The jury in Epic v. Google finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution and in-app billing services markets; Google plans to appeal
Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win.
Apple redesigns Apple TV in iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 with a sidebar that unifies content; iTunes now redirects users searching for shows and movies to Apple TV
Starting Monday, the iTunes Store app on iPhone and iPad will redirect users searching for TV and film titles to the newly redesigned Apple TV app.
Google's legal defeat to Epic threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple that generates nearly $200B/year and accelerate the weakening of app store rules
- Jury decision poised to accelerate crumbling of business model — Case takes aim at app store commissions of up to 30%
The ESA shuts down the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, after new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits, and more; E3 began in 1995
The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry — The Electronic Entertainment Expo …
Apple releases iOS 17.2, with a Journal app, Qi2 support on iPhone 13 and 14, and 15 Pro spatial video capture, alongside macOS, tvOS, watchOS, iPadOS updates
here's what's new Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : iPhone's collaborative playlists and AirPlay in hotel rooms on hold until 2024 Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple explains why only the latest Apple Watch model...
Stanford professor David Mills, who led SBF's defense as a favor to his parents, says the ex-FTX CEO is “the worst person I've ever seen do a cross examination”
Stanford Law Professor David Mills, who led defense for FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried as favor to his parents, now fears ‘unwinnable’ case has ended their friendship.
Sources: Apple offers to let rivals access its tap-and-go payments systems for mobile wallets, hoping to settle EU antitrust charges and avoid a possible fine
Apple (AAPL.O) has offered to let rivals access its tap-and-go mobile payments systems used for mobile wallets …
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telco, is mitigating a cyberattack that led to a “large-scale technical failure”, leaving millions without internet and cell service
Kyivstar customers began complaining about network and internet outages in the early morning.
Gina Raimondo says Nvidia “can, will, and should” sell commercial AI chips to China, but not advanced AI chips, and spoke to Jensen Huang about the US rules
The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips …
Seychelles-based crypto exchange KuCoin agrees to block New York state users and pay $22M to settle a lawsuit brought by New York AG Letitia James in March 2023
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Gina Raimondo says she plans to make ~12 CHIPS Act grants within the next year, including some worth billions of dollars that could reshape US' chips production
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A US GAO review of nearly two-dozen agencies' AI usage details 200+ current applications and 500+ planned uses of AI, despite little guidance or planning
The US government plans to vastly expand its reliance on artificial intelligence, but it is years behind on policies to responsibly acquire …
Emmanuel Macron warns the EU's AI Act risks hampering tech companies compared to US, UK, and China rivals, and says France is “neck and neck with the British”
French president argues landmark rules may leave European tech companies lagging rivals in US, UK and China
Beeper says “Beeper Mini is back” but now requires users to log in with their Apple ID, as phone number registration doesn't work; Beeper makes the service free
Bug fixes and other improvements — We've created an updated version … Anurag Singh / Dexerto : Android iMessage app releases new update to sidestep Apple block Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines :...
A profile of Li Ying, a Chinese graduate who used his X account to tell the world about protests in 2022 and now lives in exile after losing his livelihood
Li Ying used social media to help tell the world about last year's protests. Now in exile, he has been threatened and lost his livelihood for his defiance. X: @liyuan6 and @lauraharth X: Li Yuan / @l...
Snapchat+ subscribers can now make and send AI generated images based on a text prompt and add pictures of friends into Dream, its generative AI selfie feature
Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday.
US teens survey: 93% use YouTube, 63% use TikTok, 60% use Snapchat, 59% use Instagram, and 33% use Facebook; ~33% use at least one of these “almost constantly”
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Discord staff, moderators, and researchers say its rules and culture let a racist and antisemitic community flourish, after the April classified documents leak
Washington Post : X: @shaneharris X: Shane Harris / @shaneharris : Next up in our series: ‘Problematic pockets’: How Discord became a home for extremists. We explore the digital platform where Jack T...
Bose confirms the company is “in the process of phasing out” its Bose Frames line of audio glasses, launched in 2018 as part of Bose's AR initiative
Bose has confirmed to Digital Trends that it is discontinuing its Bose Frames line of audio glasses.
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $12.94B, vs. $13.05B est., net income up 44% to $2.5B, and cloud and on-premise revenue down 18% to $1.18B; ORCL drops 8%
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI's impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use
Memo: The New York Times has hired Quartz co-founder Zach Seward to work with the newsroom leadership in establishing principles around the use of generative AI
Quartz co-founder Zach Seward tasked with establishing principles for how the Times will and won't use generative AI X: @scottnover See also Mediagazer X: Scott Nover / @scottnover : The @nytimes hire...
TikTok plans to invest $1.5B and take a 75% stake in GoTo's e-commerce unit Tokopedia, part of a deal that lets TikTok restart its shopping service in Indonesia
https://lnkd.in/g6FC2myN Fabian Moa / Fabian Moa, CFA, FRM, CTP, FMVA, AFM : The recent strategic alliance between GoTo and TikTok presents a fascinating blend of opportunities and risks for investors...
Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace with 40K+ workers who businesses can book with as little as an hour's notice, raised a $30 Series B, bringing total funding to ~$65M
Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour's notice …
Essential AI, co-founded by two co-authors of Google's Attention Is All You Need paper, raised $56.5M led by March Capital and calls its tech Enterprise Brain
The startup was founded by two co-authors of a famous Google AI paper — Essential AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
BeReal plans to add Behind the Scenes, an iOS Live Photo-style tool, and RealGroups, for smaller groups; Pew estimates 13% of US teens ages 13 to 17 use BeReal
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
Filing: FTX asks the IRS to substantiate its unpaid taxes claim against the company; the IRS lowered the amount from $44B in April 2023 to $24B in November 2023
Anna Baydakova / The Block :
China plans to roll out RealDID, its Blockchain-based Service Network run by China Mobile, UnionPay, and the government, to verify the IDs of its 1.4B people
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk :
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway cut its HP stake by 47%, from 97.85M in October to 51.5M shares, or 5.2% of the company, as Dell's stock outperforms HP's in 2023
Abhishek Vishnoi / Bloomberg :
Sources: KKR is in advanced talks to buy payroll and HR tools maker Iris Software for ~£3B, in what could be 2023's biggest buyout of a European tech company
The investment firm has pulled ahead of other bidders and is negotiating final terms of an agreement with Iris' private equity owner Hg, the people said.
Abu Dhabi is becoming a popular destination for crypto companies, including Copper, Phoenix, Paxos, and eToro, seeking eager investors and friendlier regulators
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg :
A US judge upholds Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, rejecting a lawsuit filed by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in July 2023
1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION COALITION FOR INDEPENDENT Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times : Judge Upholds Texas TikTok Ban on Government De...
Munich-based Tacto, which uses AI to help companies optimize their supply chains and cut costs by ~10%, raised €50M led by Sequoia and Index Ventures
Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg :
BlackBerry appoints John Giamatteo, the president of its cybersecurity business since 2021, as its CEO and no longer plans to spin off its IoT business
Brody Ford / Bloomberg :
Apptopia: shoppers spent ~22 minutes per day on Temu in October 2023, up from 18 minutes in Q2 2023, vs. 10 minutes on Amazon and 11 minutes on AliExpress in Q2
1. Temu is successful because shoppers spend more time in its app than on Amazon and AliExpress. — 2. Temu could be more successful if shoppers could find what they want faster. [embedded post]
Sources: Chinese memory chipmaker Changxin is delaying its Shanghai IPO to await a more favorable market and could instead raise funds at a ~$19.5B valuation
Dong Cao / Bloomberg :
In his first public appearance since returning to OpenAI, Sam Altman says AI is “going to lift the world up” and companies cannot build AI “safely in a vacuum”
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : Everything is fine again? Days after the tumult at OpenAI and his return to the helm, Sam Altman is back touting the virtues of...
Armada, which aims to bring AI grade computing to remote places like oil rigs using Starlink, raised a $40M Series A, a source says at a nearly $250M valuation
Dealroom: Nvidia is the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerator funds like YC, with 35 deals, almost 6x more than in 2022
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