In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay
Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ CNBC : DO...
A look at the US DOJ's case against Apple, which has some strong points but also makes silly arguments, like Apple affecting “the flow of speech” via Apple TV+
DOJ lawsuit against Apple slammed over bizarre history of iPod success Kristijan Lucic / Android Headlines : The DOJ lawsuit “threatens who we are”, Apple says Berto Tordecilla / Investomania : Apple ...
Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple's M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations
Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance. — A newly discovered vulnerability baked …
The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI, encouraging countries to protect personal data, monitor AI for risks, and safeguard human rights
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence …
The US DOJ's Apple lawsuit has many parallels to its Microsoft lawsuit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was
“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.” — To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too. X: Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur : We t...
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.
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 …
Apple says the US DOJ winning its lawsuit “would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology”
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 …
Some analysts say the US DOJ's lawsuit may favor Apple as a judge already ruled that Apple doesn't violate antitrust laws when Epic made similar claims in court
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.
The UK CMA launches a formal Phase 2 investigation into Vodafone and Three UK's planned $19B merger, after finding competition and pricing concerns in Phase 1
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it's launching a formal “phase 2” investigation into the planned merger between Vodafone and Three UK.
Tennessee passes the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, aiming to protect musicians and other artists from unauthorized use involving AI
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law on Thursday that aimed to protect artists including musicians from unauthorized use by artificial intelligence.
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 …
Sources: Apple held talks to use Baidu's AI tech in its devices in China, as it looks for a local provider to comply with China's requirements about AI models
iPhone maker may need a partner in the country to navigate regulatory hurdles — SINGAPORE—Apple has held preliminary talks …
Donald Trump's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger after DWAC shareholders approved the move; TMTG will be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week
- As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
MediaTek introduced Dimensity Auto Cockpit, its automotive-focused SoCs, this week, becoming the first third-party company to use Nvidia's GPU IP in its chips
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Reflecting on Reddit's history: Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian pitching a food app, wanting to use snoo.com, and seeing traffic explode after Reddit launched
Changing its policy, X bans posting the real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after suspending accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist
https://www.nbcnews.com/... Steve Thompson / @SteveThompson@mastodon.social : “Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity” — https://www.wired.com/... ...
Reddit closed up 48%, at $50.44/share, in its NYSE debut, valuing the company at ~$9.5B on a fully diluted basis, just shy of its $10B valuation in August 2021
even for y'all. Rat King / @mikeisaac : apparently Reddit's IPO included the first bell-ringing carried out by a “non-human entity” — in this case, the alien Snoo [image] Trevor Scott / @tidefallcapit...
Meta rolls out a beta of Threads' fediverse integration in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated tools like Mastodon
tbh, same. ✨ The big idea: Threads is helping people find community, no matter which platform they use. … Mastodon: Alex Standiford / @alexstandiford@fosstodon.org : Looks like Meta kept good on its ...
Some senators who received a classified briefing about TikTok say China's government can use the app to spy on US users and push propaganda at alarming levels
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.
Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 for enterprises, adding a Copilot key, a Neural Processing Unit for Windows 11's AI features, and more
Microsoft has better hardware just around the corner Windows Blog : Copilot in Windows and Windows 365: Helping customers advance in the new era of work Microsoft Store : Surface Pro 10 for Business M...
Spotify's TikTok-like redesign reveals top podcasters' follower counts: The Joe Rogan Experience has 14.5M, TED Talks Daily has 5M, and Call Her Daddy has 3.7M
It's Even More Than You Thought Connor Bennett / Dexerto : Joe Rogan's Spotify dominance finally revealed & it dwarfs every other podcast Podnews : How big is Joe Rogan? Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : Jo...
The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until January 2025 to track election misinformation globally
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Sources: YC plans to raise at least $2B across three new funds that include exposure to its next four startup batches and follow-on investments as they grow
The storied startup accelerator is targeting at least $2 billion, sources told Forbes, in its first major fundraising effort under Garry Tan.
China relaxes security review rules for some data exports, exempting some data collected in activities like international trade and cross-border transportation
DoorDash taps Alphabet's Wing to test drone deliveries in the US, starting in Christiansburg, Virginia; DoorDash uses Wing drones in Australia for 60+ merchants
starting in one small Virginia town Bruce Crumley / DroneDJ : Wing returns to its US drone delivery home in DoorDash partnership DoorDash : DoorDash and Wing Announce Drone Delivery Pilot in the US Ty...
Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 23% YoY to ~$10.2B and a net income of ~$308.4M, both above estimates, as the food delivery giant plans an international expansion
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg :
Robinhood co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt plans to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial interests, but will remain on the company's board
Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal :
Italy opens a probe into Booking.com, saying the website's handling of hotels in its Preferred Partner Programme “seems likely to hinder effective competition”
Giulia Segreti / Reuters :
Source: Microsoft agreed to pay Inflection ~$650M when hiring its staff, mostly via a licensing deal that makes Inflection's models available for sale on Azure
Foundry, a cloud computing service provider focused on AI workloads, comes out of stealth after raising $80M across a seed and a Series A at a $350M valuation
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune :
WBD plans to launch Max in Europe starting on May 21 in the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe, in time for the Olympics, included in all plans
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Medium promises to revoke Partner Program enrollment from writers who publish spam, AI-generated stories, even with disclosure, and other low-quality content
Buster Benson / The Medium Blog : X: @ruialves_rnh , @ltm , and @burkr_ See also Mediagazer X: Rui Alves / @ruialves_rnh : “Protecting Medium's mission and authentic writers means doing more to prote...
Sources: the EU plans to announce investigations into Apple's and Google's DMA compliance in the coming days; Meta's subscriptions could also face scrutiny
Succinct, which is building zero-knowledge proof tech for blockchain apps, raised $55M led by Paradigm across a seed and a Series A
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