Journals

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces in the EU, charging a 0% commission and a €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account annually  —  Apple today announced major changes to its app ecosystem in… Read More »Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces in the EU, charging a 0% commission and a €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account annually (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning Xbox Cloud Streaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and others will be able to offer full apps  —  Starting today Apple is opening up its App Store… Read More »Apple begins allowing game streaming apps and services globally, meaning Xbox Cloud Streaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and others will be able to offer full apps (Andrew Webster/The Verge)

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: Intel begins production at its Fab 9 facility in New Mexico, to package chips for its Foveros tech; Fab 9 cost $3.5B, the most expensive such facility ever  —  Intel this week has started production at… Read More »Intel begins production at its Fab 9 facility in New Mexico, to package chips for its Foveros tech; Fab 9 cost $3.5B, the most expensive such facility ever (Anton Shilov/AnandTech)

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: PayPal rolls out product enhancements, including CashPass to let users earn cash back through the PayPal app and revamped Venmo business profiles  —  PayPal Holdings Inc. rolled out several product enhancements, including the chance to earn… Read More »PayPal rolls out product enhancements, including CashPass to let users earn cash back through the PayPal app and revamped Venmo business profiles (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Danilo Masoni / Reuters: ASML’s stock rises 10%+ to reach a $350B+ market cap on the AI boom, becoming Europe’s third most valuable company; ASML is up 19%+ in 2024  —  ASML Holding (ASML.AS) shares hit a fresh record high… Read More »ASML’s stock rises 10%+ to reach a $350B+ market cap on the AI boom, becoming Europe’s third most valuable company; ASML is up 19%+ in 2024 (Danilo Masoni/Reuters)

David McCabe / New York Times: The FTC launches a review of investments by Microsoft in OpenAI and by Amazon and Google in Anthropic, to assess how the deals alter the competitive landscape  —  The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft,… Read More »The FTC launches a review of investments by Microsoft in OpenAI and by Amazon and Google in Anthropic, to assess how the deals alter the competitive landscape (David McCabe/New York Times)

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Axiom, a protocol that lets smart contract developers access historical data from Ethereum and then perform computations off-chain, raised a $20M Series A  —  The funding will go towards further developing the protocol and adding new… Read More »Axiom, a protocol that lets smart contract developers access historical data from Ethereum and then perform computations off-chain, raised a $20M Series A (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: X is flooded with AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift; one post, live for 17 hours, had 45M+ views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and 24K reposts  —  Sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift… Read More »X is flooded with AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift; one post, live for 17 hours, had 45M+ views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and 24K reposts (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News: Fubo TV launches Instant Headlines Beta, which uses AI to generate headlines from live news programs on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and other networks  —  You may be familiar with AI-powered highlights of sporting… Read More »Fubo TV launches Instant Headlines Beta, which uses AI to generate headlines from live news programs on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and other networks (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Anomalo, which uses AI to solve data-quality problems in large datasets, raised a $33M Series B led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $72M  —  When Anomalo’s co-founders left Instacart in 2018, they thought they… Read More »Anomalo, which uses AI to solve data-quality problems in large datasets, raised a $33M Series B led by SignalFire, bringing its total funding to $72M (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)