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September 30, 2024, 5:55 PM

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Reuters:
Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU  —  “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) …
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Thoughts on OpenAI's recent fundraise reports and how Apple reportedly backing out, while still using ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence, may lead to awkward deals  —  Thinking through their numbers and those deal terms...  While they published this on Friday - before the subsequent WSJ report …
The Information:
Source: SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI's latest funding round, SoftBank's first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B  —  SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, which values the developer of ChatGPT …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit moderators must now submit a request to Reddit staff before changing a subreddit's public/private status, making sitewide mod-led protests much harder  —  Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform.  Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
A massive outage has affected Verizon customers since around 10am ET, according to reports on Downdetector from subscribers across the US  —  Update 5:38 p.m. ET: Verizon is slowly fixing the ongoing outage.  In a new statement, the company says: “Verizon engineers are making progress …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FCC announces a $31.5M settlement with T-Mobile over four data breaches, in 2021, 2022, and 2023, that compromised personal info of millions of US customers  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US NHTSA: Cruise must pay a $1.5M fine, submit a corrective action plan, and face enhanced oversight after a 2023 crash with a pedestrian was not fully reported  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday that General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving car unit Cruise …
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pledges to keep investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech, in his first comments since his release from US custody on September 27  —  - Zhao was released Friday after serving a four-month sentence  — Binance founder in X post lays out plans including investment

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