Hints and tips:
...Apple and Google-owner Alphabet were accused of favouring their own app stores while Facebook-owner Meta is being probed over its use of personal data for advertising....
...“I think this version is the right device at the right time.” Meta has not disclosed sales figures for the new headset....
...One option is they continue right on using Google Search as a default, except they’re not getting paid for it anymore. Another option is they put in a choice screen, which is what happens in the EU....
...In the first half of this year, there were 96 such “pro-Chicago” decisions....
...But even if Google’s search deals shut out competitors, the company would still prevail if it can show pro-competitive intent for its conduct....
...“The general theme was that transformers just seemed to work much better than [previous models] right out of the box on whatever people threw them at,” says Jones....
...As a father who happens to be a tech journalist, my search for the family trip turned into a lecture explaining to my daughter the pros and cons of generative AI....
...Spun out of Google in 2015, where Hanke had led the Google Earth mapping project, Niantic demonstrated the potential for AR technology by launching the worldwide hit game, Pokémon Go, in collaboration with...
...By far the most important is The Worldwide Production Services LLC (WWPS), a Toronto-based film company that holds digital distribution rights to the ILBE-produced Puffins and Arctic Friends series....
...Others, like the lawsuit that Wigdor filed this month against music mogul Sean Combs, are only glimpsed in public....
...TS: I think the most essential thing right now is tearing down the blockades that enable Apple and Google to simply veto the metaverse. They can simply say “Roblox, you can’t operate on iOS any more”....
...Sniper Labs offers tools to allow “Pro” NFT buyers “snipe” NFTs on the Solana blockchain....
...If that is right, then the tech boom has a lot further to run. richard.waters@ft.com...
...We need to do this right.”...
...It’s probably intended as a joke, but scalpers are rampant right now....
...Google and YouTube are the biggest targets....
...It praises battery life and screen and says the camera system is extremely competitive with the iPhone 12 Pro Max....
...It uses Siri of course, rather than Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant, and when listening to music on an iPhone, users can simply bring their device close to HomePod mini and seamlessly hand off the music...
...Lex says surging music streaming revenues have helped Bob Dylan boost his value in his sale of music rights to Universal....
...The action is the latest attempt by a tech company to quash incitement to violence in the wake of Wednesday’s rampage in Washington by a pro-Trump mob....
...Its organisers said in the New York Times that they would live by Google’s old motto of “Don’t Be Evil”. 2....
...One way forward could be a version of the performing rights system in music. Newspapers would receive a small royalty payment every time an article was read on an internet platform....
...Eva Maydell, a centre-right Bulgarian MEP who will be directly involved in the discussions once the draft legislation reaches the European parliament, says political bickering could lead to “bad” new rules...
...It will retail for $229, but is cheaper right now....
...“As it may take several years for the UK government to set up the CMA’s proposed pro-competition regime, this gives ample time to Google to pursue its abusive behaviour,” he said....
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