Joe Brennan / The Irish Times: A key advisor to the CJEU recommends setting aside a 2020 EU ruling that said Apple did not owe Ireland €13B+ in back taxes, a major blow to Apple and Ireland  —  Opinion of key advisor to European Court of Justice (ECJ) comes months ahead of final ruling on world’s biggest antitrust case Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Documents detail Humane’s $699 Ai Pin: a $24/month subscription, including a phone number, data, cloud storage, and access to Microsoft and OpenAI AI models  —  It’s scheduled to launch the Pin on Thursday, but The Verge has obtained documents detailing practically everything about the device ahead of its official launch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Signal begins testing usernames, letting users set the phone number linked to their account as private and not share the number on their profile  —  Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect with others on the messaging app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Activision Blizzard plans to transition away from the Overwatch League to evolve the esports competition in a “new direction”; exiting teams may get $6M  —  Competitive Overwatch may return, but not in its current form.  —  Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: OpenAI says ChatGPT and its API are grappling with “abnormal traffic” and has spotted signs of a DDoS attack resulting in periodic outages  —  – OpenAI says on its site it’s grappling with “abnormal traffic”  — The US startup introduced a preview version of GPT-4 Turbo Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Epic v. Google: Google executive Purnima Kochikar says Google offered to pay Epic $147M over three years ending in 2021 to launch Fortnite on the Play Store  —  Google has confirmed in court that Epic was offered a $147 million deal to launch its hit game Fortnite on Android’s Google Play store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Nussey / Reuters: Sony reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$18.5B, operating profit down 29% YoY to ~$1.74B, chips division profit down 38%, and 4.9M PS5 sales, vs. 3.3M in Q2 2022  —  Sony’s (6758.T) operating profit fell 29% in the July-September quarter as the company was hit by a weaker performance at its image sensor and financial divisions. Lees verder op Tech Meme