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EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who oversees Big Tech regulation, says he is stepping down over a rift with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — Thierry Breton of France stepped down as a member of the European Commission on Monday and will no longer be his country's candidate …
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Sources: in 2022, Intel lost out to AMD and TSMC on a contract to design and fabricate Sony's PS6 chip, a significant blow to its contract manufacturing unit — Intel (INTC.O) lost out on a contract to design and fabricate Sony's PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, which dealt a significant blow …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple AirPods 4 review: ANC is impressive for an open design, upgraded sound, and wireless charging, but no proper multipoint and inconvenient volume controls — The AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are worth springing for compared to the regular pair.
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| Ming-Chi Kuo: |
Analysis: new iPhone first weekend pre-orders were down 12.7% to ~37M units; the iPhone 16 Pro declined 27% and iPhone 16 Pro Max 16% compared to the iPhone 15 — Based on my latest supply chain survey and pre-order results from Apple's official websites, I've compiled key data on iPhone 16's …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
The FDA approves sleep apnea detection in the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2, before the 10's September 20 launch, after Samsung in early 2024 — The US Food and Drug Administration Monday published approval for sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Watch Ultra 2.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple increases the cost of out-of-warranty battery replacement for iPhone 16 Pro models by 20% to $119; the fee remains $99 for the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus — Apple has increased its out-of-warranty battery replacement fee for iPhone 16 Pro models, according to its iPhone repair and service page.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft confirms scrapping plans to overhaul its Edge browser UI, including moving away from a rounded tab design, first announced at a February 2023 event — Unveiled last year, the “new look and feel” for Microsoft Edge is no longer coming. — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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| Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg: |
Research based on the US Census Bureau's data from 2008 to 2021 suggests online dating may be partially to blame for a rise in income inequality in recent times — - With apps, people increasingly marry someone like themselves — It helps explain the increase in income inequality since 1980
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| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Slack unveils Agents for Slack, letting paid users access Salesforce AI agents, third-party agents from Asana, Cohere, Adobe, and others, and users' own agents — Workplace messaging app Slack wants to make it easier to build and connect AI agents for clients.
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| Business Insider: |
Elon Musk deleted an X post that said “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala” after an apparent Trump assassination attempt, calling the post a joke — - The FBI is probing what it says appears to be a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
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Sources: ByteDance aims to mass produce two AI chips designed alongside TSMC in 2026; a source says ByteDance plans to order several hundred thousand — TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is accelerating efforts to make its own artificial intelligence chips as it looks for an edge over its rivals in China's AI chatbot market.| Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
How Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are fighting an Ohio power company's proposal to increase the upfront energy costs they'll pay for their data centers — Negotiations between Big Tech and an Ohio power utility could set a national precedent as communities grapple with the energy demands of the data center boom.
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