngwys.bsky.social
| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Google puts Hugging Face's open-source AI models on Google Cloud, letting developers on Hugging Face's platform use Google Cloud's computing power and chips — Alphabet Inc.'s Google forged a deal to host AI software from startup Hugging Face on its cloud computing network …
More: Hugging Face, Thurrott, PR Newswire, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, The Decoder, The Verge, Benzinga, and Reuters
| 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.
More: Meta, The Messenger, Ars Technica, Fortune, Fast Company, PCMag, Android Central, Thurrott, Legit.ng, Silicon UK, TechPP, Cybernews.com, The Guardian, The Verge, Reuters, The Hindu, and The Independent
LinkedIn: Jakub Turowski and Nicola Mendelsohn Cbe
| 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, Sarcina Technology LLC, insideHPC, Fierce Electronics, and HotHardware
X: @patrickmoorhead, @kristinaparts, @patrickmoorhead, @ryanshrout, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @bandrewsdc, @intelnews, @govmlg, and @intelpolicy
LinkedIn: Jonas Sundqvist and Patrick Moorhead
| 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.| 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
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