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Alex Heath / The Verge: Q&A with Figma CEO Dylan Field on managing the company after the failed sale to Adobe, maintaining culture, using the $1B breakup fee, expansion plans, and more  —  Figma has a billion dollars and big… Read More »Q&A with Figma CEO Dylan Field on managing the company after the failed sale to Adobe, maintaining culture, using the $1B breakup fee, expansion plans, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Dell Cameron / Wired: Sources: FISA’s Section 702 bill was shelved over a rule that would end the government’s ability to pay US firms for information rather than serving a warrant  —  A surprise disclosure of a national security threat… Read More »Sources: FISA’s Section 702 bill was shelved over a rule that would end the government’s ability to pay US firms for information rather than serving a warrant (Dell Cameron/Wired)

Menaka Doshi / Bloomberg: A look at the global outreach of India’s UPI, which has expanded to seven Asian countries and now allows Indian tourists to buy tickets at the Eiffel Tower  —  UPI’s Global Ambitions  —  Seven countries and… Read More »A look at the global outreach of India’s UPI, which has expanded to seven Asian countries and now allows Indian tourists to buy tickets at the Eiffel Tower (Menaka Doshi/Bloomberg)

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Apple’s Vision Pro could become a valuable multiuser device, but it undermines that fantasy at every turn through its single-user setup and more  —  Shortly before The Verge published its review of the Apple Vision… Read More »Apple’s Vision Pro could become a valuable multiuser device, but it undermines that fantasy at every turn through its single-user setup and more (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Apple’s reversal on RCS wasn’t forced by the EU, but likely by China, whose government began codifying in 2023 a requirement for new 5G devices to support RCS  —  We’ve had pretty obvious hints since… Read More »Apple’s reversal on RCS wasn’t forced by the EU, but likely by China, whose government began codifying in 2023 a requirement for new 5G devices to support RCS (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Google stopped notifying publishers of “right to be forgotten” removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy  —  Move after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content… Read More »Google stopped notifying publishers of “right to be forgotten” removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Two professional gamers sue Activision Blizzard in the US, alleging the company is unlawfully monopolizing the market for Call of Duty leagues and tournaments  —  Video game maker Activision Blizzard has been hit with a U.S.… Read More »Two professional gamers sue Activision Blizzard in the US, alleging the company is unlawfully monopolizing the market for Call of Duty leagues and tournaments (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: Sources: Nintendo has told game publishers that it has delayed the launch of Switch 2 from late 2024 to Q1 2025  —  UPDATE: VGC SOURCES SUGGEST NINTENDO’S NEXT CONSOLE WILL ARRIVE LATER THAN EXPECTED … Read More »Sources: Nintendo has told game publishers that it has delayed the launch of Switch 2 from late 2024 to Q1 2025 (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)

Amy Or / Bloomberg: Sources: Reddit signed a deal early in 2024, worth ~$60M on an annualized basis, allowing a large unnamed AI company to train its models on Reddit’s content  —  – Social media firm agrees $60 million deal… Read More »Sources: Reddit signed a deal early in 2024, worth ~$60M on an annualized basis, allowing a large unnamed AI company to train its models on Reddit’s content (Amy Or/Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: the Biden administration is in talks to confer more than $10B in subsidies to Intel, in what would be the largest award yet under the CHIPS Act  —  – Money to come from $39 billion grant and $75… Read More »Sources: the Biden administration is in talks to confer more than $10B in subsidies to Intel, in what would be the largest award yet under the CHIPS Act (Bloomberg)