Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU regulators fine Intel €376.36M over “a previously established abuse of dominant position”, after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Amazon plans to add limited ads in Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024, with an ad-free tier costing $2.99/month extra in the US  —  – Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option  — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar Lees verder op Tech Meme

Counterpoint Research: Number of active smartphone brands fell from 700+ in 2017 to ~250 in 2023, as local brands lose marketshare due to a maturing userbase, shift to 5G, and more  —  – The number of active brands is down to almost 250 in 2023 so far from over 700 in 2017.  — The decline in the number … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many data center design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59  —  Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died. Lees verder op Tech Meme