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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
In its lawsuit, the US DOJ says “Apple deploys privacy and security justifications as an elastic shield that can stretch or contract” to serve its interests — The U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple Thursday over monopolistic practices. The complaint accuses Apple of moulding …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Some experts say the DOJ's Apple lawsuit makes a strong case for harm to consumers and developers, but proving Apple's market power could be challenging — The Department of Justice's antitrust division has come into its own, having filed its third tech monopoly lawsuit in four years.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Analysts say some arguments in the DOJ's lawsuit may favor Apple, as a judge ruled that Apple doesn't violate antitrust laws when Epic made similar claims — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple Thursday, accusing the company led by CEO Tim Cook of engaging in anti-competitive business practices.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is winding down an in-house effort to create microLED displays and is eliminating several dozen display engineering roles in the US and Asia — - Project would have been its first push into homegrown screens — Move involves cutting several dozen engineering roles
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| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple held talks to use Baidu's AI tech in its devices in China, as part of looking for a local provider to comply with China's AI model requirements — iPhone maker may need a partner in the country to navigate regulatory hurdles — SINGAPORE—Apple has held preliminary talks …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers reveal a hotel keycard hacking technique that can let a hacker almost instantly open RFID-based Saflok locks used in 3M doors across 13K properties — The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI is meeting with Hollywood studios, media executives, and others to form partnerships to encourage filmmakers to integrate Sora into their work — - Startup pitching its new AI video generation tool, Sora — CEO Altman attended LA parties during Oscars weekend
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Sources: Anthropic has ruled out taking any Saudi money over national security concerns, as investors jostle to buy into FTX's 8% stake that is now worth ~$1B — Deep-pocketed, sovereign wealth funds are among the investors clamoring to get a stake in Anthropic, the red-hot artificial intelligence startup that's taking on OpenAI.
More: CoinDesk, The Block, Reuters, and Cointelegraph
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As regulators constantly and unreasonably block acquisitions, Microsoft is pioneering the non-acquisition acquisition with its OpenAI and Inflection deals — Plus, Redpoint makes the case for the venture slowdown ending … Reddit's Y Combinator Origins at the Forefront of its Public Debut
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google plans to remove the ability to download third-party apps and watch faces for all Fitbit smartwatches in the EU in June, citing “regulatory requirements” — Google has announced that, in a few months, third-party apps and watch faces will be removed from all Fitbit smartwatches used in the European Union.
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Sources: CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, is in talks to raise funding at a $16B valuation, after being valued at a reported $7B in December — CoreWeave, a cloud computing provider that's among the hottest startups in the artificial intelligence race …
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| Bloomberg: |
Digital marketing software company Ibotta files for a US IPO, reportedly seeking a $2B valuation, and says it had a profit of $38M on revenue of $320M in 2023 — The Denver-based company, which helps brands to deliver mobile promotions through rewards and rebates, said in a filing Friday …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
On Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 Day 1, contestants earned $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 for demoing 19 zero-days in Windows 11, Tesla cars, Ubuntu, and other products — On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux zero-day vulnerabilities … | Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google is testing AI overviews in the main Google Search results with some users, even if they do not opt in to the Search Generative Experience labs feature — Some users who do not opt in to the Google Search labs SGE feature may see AI overview answers in the search results. — Chat with SearchBot
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| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
Some users on Instagram and Threads complain that a new setting to limit political content, which Meta announced in February, is enabled by default — Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default. — Instagram users have started complaining on X …
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