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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 …
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| 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: Bloomberg, Music Ally, Reuters, Variety, Fast Company, Digital Music News, Tech Startups, and Wired
| 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.
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| 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 … | 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: Ubergizmo, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, T3, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, and Benedict Evans
Threads: @sdw, @mergesort, and @timothybucksf. Mastodon: @tolmasky@mastodon.social. LinkedIn: Ron Miller
| 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: Windows Central, XDA Developers, Tom's Hardware, The Register, Fortune, How-To Geek, iFixit on YouTube, and Neowin. LinkedIn: Cory Ebert
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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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Prosus, the largest external investor in Byju's with a 9.6% stake, says its stake in the Indian edtech giant is now worth zero; Prosus invested a total of $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: Business Today, Entrackr, DealStreetAsia, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| 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: |
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| 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 … | River Akira Davis / New York Times: |
Diplomats and others fear that a rift between SoftBank and Naver over the ownership of messaging app Line could put stress on ties between Japan and South Korea — SoftBank and Naver helped bridge geopolitical relations with a joint venture to own the operator of the messaging app Line, but now the partnership is fraying.| 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.
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