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Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA's gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) 04-07-2023

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA’s gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is “evaluating” the ruling (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg) 04-07-2023

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The CJEU rules that Germany’s Federal Cartel Office didn’t overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is “evaluating” the ruling  —  Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook lost its fight at the European Union’s top court to topple a German antitrust decision … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post) 04-07-2023

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The social web is changing: Twitter set up limits, Reddit alienated its users, TikTok could get banned, and Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform (David Pierce/The Verge) 04-07-2023

David Pierce / The Verge: The social web is changing: Twitter set up limits, Reddit alienated its users, TikTok could get banned, and Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform  —  An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time.  Twitter has been on a steep … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which offers screenshots of some features (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) 04-07-2023

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta plans to launch Instagram’s standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which offers screenshots of some features  —  Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US.  The app will be called Threads … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The world's 500 richest people together gained $852B in H1 2023, the best half-year since H2 2020; Musk and Zuckerberg led with $96.6B and $58.9B, respectively (Bloomberg) 04-07-2023

Bloomberg: The world’s 500 richest people together gained $852B in H1 2023, the best half-year since H2 2020; Musk and Zuckerberg led with $96.6B and $58.9B, respectively  —  The world’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the US plans to require AWS and other cloud providers to seek permission before providing services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese customers (Wall Street Journal) 04-07-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US plans to require AWS and other cloud providers to seek permission before providing services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese customers  —  Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cameron Winklevoss makes a ~$1.47B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis' bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert fails to agree (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk) 04-07-2023

Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: Cameron Winklevoss makes a ~$1.47B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis’ bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert fails to agree  —  Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis propose a package $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google updates its privacy policy to say the company may use “publicly available information” to train its AI models and build products like Translate and Bard (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo) 04-07-2023

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: Google updates its privacy policy to say the company may use “publicly available information” to train its AI models and build products like Translate and Bard  —  An update to Google’s privacy policy suggests that the entire public internet is fair game for it’s AI projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter says that in 30 days, users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more (@twittersupport) 04-07-2023

@twittersupport: Twitter says that in 30 days, users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more  —  We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product… https://twitter.com/… Lees verder op Tech Meme