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Babe, Wake Up. New Drama In The Apple vs Epic Legal Battle Just Dropped
Apple and Epic had a major court battle to decide the future of payments in the App Store. But now it looks like there might be a round 2.
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Fake Claim That OpenAI Has a New Billion Dollar Investor Mysteriously Appears on Stock Exchange Website
A fake press release claiming that investment firm Ripplewood is putting $US1 billion into OpenAI appeared on the website of the London Stock Exchange on Monday. The false press release claimed the 28-year-old New York-based company would benefit from investing in OpenAI, saying it would be a “giant valuable asset” in the event that the company…
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Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label to NPR
NPR’s Twitter account received a state-affiliated media label on Wednesday for reportedly being an entity with editorial independence although the outlet receives some funding from the government. The state-affiliated media label has historically been applied to foreign media outlets providing official government views.
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Facebook and Instagram Say They will Remove All News If Congress Makes Them Pay for It
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, drew a line in the sand Tuesday, saying it adamantly opposes a proposed law that would allow newspapers to bargain collectively with social media companies for more ad money in exchange for content. Allowing such a thing would create a “cartel-like entity,” the company claimed.