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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The EU Commission orders Apple to open iOS to third-party connected devices, and in preliminary findings charges Google with breaking the DMA in search and apps — EU continues Big Tech crackdown under landmark Digital Markets Act — Brussels is pressing ahead with regulatory action …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google says more changes to Search in the EU would “reduce traffic to European businesses” and changes to the Play Store may expose users to “malware and fraud” — Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union's Digital Markets Act …
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LinkedIn: Ann-Christin Richter and Andrej Savin
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says new EU interoperability rules “wrap us in red tape”, force “us to give away our new features for free”, and are “bad for our products” and users — In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple firmly rebuked the EU decision announced today …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils the $499+ Pixel 9a, with no camera bump, a 48MP rear camera, a 6.3" display, a Tensor G4 chip, and IP68 water resistance, shipping in April 2025 — Google is confirming what we learned from a slew of leaks. … Google just announced the Pixel 9A, surprising nobody because it's been leaked to all heck.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Newsletter service Ghost launches support for ActivityPub integration in beta for Ghost(Pro) subscribers, letting them share their posts across the fediverse — Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web.| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank agrees to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5B in cash, with Oracle and Carlyle selling their stakes as part of the deal, expected to close in H2 2025 — SoftBank is buying Ampere in an all-cash transaction that values the Santa Clara, California-based firm at $6.5 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Sources: CoreWeave plans to offer shares at $47 to $55 each when it begins marketing its IPO this week, aiming to raise between $2.3B and $2.7B — CoreWeave, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Nvidia (NVDA.O), is planning to ask investors to pay $47 to $55 for each of its shares …
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
BlackRock, Microsoft, and Abu Dhabi's MGX say Nvidia and xAI joined a consortium to build AI infrastructure in the US; investors committed $100B for deployment — Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: X has raised close to $1B in new equity in a deal that gives the company an enterprise value of roughly $44B; Musk also participated in the raise — Elon Musk's social network X has raised close to $1 billion in new equity from investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| CoinDesk: |
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the US SEC is set to drop its appeal in its case against Ripple, nearing the end of a legal battle over XRP ongoing since 2020 — Earlier reports said that the long-standing legal battle between Ripple and the agency is nearing its end. — What to know:
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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
A group of cross-discipline video game workers in the US and Canada announce a direct-join union called the United Videogame Workers, organizing with the CWA — The group unveiled itself at the Game Developers Conference this week. — Today, a group of cross-discipline video game workers …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices for the first time in a decade and making remote playback for personal media a paid feature at $1.99/month or $19.99/year — Streaming service and software maker Plex is raising its prices. The company announced on Wednesday its first price increase …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches o1-pro, which uses more compute than o1 for “consistently better responses”, to some devs for $150/1M input tokens and $600/1M output tokens — OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 “reasoning” AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Verizon says its satellite messaging service is now available to owners of Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 series phones at no extra charge — Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today. … Verizon's previously announced satellite messaging service …
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X: @richontech and @verizonnews
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$23.9B, vs. ~$23.4B est., profit up 90% YoY to ~$7B, vs. ~$6.3B est., and domestic games revenue up 23% YoY to ~$4.6B — Tencent on Wednesday posted a fourth-quarter beat on top and bottom line driven by a surge in gaming and advertising revenue.
More: Capital Brief, Tencent, and Bloomberg
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in a case involving AI generated poetry, that the Copyright Act requires human authorship for registration — A computer scientist who tried to register an artwork that credited an artificial intelligence system as the sole author lost his appeal on Tuesday.
More: Social Media Today, The Register, NBC News, and Authors Alliance
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Google Wallet to let kids with Android phones tap to pay in stores in the US, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Poland, with parental supervision — Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to roll out its Android 15-based One UI 7 from April 7 on the Galaxy S24 series, Z Fold6, Z Flip6, and more, with a simpler UI and new AI features — Less than two weeks ago, Samsung said to expect One UI 7 next month, and the Android 15 update is now set for Monday, April 7.
More: Samsung Newsroom, CNET, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Android Central, and Thurrott
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Report: LG will end its XR product commercialization efforts as it believes the market isn't growing as quickly as it expected, but will continue R&D efforts — LG has ceased its XR product commercialization efforts, it confirmed, though will still continue long-term R&D.
| The Citizen Lab: |
A look at Israeli spyware company Paragon, which makes Graphite: suspected deployments in Australia, Canada, Israel, and others, a WhatsApp zero-click, and more — Key Findings — Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite.
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia acquires Gretel, which offers synthetic data tools, for more than its most recent $320M valuation; Pitchbook: Gretel had previously raised $67M+ — Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.
More: SiliconANGLE, Seeking Alpha, TechCrunch, UKTN, and The Information
| Reuters: |
Jensen Huang says Nvidia has not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel, following a report about a consortium with TSMC to operate Intel's factories — Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that his company had not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel (INTC.O).| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Razer launches Wyvrn, a service with tools for game developers, including AI QA Copilot, for game testing, and AI Gamer Copilot, for real-time tips and guides — Also, its AI voice-in-your-ear helper has a new name and is headed for release. … It encompasses dev-focused automation tools …
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