YouTube will age-restrict more video game content showing “graphic violence” and stop creators from directing users to gambling sites involving digital goods
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How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to resume Nvidia's H20 sales to China; US officials hadn't vetted the 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it
Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Emma Roth / The Verge : US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : T...
WhatsApp will now show users a “safety overview” when a user not in their contacts adds them to a group, with key info and safety tips to help counter scams
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Trump says the US is “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada” in response to Canada's decision to impose a digital services tax on US tech firms
Talks Are Over Emma Roth / The Verge : Trump halts trade negotiations with Canada over tax on Big Tech. Tom Howell Jr / Washington Times : Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over digital tax Kris H...
Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes, in search results by default; a Biden-era FTC rule on “junk fees” is set to go into effect on May 12
Even the Sneaky Fees Fortune : Airbnb will now show you the full price for a stay by default so you know exactly what you'll be paying for upfront AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo : Airbnb to Show Full Price by...
After the EU's ruling, Spotify submits an app update to Apple to provide pricing info within its iOS app in the EU and link users to its subscription options
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Mozilla criticizes Apple's plans to restrict BrowserEngineKit to EU-specific apps, forcing “Firefox to build and maintain two separate browser implementations”
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CISA releases a report detailing Lapsus$'s key techniques and calls on the FTC and FCC for stricter SIM swapping rules and a transition to a passwordless future
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The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow, its long-awaited real-time payments system that will eventually let individuals and businesses transfer money in seconds
JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and 33 Banks Onboard Emma Roth / The Verge : The Federal Reserve's 24/7 payment system could deposit your paycheck instantly Paul Hill / Neowin : FedNow Service launches bringin...
Antenna: Netflix gained more US subscribers from May 25 to May 28, after its password-sharing crackdown began, than in any other four days since at least 2019
here's what happened 24/7 Wall St. : Netflix Saw as Much as 100,000 Daily Sign-Ups Post Password-Sharing Ban James Lee Taylor / Sammy Fans : Netflix sees subscribers spike in the US, courtesy of new p...