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Horace Dediu / Asymco: An analysis of the EU’s and other data on iOS and Android usage finds that Apple’s App Store generates $10.40 monthly revenue per user vs. $1.40 for Google Play  —  As I remember it, at least 10 years ago, I began to hear anecdotes from developers who built apps for both iOS and Android about their economics. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alan Levin / Bloomberg: The FAA approves UPS, uAvionix, and Phoenix Air Unmanned to fly drones beyond operators’ line of sight, a key step toward enabling widespread package delivery  —  – UPS, uAvionix and Phoenix Air Unmanned can fly beyond sight  — Approval for more automated flights marks major step forward Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says Chinese hackers who recently breached US government email accounts stole a key from a crash dump after hacking a Microsoft engineer’s account  —  Microsoft says Storm-0558 Chinese hackers stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK pulls back from including encryption rules in its Online Safety Bill, averting a clash with Big Tech, as the bill enters its final stages in parliament  —  Ministers will not immediately enforce online safety bill powers to scan apps after WhatsApp threatened shutdown Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wayne Ma / The Information: Source: Apple’s budget for training AI is now millions of dollars per day; its conversational AI team Foundational Models has ~16 people led by Ruoming Pang  —  Apple has been expanding its computing budget for building artificial intelligence to millions of dollars a day. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Spotify is testing making song lyrics a Premium-only feature, currently “with a limited number of users in a pair of markets”  —  A number of Spotify users began to notice something strange over the last day or so: the in-app lyrics, which typically pop up under the currently playing song … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Filing: Google tentatively settled a US Play Store class action antitrust lawsuit brought by over 30 states; the settlement is subject to the court’s approval  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday tentatively settled a class action suit alleging that its U.S. Play Store … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nico Grant / New York Times: A profile of Kent Walker, Google’s top lawyer who negotiated the company’s 2013 FTC settlement, as Google prepares to defend against the DOJ’s antitrust claims  —  The tech giant is facing the greatest legal threat in its history, and hopes the stolid approach of Kent Walker, its top lawyer, will once again prevail. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Google started rolling out Chrome’s Enhanced Ad Privacy, part of its Topics API, via a popup; some say the Got It button is misleading for leaving tracking on  —  YMMV, based on where you are  —  Google has been gradually rolling out Chrome’s “Enhanced Ad Privacy.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: After debuting math lessons in 2022, Duolingo plans to add “hundreds of bite-sized” music lessons to its app, helping users learn from a library of 200+ songs  —  The new course includes 200+ tunes and ‘hundreds of bite-sized lessons.’  —  Duolingo is best known for its language learning app … Lees verder op Tech Meme