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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
In preliminary findings, the EU says Apple's anti-steering developer rules breach the DMA; the EU is also probing if Apple's developer fees comply with EU rules — Tech giant faces penalty of up to 10% of global annual revenue — Brussels has accused Apple of stifling competition on its App Store …
More: European Commission, The Guardian, MacRumors, Reuters, New York Times, TNW, Wired, Gizmodo, Tech Monitor, European Commission, Ars Technica, mjtsai.com, IGN, Politico, Engadget, Silicon Valley Business …, Hypebeast, Video Games Chronicle, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, The Register, GamesIndustry.biz, HotHardware, PYMNTS.com, Quartz, Mobile Dev Memo, Proactive, Benzinga, iThinkDifferent, The Information, Fortune, Associated Press, iMore, Associated Press, CNN, Silicon Republic, Eurogamer.net, CNBC, The Irish Times, and Reuters
X: @thierrybreton, @vestager, @florian4gamers, @carnage4life, @privacymatters, @florian4gamers, @florian4gamers, @lewis_crofts, @lewis_crofts, @mgsiegler, @carnage4life, @filobxl, @henryjfoy, @eric_seufert, @oelkechristina, and @eu_competition. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/technology, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Apple is the first Big Tech company to be charged under the DMA rules and could be fined up to 10% of its annual global revenue, or $38B based on 2023 numbers — Apple's App Store “steering” policies violate the EU's Digital Markets Act meant to encourage competition, said regulators in their preliminary ruling Monday.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement” — A group of record labels including the big three — Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment …
More: 404 Media, NBC News, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Reuters, Music Ally, Washington Post, Variety, RIAA, Music Technology Policy, Quartz, The Decoder, Digital Music News, Wired, Fast Company, Tech Startups, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Threads: @reckless1280 and @miasato.2
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Meta has seemingly stopped trying as hard to moderate its services, overrun with AI spam and scams; X gutting safety staff may have lowered the industry's bar — Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.
Threads: @drewharwell. Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, @w7voa@journa.host, @samleecole@journa.host, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, @josephcox@infosec.exchange, @researchbuzz@researchbuzz …, and @Newmy@writing.exchange
X: @rakeshsfnyc, @samleecole, @jason_koebler, @samleecole, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, and @samleecole. Forums: r/inthenews
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources describe Apple's efforts to fully automate iPhone assembly lines, helping reduce its reliance on China, including by acquiring startups like DarwinAI — It was the kind of incident Apple executives never want to repeat. In November 2022, at a factory in Zhengzhou, China … | Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Klarity, which uses AI to let companies automate reviews of invoices and other documents, raised a $70M Series B led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross — Read through enough contracts, invoices or purchase orders—any business documents, really—enough times, and your eyes probably glaze over.
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
A look at Apple Intelligence, an umbrella for dozens of models running on device or in carbon-neutral data centers, and why the Vision Pro is not getting it yet — An oft-told story is that back in 2009 — two years after Dropbox debuted, two years before Apple unveiled iCloud …
More: Macworld, BGR, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, T3, Simon Willison's Weblog, and Benedict Evans
Threads: @sdw, @mergesort, and @timothybucksf. Mastodon: @tolmasky@mastodon.social. LinkedIn: Ron Miller
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Prosus, the largest external investor in Byju's with a 9.6% stake, says its stake in the Indian edtech startup is now worth zero; Prosus has invested $570M+ — One of Byju's largest investors, Prosus, on Monday said it believes its stake in the Indian edtech startup is now worth nothing …
More: Entrackr, DealStreetAsia, Business Today, Bloomberg, and Reuters
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Sources: the EU plans to charge Microsoft this week for bundling Teams with its other software to the detriment of rivals, deeming its concessions insufficient — Also in this newsletter: How the European Commission wants to put G7 plans on Russia's frozen assets into action| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
The Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 receive a repairability score of 8 out of 10, far better than the first Surface Laptop, which got a 0 in June 2017 — Microsoft's team of hardware wizards have spent the last couple of years practicing their Reparo spell and it's really starting to show.
More: iFixit on YouTube, Thurrott, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, XDA Developers, The Register, Fortune, WinBuzzer, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, and Neowin. LinkedIn: Cory Ebert
| Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg: |
Uber has begun locking NYC drivers out of its app during low demand periods to fight a local rule that requires drivers be paid for idle time between rides — - Company locks drivers out of its app at unpredictable times — Uber blames Lyft, which is now threatening its own lockouts| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
More: PYMNTS.com and Yahoo Finance
Mastodon: @glennf@twit.social. X: @bgurley. LinkedIn: Cheryl Barbee, Noah Gift, Mark Engemann, and Melissa Schilling
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Shopify unveils AI-focused updates for merchants, including suggested replies and product categorization, and launches its AI chatbot Sidekick in early access — Shopify's new AI “Sidekick” chatbot is officially launching in early access, the company said as part of its “2024 Summer Edition” updates announced on Monday.
More: PYMNTS.com, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, Bloomberg, Constellation Research, Inc.com, ChannelX, BetaKit, WinBuzzer, and TechCrunch
| Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance is working with Broadcom on a US-sanctions-compliant 5nm AI chip, to be made by TSMC, which is not expected to start manufacturing in 2024 — China's ByteDance is working with U.S. chip designer Broadcom (AVGO.O) on developing an advanced AI processor …
More: Bloomberg, ExtremeTech, Cryptopolitan, News.ng, PCMag, TrendForce Insights, DatacenterDynamics, Dexerto, London Evening Standard, Wccftech, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, and Benzinga. Forums: r/hardware
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