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| Damien Geradin / The Platform Law Blog: |
Apple's changes for iOS app distribution in the EU fail to offer fair and reasonable commissions and show disdain for both the DMA and app developers — Yesterday, Apple made an important announcement regarding changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union in response to the Digital Markets Act ("DMA").
More: Apple, The Verge, The Verge, Fortune, Wired, Android Headlines, and TechCrunch
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A look at the browser-related iOS changes in the EU, including letting users set their default out of the 12 most popular browsers in their country's App Store — The raft of iOS changes Apple dropped in the European Union yesterday, as it prepares for enforcement of the bloc's Digital Markets Act … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
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| The Verge: |
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| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs — The layoffs, which will affect around 1% of its workforce, follow a 10% reduction last year — Salesforce is laying off around … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on not launching an app on the Apple Vision Pro, the WWE deal, content strategy, ads, competition, gaming, bundles, and more — I am pleased to welcome Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters for a Stratechery Interview. Peters was named the co-CEO of Netflix …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: xAI is in talks to raise up to $6B from family offices in Hong Kong, Middle Eastern funds, and Japanese and South Korean investors at a $20B valuation — Tesla chief targets $20bn valuation in bid to take on OpenAI — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks to raise up to $6bn …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 17.4 code shows Apple may be testing two versions of its Ajax LLM for Siri and comparing their responses to OpenAI's ChatGPT — Apple is widely expected to unveil major new artificial intelligence features with iOS 18 in June. Code found by 9to5Mac in the first beta of iOS 17.4 shows … | Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Some Beeper users lost access to iMessage on their Mac and were told by Apple that the company had revoked access due to irregular activity — Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.
More: 9to5Google, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google is testing an ARM64 version of Chrome for Arm-based Windows devices — Google appears to be readying a version of its popular Chrome browser for Windows on Arm. X (formerly Twitter) user Pedro Justo spotted a native version of the browser for Windows 11 Arm-powered devices … | Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Mysk: iOS apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Instagram, and WhatsApp are skirting Apple's privacy rules to collect user data through push notifications — Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless other use notifications as a loophole to skirt privacy protections.
More: BleepingComputer, #Privacy on YouTube, Mashable, diginomica, Reclaim The Net, ITBusiness.ca, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, New York Post, MacRumors, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, The Mac Observer, and BGR
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| Bloomberg: |
Omdia: Nintendo plans to introduce a new Switch gaming console in 2024 with an 8" LCD screen; the current gen seven-year-old Switch has sold over 132M units — - The next console from Kyoto company to have 8-inch LCD — Seven-year-old Switch console has sold over 132 million units
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations — Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives' email accounts in November 2023 …
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| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A federal judge sentences OneCoin lawyer Mark Scott to 10 years in prison for his role in laundering millions of dollars through the crypto scheme — A court convicted Mark Scott of two felony counts related to bank fraud and money laundering in November 2019. — Total views Total shares
More: Reuters, Bloomberg Law, The Record, CryptoSlate, Crypto Daily, CCN.com, crypto.news, Cybernews.com, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, and Bitcoin Insider. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
A review of Honor's Magic V2 foldable, launching in the UK and Europe for £1,700 and €2,000: thin and durable but a dated OS and processor, and software issues — It's thin and light enough to feel like a regular smartphone when folded. That's impressive. I just wish Honor's software were as svelte.| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Source: Chamath Palihapitiya shelved plans to raise $1B for an early-stage investment fund, in part due to fundraising challenges — - Social Capital last summer reportedly sought to sell a large number of its investment holdings. … - He continues to invest via his own balance sheet.| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Sources: Flexport plans to lay off ~20% of workforce, its third round of cut in just over a year; it has ~2600 employees after cutting 20% of staff in October — Flexport plans to lay off nearly 20% of its workforce in the coming weeks, representing several hundred roles, according to people familiar with the matter.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Lightspeed Venture Partners seeks to sell stakes in 10 startups, worth ~$1B, to a private equity-style continuation fund, to let investors cash out — Venture capital firm plans to roll holdings into continuation fund as sector seeks ways to return cash to investors| 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 …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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