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May 24, 2024, 5:05 AM

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Reuters:
The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later this year  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list exchange-traded funds …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds  —  Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing …
Jyoti Mann / Business Insider:
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple is targeting a full-screen foldable MacBook launch in 2026 and considering a 20.25" or a 18.8" panel, with an M5 chip and Vision Pro-level price  —  Apple is working on all-screen foldable devices.  Unlike its competitors, however, its focus seems less on foldable smartphones and tablets …
Bloomberg:
OpenAI releases a majority of past employees from nondisparagement agreements tied to their exit contracts and would not seek to cancel staffers' vested equity  —  - AI startup is changing policies for outgoing employees  — OpenAI apologized for restrictions in exit contracts
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
iFixit and Samsung end their repair partnership after two years; iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says that “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale”  —  iFixit and Samsung are parting ways. … “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
CNBC:
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.
Associated Press:
The White House issues a call to action seeking companies' voluntary commitment to curb the creation, spread, and monetization of nonconsensual sexual AI images  —  President Joe Biden's administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Alphabet and Meta have talked to Hollywood studios about licensing content for AI video generation tools; Disney and Netflix aren't willing to license  —  - Studios seek to harness AI's promise without losing control  — Warner weighs licensing content; Disney, Netflix say no

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