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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The EU Commission orders Apple to open iOS to third-party connected devices, and in preliminary findings charges Google with breaking the DMA in search and apps — EU continues Big Tech crackdown under landmark Digital Markets Act — Brussels is pressing ahead with regulatory action …
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Bluesky: @stevepeers, @henryjfoy.ft.com, @ianbrown.tech, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @ericmigi, @tomwarren, @digitaleu, @ericmigi, @drbarnard, @digitaleu, @betaprofiles, @lutherlowe, @apolyakova, @jeiting, @mzunigap, @briancalbrecht, @andrew_osu, @fbermingham, @joeblynam, @nicholashirst_, @lewis_crofts, @eu_competition, @lewis_crofts, @robpwj, @eu_competition, @bzamayo, @samuelstolton, @timsweeneyepic, and @lewis_crofts
LinkedIn: Luben Kabaktchiev, Sanjay Vakil, and Steve Thomas
Forums: Hacker News, r/ios, r/apple, Slashdot, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google says more changes to Search in the EU would “reduce traffic to European businesses” and changes to the Play Store may expose users to “malware and fraud” — Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union's Digital Markets Act …
More: The Keyword, Android Police, The Verge, Silicon UK, SiliconANGLE, Quartz, Search Engine Journal, and Android Central
LinkedIn: Ann-Christin Richter and Andrej Savin
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says new EU interoperability rules “wrap us in red tape”, force “us to give away our new features for free”, and are “bad for our products” and users — In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple firmly rebuked the EU decision announced today …
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Guardian, Times of India, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, Associated Press, PhoneArena, iThinkDifferent, Irish Independent, Trusted Reviews, Global Competition Review, Six Colors, Sharecafe, TechRadar, Android Authority, and MacDailyNews
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @wavesblog, and @appleinsider.com
X: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @bzamayo, and @robpwj
Forums: r/europeanunion, r/eutech, and MacRumors Forums
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils the $499+ Pixel 9a, with no camera bump, a 48MP rear camera, a 6.3" display, a Tensor G4 chip, and IP68 water resistance, shipping in April 2025 — Google is confirming what we learned from a slew of leaks. … Google just announced the Pixel 9A, surprising nobody because it's been leaked to all heck.
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X: @tgod34748, @jonfingas, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @cnet, @mattswider, @dylanmcd8, @yabhishekhd, @thegalox_, @mkbhd, @legendaryscoop, @captain2phones, and @chromeunboxed
Forums: r/GooglePixel and r/Android
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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Threads: @captain2phones, @captain2phones, and @captain2phones
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Newsletter service Ghost launches support for ActivityPub integration in beta for Ghost(Pro) subscribers, letting them share their posts across the fediverse — Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web.| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank agrees to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5B in cash, with Oracle and Carlyle selling their stakes as part of the deal, expected to close in H2 2025 — SoftBank is buying Ampere in an all-cash transaction that values the Santa Clara, California-based firm at $6.5 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Sources: CoreWeave plans to offer shares at $47 to $55 each when it begins marketing its IPO this week, aiming to raise between $2.3B and $2.7B — CoreWeave, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Nvidia (NVDA.O), is planning to ask investors to pay $47 to $55 for each of its shares …
More: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Wall Street Pit, Seeking Alpha, CoinDesk, and Motley Fool. Forums: r/NBIS_Stock
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
BlackRock, Microsoft, and Abu Dhabi's MGX say Nvidia and xAI joined a consortium to build AI infrastructure in the US; investors committed $100B for deployment — Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure …
More: BlackRock, Gizmodo, Network World, SiliconANGLE, Cryptopolitan, Bloomberg, Benzinga, DatacenterDynamics, Semafor, The National, The Information, and Financial Times
X: @gevernova, @admediaoffice, @mgx_ai, @beth_kindig, and @blackrock
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: X has raised close to $1B in new equity in a deal that gives the company an enterprise value of roughly $44B; Musk also participated in the raise — Elon Musk's social network X has raised close to $1 billion in new equity from investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
More: Financial Times, The Economic Times, Business Insider, Adweek, Social Media Today, Wall Street Pit, Seeking Alpha, The Boston Globe, New York Post, The Information, The Independent, The Wrap, Watcher Guru, Benzinga, TechCrunch, and Cryptopolitan
X: @adamscochran, @apompliano, @magills_, and @mikebenzcyber
| CoinDesk: |
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the US SEC is set to drop its appeal in its case against Ripple, nearing the end of a legal battle over XRP ongoing since 2020 — Earlier reports said that the long-standing legal battle between Ripple and the agency is nearing its end. — What to know:
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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
A group of cross-discipline video game workers in the US and Canada announce a direct-join union called the United Videogame Workers, organizing with the CWA — The group unveiled itself at the Game Developers Conference this week. — Today, a group of cross-discipline video game workers …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices for the first time in a decade and making remote playback for personal media a paid feature at $1.99/month or $19.99/year — Streaming service and software maker Plex is raising its prices. The company announced on Wednesday its first price increase …
More: Plex, AppleInsider, Android Police, Android Authority, The Desk, BetaNews, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, PCMag, Streaming Better, PCWorld, MacRumors, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, iClarified, MakeUseOf, and MobileSyrup
Forums: r/htpc, r/selfhosted, r/LinusTechTips, r/FrancePirate, and r/PleX
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Verizon says its satellite messaging service is now available to owners of Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 series phones at no extra charge — Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today. … Verizon's previously announced satellite messaging service …
More: Verizon, MacRumors, Android Headlines, Engadget, PhoneArena, PhoneArena, ZDNET, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, and How-To Geek
X: @richontech and @verizonnews
Forums: r/Android and MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches o1-pro, which uses more compute than o1 for “consistently better responses”, to some devs for $150/1M input tokens and $600/1M output tokens — OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 “reasoning” AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API.
More: SiliconANGLE and Simon Willison's Weblog
Bluesky: @moskov.goodventures.org. X: @yuchenj_uw, @bindureddy, and @openaidevs. Forums: Hacker News
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Report: LG will end its XR product commercialization efforts as it believes the market isn't growing as quickly as it expected, but will continue R&D efforts — LG has ceased its XR product commercialization efforts, it confirmed, though will still continue long-term R&D.
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$23.9B, vs. ~$23.4B est., profit up 90% YoY to ~$7B, vs. ~$6.3B est., and domestic games revenue up 23% YoY to ~$4.6B — Tencent on Wednesday posted a fourth-quarter beat on top and bottom line driven by a surge in gaming and advertising revenue.
More: Capital Brief, Tencent, and Bloomberg
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in a case involving AI generated poetry, that the Copyright Act requires human authorship for registration — A computer scientist who tried to register an artwork that credited an artificial intelligence system as the sole author lost his appeal on Tuesday.
More: Social Media Today, The Register, NBC News, and Authors Alliance
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Google Wallet to let kids with Android phones tap to pay in stores in the US, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Poland, with parental supervision — Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland.
More: The Keyword, Finextra, Android Police, Mashable, PhoneArena, Droid Life, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Android Headlines, Engadget, Digital Trends, Android Central, and 9to5Google. LinkedIn: Mikhail Strunkin
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to roll out its Android 15-based One UI 7 from April 7 on the Galaxy S24 series, Z Fold6, Z Flip6, and more, with a simpler UI and new AI features — Less than two weeks ago, Samsung said to expect One UI 7 next month, and the Android 15 update is now set for Monday, April 7.
More: Samsung Newsroom, CNET, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Android Central, and Thurrott
| The Citizen Lab: |
A look at Israeli spyware company Paragon, which makes Graphite: suspected deployments in Australia, Canada, Israel, and others, a WhatsApp zero-click, and more — Key Findings — Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite.
More: TechCrunch, The Guardian, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Amnesty International, The Guardian, The Record, CyberScoop, Metacurity, JURIST, CyberInsider, Washington Post, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @rdassaly, @readtheorchard.org, and @billmarczak.org. Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/canada, r/singapore, r/SingaporeRaw, r/ontario, and r/onguardforthee
| Reuters: |
Jensen Huang says Nvidia has not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel, following a report about a consortium with TSMC to operate Intel's factories — Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that his company had not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel (INTC.O).| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia acquires Gretel, which offers synthetic data tools, for more than its most recent $320M valuation; Pitchbook: Gretel had previously raised $67M+ — Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.
More: SiliconANGLE, Seeking Alpha, TechCrunch, UKTN, and The Information
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