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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple schedules WWDC 2024 for June 10 to June 14 as a virtual event with a June 10 keynote, where Apple is expected to unveil its AI strategy, iOS 18, and more — Apple today announced that its 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to take place from Monday, June 10 to Friday, June 14.
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
A timeline of EU's DMA investigations into Apple, Google, and Meta: each have 12 months to fix the issues, before risking fines of up to 10% of global revenue — - Firms must solve EU concerns during course of 12-month probe — But companies can ultimately fight decisions at the EU courts| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Canva acquires Affinity, popular with Mac users for its photo editing and other tools, to take on Adobe, Canva's COO says for “several hundred million pounds” — - Australian unicorn buys British team behind Affinity art suite — Affinity offers alternative tools to Adobe's flagship products
More: Canva, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Joan Westenberg, SiliconANGLE, mjtsai.com, Affinity, Sydney Morning Herald, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, TechRadar, Techaeris, TechCrunch, and Australian Financial Review
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Forums: Hacker News, r/graphic_design, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| CoinDesk: |
The US DOJ charges crypto exchange KuCoin and two co-founders with violating anti-money laundering laws, failing to register with the US government, and more — The exchange was charged under the Bank Secrecy Act. — U.S. federal prosecutors charged crypto exchange KuCoin and two of its founders …
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Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/ethtrader, r/kucoin, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/ethtrader
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches GenStudio to let brands create content and measure its performance using generative AI, underpinned by promises of brand safety — Brands want to use generative AI to personalize their marketing efforts — but they are also deathly afraid of AI going off message and ruining their brand.| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
More: Adobe Press Releases, The Adobe Blog, Maginative, Adobe Press Releases, and Constellation Research
Bluesky: @afamiglietti.bsky.social and @zitron.bsky.social
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Some Apple users report being targeted in an “MFA bombing” attack in which their devices are inundated with alerts to approve a password change or login — Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple's password reset feature.| Chris Plante / Polygon: |
An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more — A handheld Xbox could be hardware, an app, or both — Phil Spencer has tried all of the new PC gaming handhelds …
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Forums: r/xboxone, r/Superstonk, r/gaming, r/hardware, r/ROGAlly, r/Games, r/XboxSeriesX, and r/gamingnews
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds mouse and keyboard support to select Xbox Cloud Gaming titles for Xbox Insiders, nearly two years after it announced plans to add the feature — Microsoft is starting to preview mouse and keyboard support for Xbox Cloud Gaming today. Xbox Insiders will be able to start playing …
More: Xbox Wire, Windows Central, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, Engadget, IGN, Video Games Chronicle, Neowin, and Stevivor
| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
Filings detail Meta's Project Ghostbusters to get data analytics about Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon, using Onavo VPN on iOS and Android between 2016 and 2019 — Unsealed court filings reveal Meta's secret plan, “Project Ghostbusters,” to acquire valuable intel about Snapchat through its users' devices.
More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge, and Northern District of California
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Forums: r/technology, r/technews, and Beehaw
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google plans to release a Chrome version optimized for Windows on Arm this week, two months after Canary testing; Arm PCs previously ran an emulated x64 version — Google is releasing an optimized version of its Chrome browser for Windows on Arm this week, the search giant has announced alongside chipmaker Qualcomm.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Kevin Systrom says AI news app Artifact will stay online for now due to taking “a lot less to run it than we had imagined”, reversing a February shutdown date — Artifact, the well-received AI-powered news app from Instagram's co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, may not be shutting down as planned.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU publishes draft election security guidelines aimed at platforms with 45M+ regional MAUs that are regulated under the DSA, ahead of elections in June — The European Union published draft election security guidelines Tuesday aimed at the around two dozen (larger) … | Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: the US FTC is investigating TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices, and could bring a lawsuit or settlement within weeks — A privacy case against TikTok would add fuel to the bipartisan chorus of criticism directed at the company over its ties to China.
More: Engadget, The Information, Reuters, and Techdirt
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
AI search engines review: they are worse than Google at navigational queries, mixed on information queries, and offer helpful citations in exploration queries — The AI search tools are getting better — but they don't yet understand what a search engine really is and how we really use them.| Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: |
Despite a crypto rally, VC funds focused on crypto are struggling to raise money, as limited partners prioritize tangible gains after the 2022 wipeout — - Funds are struggling to raise cash to put into crypto startups — Limited partners prioritize tangible gains after 2022 wipeout| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony plans to add a new opt-in Community Game Help feature on the PS5 later in 2024 that can automatically create clips for helping other players complete games — Sony is introducing a new Community Game Help feature on the PS5 later this year that is designed to automatically create clips that can help other players.| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for helping Russian nationals potentially evade sanctions by building crypto services — - The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 entities and two individuals for helping sanctioned entities to evade sanctions in Russia.
More: U.S. Department …, Bloomberg, CoinGape, CCN.com, and Crowdfund Insider
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Robinhood launches Gold Card, a 3% cashback credit card for Robinhood Gold members, eight months after it acquired credit card startup X1 for $95M — Eight months after acquiring credit card startup X1 for $95 million, Robinhood announced today the launch of its new Gold Card … | Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel shares Microsoft's “AI PC” requirements, such as including a Copilot key, and expands its AI PC acceleration program to help devs and hardware vendors — Meteor Lake dev kits use Asus NUCs optimized for AI development work. — Intel announced two new extensions …
More: AnandTech, PCWorld, The Verge, Intel, Neowin, and The Indian Express
X: @quinnypig and @intelnews
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Stability AI was in a “death spiral” prior to Mostaque's resignation, due to talent departures, mismanagement, legal troubles, and dwindling resources — Stability AI Chief Executive Officer Emad Mostaque announced his resignation to staff late Friday night with a strikingly optimistic note.| Lauren Hirsch / New York Times: |
US investors, like General Atlantic and Sequoia, are facing increased pressure from state and federal lawmakers about their investments in Chinese companies — Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok.| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Internal Tesla memo: Elon Musk tells staff to give buyers a “short test ride” to demonstrate Full Self-Driving, now a “hard requirement” in North America — - New requirement will slow delivery process, Musk says in memo — Full Self-Driving, other features have generated controversy
More: Business Insider, PCMag, ExtremeTech, New York Post, Notebookcheck, BGR, TechCrunch, and TweakTown
| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
Portugal's data regulator orders Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, after receiving complaints about unauthorized collection from minors — Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days … Sponsor Posts
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