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How the EU’s DMA could impact Apple and Google’s rivalry; sources say Google lobbied EU officials to allow apps downloaded outside of the main App Store in 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: How the EU’s DMA could impact Apple and Google’s rivalry; sources say Google lobbied EU officials to allow apps downloaded outside of the main App Store in 2023  —  Under the new rules, the iPhone maker will… Read More »How the EU’s DMA could impact Apple and Google’s rivalry; sources say Google lobbied EU officials to allow apps downloaded outside of the main App Store in 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

    Microsoft announces a New Era of Work event on March 21 at 9am PT, where updates to Windows 11, Copilot and Surface Pro and Laptop are expected (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

      Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft announces a New Era of Work event on March 21 at 9am PT, where updates to Windows 11, Copilot and Surface Pro and Laptop are expected  —  New Surface hardware and Windows 11 features… Read More »Microsoft announces a New Era of Work event on March 21 at 9am PT, where updates to Windows 11, Copilot and Surface Pro and Laptop are expected (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

      As the EU’s DMA takes effect, sources say the Biden administration, which sent two letters protesting the DMA, stopped short of pushing the issue with the EU (Eva Dou/Washington Post)

        Eva Dou / Washington Post: As the EU’s DMA takes effect, sources say the Biden administration, which sent two letters protesting the DMA, stopped short of pushing the issue with the EU  —  The European Union’s landmark Digital Markets Act… Read More »As the EU’s DMA takes effect, sources say the Biden administration, which sent two letters protesting the DMA, stopped short of pushing the issue with the EU (Eva Dou/Washington Post)

        Spotify plans to raise its prices in France due to a new tax law that adds a 1.2% tax on streaming companies’ revenue to help finance local music creation (Reuters)

          Reuters: Spotify plans to raise its prices in France due to a new tax law that adds a 1.2% tax on streaming companies’ revenue to help finance local music creation  —  Swedish streaming service Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday said it… Read More »Spotify plans to raise its prices in France due to a new tax law that adds a 1.2% tax on streaming companies’ revenue to help finance local music creation (Reuters)

          Robinhood says up to 25% of its trading volume is outside of traditional market hours, and investors have traded $10B+ overnight since its 24-hour rules in 2023 (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

            Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Robinhood says up to 25% of its trading volume is outside of traditional market hours, and investors have traded $10B+ overnight since its 24-hour rules in 2023  —  Why Are Deepfakes Everywhere?  Can They Be Stopped? … Read More »Robinhood says up to 25% of its trading volume is outside of traditional market hours, and investors have traded $10B+ overnight since its 24-hour rules in 2023 (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

            Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year (New York Times)

              New York Times: Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year  —  Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking… Read More »Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year (New York Times)

              The EU confirms requesting further explanations from Apple over barring Epic’s developer account under the DMA, and is examining if Apple broke any other rules (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

                Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU confirms requesting further explanations from Apple over barring Epic’s developer account under the DMA, and is examining if Apple broke any other rules  —  – Epic Games barred by Apple from opening own iPhone… Read More »The EU confirms requesting further explanations from Apple over barring Epic’s developer account under the DMA, and is examining if Apple broke any other rules (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

                A look at Apple’s studio business: sources say the company spent $700M+ of its reported $1B+ annual 2023 spend on just three films, which earned $466M combined (Tatiana Siegel/Variety)

                  Tatiana Siegel / Variety: A look at Apple’s studio business: sources say the company spent $700M+ of its reported $1B+ annual 2023 spend on just three films, which earned $466M combined  —  On March 10, the tech giant has 13… Read More »A look at Apple’s studio business: sources say the company spent $700M+ of its reported $1B+ annual 2023 spend on just three films, which earned $466M combined (Tatiana Siegel/Variety)

                  An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)

                    Sara Fischer / Axios: An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more  —  – Unlike Facebook and X, traffic referrals to news… Read More »An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)

                    Research suggests that prompt engineering is best done by the LLM itself, raising suspicions that a fair portion of prompt engineering jobs may be a passing fad (Dina Genkina/IEEE Spectrum)

                      Dina Genkina / IEEE Spectrum: Research suggests that prompt engineering is best done by the LLM itself, raising suspicions that a fair portion of prompt engineering jobs may be a passing fad  —  Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of… Read More »Research suggests that prompt engineering is best done by the LLM itself, raising suspicions that a fair portion of prompt engineering jobs may be a passing fad (Dina Genkina/IEEE Spectrum)

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