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The DMA hasn't changed Big Tech's anticompetitive DNA, says Free Software Foundation Europe (www.theregister.com)

Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands (www.reuters.com)

Apple's Epic ban is questioned by EU regulators; more details (9to5mac.com)

Apple hit with $2 billion EU antitrust fine in Spotify case (www.theguardian.com)

Apple has been fined €1.8bn ($2bn) by the EU after an investigation found it had limited competition from music streaming services such as Spotify....

French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL (heathermeeker.com)

Will Gamers Nexus feature Adata's 10% DDR5 temp improvement? (www.xpg.com)

Technological feat aside:...

EU investigating Apple's block of Epic developer account (www.eurogamer.net)

Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Ubicloud aims to provide an open source alternative to AWS by offering core cloud computing services on affordable bare-metal servers....

Settlement for the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator also resulted in takedown of the Citra 3DS emulator created by the same developers. (overkill.wtf)

The Citra website has been replaced with the same statement made on the Yuzu website, and the GitHub repository is now gone as well....

Meta's Facebook, Instagram back up after global outage (www.reuters.com)

Challenges in Deciphering the Secrets of Large Language Models (archive.is)

https://archive.is/6X8MM/ba28860cc9b52befad2256b26b6a14fa283aa469.webp...

Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update (techcrunch.com)

Right to Repair Act passes Oregon legislature (www.kgw.com)

This is great news, and a strong step forward....

Hacked WordPress sites use visitors' browsers to hack other sites (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Summary...

OpenAI shares Elon Musk emails urging startup to raise $1 billion, see Tesla as a cash cow in its early years (www.cnbc.com)

The reproduced messages follow a starkly different point of view Musk represented last week, when he sued OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, alleging breach of contract and unfair competition.

Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming (www.thewrap.com)

Max’s paid sharing initiative will launch later this year, with a broader rollout in 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max will join competitors Netflix and Disney+ in cracking down on password sharing....

Telegram now lets users to convert personal accounts to business accounts | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Generative A.I - We Aren’t Ready. (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Microsoft to end its Android apps on Windows 11 subsystem in 2025 (www.theverge.com)

Late Actor Matthew Perry's Twitter Hacked: Fake Charity Plea Targets Fans with Cryptocurrency Scam (www.bitdefender.com)

Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate....

FDA Clears First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor (www.fda.gov)

Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, developers settling lawsuit from Nintendo with $2.4M payout, handing over its domains, and agreeing "Yuzu [is] primarily designed to circumvent [DRM]". (www.theverge.com)

This also includes ceasing development and destroying their copies of the code....

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