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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: 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… Read More »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 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: 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. … Read More »Researchers detail an unpatchable vulnerability in Apple’s M-series of chips that lets attackers extract secret keys from Macs during cryptographic operations (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally  —  The letter, also signed by CrowdTangle’s former CEO, claims shutting it down is… Read More »The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to support CrowdTangle through January 2025 to track election misinformation globally (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights  —  The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global… Read More »The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: DoorDash partners with Alphabet’s Wing to test drone delivery in the US, starting in Christiansburg, VA, after launching a pilot program in Australia in 2022  —  DoorDash is expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s Wing to bring… Read More »DoorDash partners with Alphabet’s Wing to test drone delivery in the US, starting in Christiansburg, VA, after launching a pilot program in Australia in 2022 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: 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  —  Jared Quincy Davis was inspired by AlphaGo. … Read More »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)

Adam Chitwood / The Wrap: 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  —  The rollout is also timed… Read More »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 (Adam Chitwood/The Wrap)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Meta rolls out Threads fediverse integration beta in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated platforms like Mastodon  —  Threads is rolling out a beta of its fediverse integration… Read More »Meta rolls out Threads fediverse integration beta in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated platforms like Mastodon (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify’s TikTok-like redesign reveals the follower numbers for top podcasters: The Joe Rogan Experience has 14.5M, followed by TED Talks Daily with 5M  —  A new TikTok-like redesign from the streaming giant unveils actual audience data… Read More »Spotify’s TikTok-like redesign reveals the follower numbers for top podcasters: The Joe Rogan Experience has 14.5M, followed by TED Talks Daily with 5M (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Matt Rosoff / TechCrunch: The DOJ’s Apple suit has a lot of parallels to its Microsoft suit in the 1990s, but Apple’s monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft’s was  —  The U.S. Department of Justice plus attorneys… Read More »The DOJ’s Apple suit has a lot of parallels to its Microsoft suit in the 1990s, but Apple’s monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft’s was (Matt Rosoff/TechCrunch)