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| Niléane / MacStories: |
Apple releases iOS 17.4 with new default browser prompts in the EU, support for third-party browser engines, transcripts for Podcasts, 118 new emojis, and more — Today, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 17.4, the fourth major updates to the operating systems that launched in September and Federico reviewed on MacStories.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
In response to the EU's ruling, Spotify submits an app update for the EU to provide pricing info within its iOS app and link users to its subscription options — Spotify isn't going to launch the in-app purchases it previously planned for the European Union, at least right now.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 17.4 adds new EU App Store business terms, including some last-minute tweaks like no longer needing a €1M stand-by letter of credit to start a store — With the launch of iOS 17.4, Apple's app ecosystem changes in the European Union have gone into effect.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Reuters: |
A BlackCat ransomware gang website shows a takedown notice; the UK NCA denies involvement and experts suggest an exit scam after an alleged UnitedHealth payment — A website used by hackers responsible for a breach at UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N) has been replaced by a notice saying it has been seized by international law enforcement.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
After the Change Healthcare attack, the US will relax some Medicare prescription rules and consider advance payments; some providers begin furloughing staff — Federal government says it will consider accelerated Medicare payments on an individual basis, relax prior authorization requirements for struggling healthcare providers| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, for the Amazon Appstore on Windows as well — Microsoft is ending support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 next year. The software giant first announced it was bringing Android apps …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft plans a March 21 announcement of a Surface Laptop 6 and OLED Surface Pro 10, both offered with Intel Core Ultra or Snapdragon X Elite chips — Microsoft's first AI PCs will be unveiled on March 21, ahead of next-gen Windows 11 AI features coming this fall. — What you need to know
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta confirms a technical issue caused an outage affecting Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Meta Quest logins, and more, for over two hours — Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all experiencing issues. The three Meta-owned platforms aren't working for many users, with the widespread outage seeming to start around 10AM ET.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google rolls out updates to its Search ranking, including downranking content that summarizes others' work, to counter the spread of AI content in results — Google is rolling out a few new changes to its ranking systems in search, which are designed to help surface good content in your results …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google outlines updates to comply with the EU's DMA: search changes to prioritize large intermediaries and aggregators, new tools for app developers, and more — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday outlined changes to search results and new tools for apps developers to promote their products …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Amid regulatory pressure around cloud vendor lock-in, AWS follows Google and drops egress fees for moving data out of its ecosystem; Microsoft's fees remain — Amazon's cloud computing subsidiary AWS has revealed that it will allow customers to transfer their data out of its ecosystem with no so-called “egress fees” attached.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US Treasury sanctions spyware group Intellexa Consortium's founder and one of his business partners, the first US sanctions on people over spyware misuse — The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his business partners.
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| Counterpoint Research: |
Chinese smartphone sales declined 7% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024; Huawei rose 64% YoY while Apple fell 24% YoY, Oppo fell 29% YoY, and Vivo fell 15% YoY — - Growth: China's smartphone unit sales declined by 7% YoY during the first six weeks of 2024.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ema, a generative AI startup with the goal of building a “universal AI employee” to automate mundane tasks, emerges from stealth with $25M in funding — Generative AI well and truly has a grip on public technology discourse these days. A new startup called Ema … | Shira Ovide / Washington Post: |
Rufus, Amazon's AI shopping assistant currently in testing, is mostly useless, and at best is a slight upgrade on searching manually for product recommendations — If AI is so magical, why are so many chatbots dumb as rocks? — Amazon is experimenting with an artificial intelligence chatbot to help you figure out what to buy.
More: TechCrunch, Axios, and EMARKETER
| CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin surpassed $69K, eclipsing its previous all-time high set on November 10, 2021, with US spot bitcoin ETFs a likely catalyst of the latest bull run — The success of the spot ETFs which opened for business on January 11 was the catalyst for this latest bull run for the world's largest crypto.
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| Bobby Borisov / Linuxiac: |
StatCounter: Linux hit 4.03% desktop OS market share in February 2024, after taking 30 years to hit 3% in June 2023, as distros adopt more user-friendly designs — According to StatCounter's data, by the end of February 2024, Linux has achieved a 4.03% desktop market share.
More: ZDNet, Fortune, Ars Technica, and ITPro
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| Diane Brady / Fortune: |
Accenture says it plans to acquire online learning company Udacity and announces LearnVantage, a learning suite it pledges to expand with $1B over three years — In her first webcast, on her first day as CEO of Accenture in 2019, Julie Sweet announced the launch of a Technology Quotient program … | Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
New York-based RapidSOS, which develops systems to help emergency response teams, raised $75M led by BlackRock, bringing its latest round to a total of $150M — - Investment brings its latest round to a total of $150 million — RapidSOS's AI system helps first responders in emergencies
More: FinSMEs, GovTech, RapidSOS, and Cryptopolitan
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare announces Firewall for AI, a protection layer that companies can deploy in front of LLMs to find abuses and attacks before they can reach the models — Cloudflare Inc., a global cloud connectivity provider company, today announced the development of Firewall for AI to provide companies …
More: PCMag, InfoWorld, Security Boulevard, Ben's Bites, SC Media, and Help Net Security
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
TikTok moves its Creativity Program out of beta, rebranding it as Creator Rewards Program, which requires videos to be longer than a minute to be monetized — A year ago, TikTok introduced a new way for creators on the platform to make money: make longer videos.| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
CrowdStrike reports Q4 revenue up 33% YoY to $845M, vs. $839M est., and agrees to buy cloud security company Flow Security for an undisclosed price; CRWD up 20% — CrowdStrike shares surged as much as 17% in after-hours trading Tuesday, after the company reported a beat on the top and bottom lines … Sponsor Posts
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