| US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to challenge Apple's and Google's grip on app stores; the 2021 version never made it to a floor vote (Amber Neely/AppleInsider) |
 Amber Neely / AppleInsider:
US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to challenge Apple's and Google's grip on app stores; the 2021 version never made it to a floor vote — Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan “Open App Markets Act” …
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| A group of authors sue Microsoft in a NY federal court, claiming the company used nearly 200,000 pirated books without permission to train its Megatron AI model (Blake Brittain/Reuters) |
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A group of authors sue Microsoft in a NY federal court, claiming the company used nearly 200,000 pirated books without permission to train its Megatron AI model — Microsoft (MSFT.O) has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission …
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| Supercell makes Brawl Stars available on WeChat and says Clash Royale is "currently being developed" for a September launch on the WeChat mini-game platform (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post) |
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Supercell makes Brawl Stars available on WeChat and says Clash Royale is “currently being developed” for a September launch on the WeChat mini-game platform — Finnish video game studio Supercell, developer of Clash Royale and Brawl Stars, is set to launch its popular titles …
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| US prosecutors charge Kai West, who is known as IntelBroker and was arrested in February in France, with conspiring to steal data from dozens of companies (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg) |
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge Kai West, who is known as IntelBroker and was arrested in February in France, with conspiring to steal data from dozens of companies — A 25-year-old British man known as “IntelBroker” was accused by US authorities of conspiring with a group of hackers to steal data …
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| FHFA Director William Pulte orders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to explore crypto as an asset for single-family mortgage applications without converting it to USD (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) |
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
FHFA Director William Pulte orders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to explore crypto as an asset for single-family mortgage applications without converting it to USD — In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae …
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| Anthropic now lets Claude app users build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly in Claude via Artifacts, launching in beta on Free, Pro, and Max tiers (Jay Peters/The Verge) |
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Anthropic now lets Claude app users build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly in Claude via Artifacts, launching in beta on Free, Pro, and Max tiers — The upgrade, launching in beta, builds upon Anthropic's Artifacts feature introduced last year that lets you see and interact with what you ask Claude to make.
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| Asana names LaunchDarkly CEO Dan Rogers as its new CEO starting on July 21, replacing co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who is retiring and will remain board chair (Jordan Novet/CNBC) |
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Asana names LaunchDarkly CEO Dan Rogers as its new CEO starting on July 21, replacing co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who is retiring and will remain board chair — Collaboration software maker Asana said Wednesday it has chosen former Rubrik and ServiceNow executive Dan Rogers to be its new CEO, replacing co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.
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| Barclays will block crypto purchases made with credit cards starting June 27, citing volatility and lack of consumer protections, following other UK lenders (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block) |
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Barclays will block crypto purchases made with credit cards starting June 27, citing volatility and lack of consumer protections, following other UK lenders — <p>Barclays will block cryptocurrency acquisitions made with credit cards starting June 27, warning that wild price swings …
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| Report: French authorities arrested four individuals allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum on Monday and one in February (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) |
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Report: French authorities arrested four individuals allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum on Monday and one in February — The French police have reportedly arrested five operators of the BreachForum cybercrime forum, a website used by cybercriminals to leak …
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| A US judge rules that Meta's use of books to train AI is protected by fair use but says his opinion is more a reflection of the plaintiffs' poor arguments (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law) |
Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law:
A US judge rules that Meta's use of books to train AI is protected by fair use but says his opinion is more a reflection of the plaintiffs' poor arguments — Meta Platforms Inc. escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered up millions …
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