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In a final Epic v. Google ruling, US judge orders Google to open up Google Play to rivals for three years, distribute 3rd-party stores in Google Play, and more — Google's Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it will have to change. … Google will have to distribute rival …
More: MacRumors, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Android Authority, Engadget, The Information, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, Reuters, Droid Life, Mobilegamer.biz, and ZeroHedge News
X: @tomwarren and @mishaalrahman
Forums: Hacker News and r/Android
| Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword: |
Google says it will appeal the Epic Games verdict, claiming “Apple and Android clearly compete” and the ruling will cause unintended consequences for consumers — The Epic verdict missed the obvious: Apple and Android clearly compete. We will appeal and ask the courts …
More: TechCrunch, Washington Post, 9to5Google, The Verge, and Moneycontrol
X: @mishaalrahman and @khushitavasant
| Charles Duhigg / New Yorker: |
A deep dive on Chris Lehane, super PACs like Fairshake, and recent political savagery from some Silicon Valley execs, effectively targeting Katie Porter, others — From crypto to A.I., the tech sector is pouring millions into super pacs that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda.
More: Werd I/O. Threads: @shakeelhashim. X: @gilduran76, @newyorker, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, @newyorker, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, and @cduhigg. Forums: Hacker News
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Experts have long warned “secure backdoor” systems are impossible; Salt Typhoon's reported hack of US ISPs' wiretap systems is a key example of backdoors' risks — News broke this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom … | Philip Heijmans / Bloomberg: |
UN report: cyber crime syndicates raked in as much as $37B in 2023 and are growing in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and across Southeast Asia despite police efforts — - Operations are becoming more professionalized with use of AI — Casinos, hotels and SEZs being used by cyber crime groups| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS rejects X's appeal over Special Counsel Jack Smith's secret DOJ search warrant for records related to Donald Trump's account and upholds a $350K fine — The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Elon Musk's X Corp., steering clear of a clash over a secret Justice Department search warrant … | Reuters: |
Samsung says it is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business; sources say it has struggled to win big orders to fill chip capacity — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business …
More: The Register, Android Headlines, Neowin, SamMobile, and WinBuzzer
Forums: r/Android and r/hardware
| Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg: |
Ukraine says the country's hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters on Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday — - Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack — Disruption coincided with Russian president's 72nd birthday| Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
As Meta proudly unveils AI tools, Facebook users find feeds clogged with AI junk, even when Facebook is needed as a civic resource to coordinate disaster relief — Read to the end for furry opera — We're inching closer to the Garbage Day Live election special!!! Over the next few issues, I'll be announcing a new guest.
More: USA Today, New York Post, Snopes, AccuWeather, Boing Boing, PetaPixel, The Present Age, Futurism, and Rolling Stone
Threads: @reckless1280, @shayan86bbc, @shayan86bbc, and @ryanhatesthis. Mastodon: @Kierkegaanks@beige.party
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
A US federal judge has given the FTC the green light to pursue antitrust claims against Amazon but ruled that some claims under state laws won't move forward — A federal judge gave the Federal Trade Commission the green light to pursue antitrust claims against Amazon, a newly unsealed order reveals …
More: The Hill, Reuters, GeekWire, Cord Cutters News, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg
| John Foley / Financial Times: |
Among US companies founded in the past 20 years, only Meta and Uber have become “scale insurgent”, with $10B in annual revenue and $1B of operating cash flow — More companies are reaching the $1bn valuation milestone, but growing from horned foal to winged steed is getting tougher
X: @jessefelder and @natalieben
| Bloomberg: |
US bankruptcy judge approves plan to repay FTX customers; in June FTX had $12.6B, which could rise to $16.5B; FTX is in talks with US over $1B+ in seized assets — - FTX judge approves plan to distribute at least $12.6 billion — Company in talks over $1 billion seized by prosecutors
More: Reuters, Decrypt, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, and Cryptopolitan
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