Apple debuts new rules and fees for apps in the EU that link to the web for purchases, including allowing links to any website, and removes other restrictions
Honestly, if you can remember all of the various rules and fees for the EU App Store, I commend you. That's impressive. — RE: https://www.threads.net/... Mastodon: Kyle Howells / @iKyle@mastodon.so...
Spotify says Apple's new “unacceptable” plan “disregards” the DMA's “fundamental requirements”; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with a 15% junk fee
Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy …
Sources: Apple plans a Mac mini in 2024 with M4 and M4 Pro options that is less than half the size of the current mini, its first major design change since 2010
- It's the first major design change to Mac mini since Jobs era — Entire Mac line to get updated with AI-focused M4 processors
OpenAI reveals details of GPT-4o's safety testing, including concerns that its anthropomorphic voice may make some users emotionally attached to their chatbot
The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing—including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface.
OpenAI now lets ChatGPT free users to generate up to two images per day using DALL-E 3, after launching DALL-E 3 to ChatGPT Plus subscribers in October 2023
OpenAI is going to let users of ChatGPT's free tier make up to two images per day with its DALL-E 3 model, the company announced on Thursday.
Intel delays its Innovation event, slated for September and expected to include details about new CPUs, until 2025, citing its financial results and H2 outlook
The chipmaker is delaying one of its biggest events, which was slated for September and expected to include more details about upcoming processors.
UK PM Keir Starmer says ministers will review the Online Safety Act, after London mayor Sadiq Khan said it was “not fit for purpose” following far-right riots
Move comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan said role of misinformation in unrest showed law was unfit for purpose
The Irish Data Protection Commission says X has agreed to pause training Grok using millions of Europeans' public posts it collected between May 7 and August 1
X will pause training its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with some European users' posts, according to Europe's chief privacy watchdog.
Intel details a microcode patch, available through BIOS updates, to address the elevated voltage issues that were damaging some of its 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs
You need to install a BIOS update to ensure that your Raptor Lake CPU is not frying itself. — For the first time …
Q&A with DOJ antitrust boss Jonathan Kanter on the US' Google win, being “overjoyed”, the appeal, Google's Apple deal, competition, market definitions, and more
The heart of it was Google imposing conditions on access to distribution. … X: @modestproposal1 : I thought the interviewer did a great job here of asking very informed questions and eliciting more of...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bans X in the country for ten days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to promote hatred after Venezuela's disputed election
TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users buy items from Amazon ads without leaving the social media apps
Amazon's e-commerce business is huge but slow-growing, while shopping on social media has been taking off. That's prompted Amazon to look for ways to team up with popular social media apps.
The Google monopoly ruling dealt a blow to one of Big Tech's main arguments against regulation: that 19th-century antitrust laws can't address tech innovation
The first big tech-sector anti-monopoly ruling in a generation challenges the idea that the internet era has outgrown U.S. antitrust law.
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims
what's next for advertisers looking for controls Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : Not-for-profit ad group GARM shuts down after X lawsuit Seb Joseph / Digiday : Elon Musk's lawsuit shatters GARM, reveal...
In a now-deleted X post, Elon Musk reposted a fake Telegraph story shared by a far-right party about the UK opening “Detainment Camps”; the post had 1.8M views
The reason Musk holds this belief is that he has completely surrounded himself on Twitter with people exactly like the racist hoodlums who have been terrorizing immigrants and asylum seekers. … Joshua...
Perplexity says its AI search engine answered ~250M queries in the past month vs. 500M in 2023; sources: Perplexity recently raised $250M at a $3B valuation
Artificial intelligence app boosts usage and sales despite controversy over its data-gathering techniques
Sources: Cisco plans a second round of layoffs this year, affecting as many or slightly more than the 4,000 laid off in February
Cisco (CSCO.O) will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the U.S. networking equipment maker shifts focus to higher-growth areas …
A look at the US' Chips and Science Act two years after its enactment on August 9, 2022, as the Biden administration nearly finishes divvying up $39B in grants
The Chips Program Office is tasked with overseeing one of the most ambitious manufacturing comebacks in US history
Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine
A look at the US' Chips and Science Act two years after its enactment on August 9, 2022, as the Biden administration nearly finishes divvying up $39B in grants
The Chips Program Office is tasked with overseeing one of the most ambitious manufacturing comebacks in US history
NYC-based Cents, which provides business management and payments services for the laundry industry, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $77M+
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DevRev, which develops AI tools to improve the efficiency of employees on support, product, and engineering teams, raised $100M at a $1.15B valuation
- The corporate software developer raised $100 million — Nutanix co-founder Dheeraj Pandey co-founded and leads DevRev
A look at EU auto chipmakers' deepening engagement with China as sales suffer in the West; McKinsey: the automotive chips market will be worth $150B by 2030
- Latest earnings show China's EV growth as a rare bright spot — Beijing's push for tech independence threatens foreign sales
CloudPay, which offers cloud-based payroll and payments services to businesses, raised $120M led by Blue Owl Capital, taking its total funding to $228M
We're thrilled to announce that CloudPay has secured …
Take-Two reports Q1 net bookings up 1% YoY to $1.22B, vs. $1.25B est., net revenue up 4%, and expects sequential growth in net bookings in FY 2026 and FY 2027
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IOActive researchers detail “Sinkclose”, a vulnerability in almost all AMD chips dating back to 2006 that allows attackers to run code in System Management Mode
Researchers warn that a bug in AMD's chips would allow attackers to root into some of the most privileged portions of a computer … X: @ioactive , @notolymp1a , and @a_greenberg Forums: r/hardware and ...
Google's DeepMind Robotics team shows a table tennis robot that it says is a “solidly amateur human-level player” when pitted against a human
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Unity reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $449M, vs. $438M est., a net loss of $125.6M, vs. $192.2M in Q2 2023, and trims its FY 2024 forecast
DEAR UNITY SHAREHOLDERS Itʼs a privilege to address Unityʼ … Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz : Unity revenue drops 16% to $449m during Q2 Ryan Daws / Developer Tech News : Unity's EBITDA surges desp...
Sources: Chinese robotaxi company WeRide is seeking about $100M in a US initial public offering and around $200M to $300M in a concurrent private placement
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Hugging Face acquires XetHub, a collaboration platform started by ex-Apple employees who raised $7.5M to help developers work with and build large-scale models
With the XetHub team, Hugging Face is building the AI collaboration platform of the future … Matt McIlwain : Congrats to XetHub on the acquisition by Hugging Face! Yucheng Low and the founding XetHub...
A look at Whisper CEO Michael Heyward's Medialab, which acquired Imgur and Genius and was sued by their founders and others for allegedly failing to honor deals
Iain Martin / Forbes :
SoundHound acquires Amelia, which makes an AI agent that businesses can customize for internal or customer use, for $80M; PitchBook: Amelia raised $189M+
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services, raised a $45M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total raised to $104M
'I don't think we're ever done when it comes to improving the platform. …
Sources: Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $6.5B, is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest
Milana Vinn / Reuters :
Sources: enterprise AI company Glean is in advanced talks to raise $250M led by DST Global at a $4.5B valuation, about double its valuation from February 2024
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