This comes as part of Amazon’s deal to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, starting with an initial $1.25 billion last September. Anthropic is the AI company behind the Claude 32 family of models, which the company claims outperforms ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Both sides came to an agreement on Wednesday that would end a nearly two-year-long legal battle over the self-governed special district that DeSantis took over from Disney.
Disney agreed to recognize its last-minute rule change in the district in 2023 as “null and void.” The company also agreed to drop its public records lawsuit against the district.
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The proposed settlement, which stems from a years-long legal battle, will require Visa and Mastercard to lower swipe fees for merchants by 0.04 percentage points for three years, while capping these rates into 2030.
Even though it may seem like the deal will lower fees for customers, that may not be the case for everyone. The settlement will allow retailers to charge more when customers use premium cards that offer cashback rewards and other perks, as these come with higher swipe fees.
Facebook’s “In App Panel” program ran from 2016 to 2019 using Onavo’s technology as a man-in-the-middle attack to decrypt secured Snapchat traffic. Court documents unsealed as part of an ongoing class-action antitrust lawsuit show how the program came together.
A June 2016 email included in the documents from Mark Zuckerberg says:
Whenever someone asks a question about Snapchat, the answer is usually that because their traffic is encrypted we have no analytics about them. . . .
Given how quickly they’re growing, it seems important to figure out a new way to get reliable analytics about them. Perhaps we need to do panels or write custom software. You should figure out how to do this.
Following last year’s rocky launch, Cities: Skylines: II has released a new patch that introduces a whole bunch of performance fixes, along with support for code modding and a map editor that publisher Paradox Interactive previewed last year. The modding feature is still in beta, and it uses Paradox’s own platform rather than the Steam Workshop.
There’s also a new paid Beach Properties assets pack that adds new building types, variants, and palm trees.
In addition to announcing a June 10th date for WWDC 2024, Apple also revealed an official YouTube channel that currently houses the sessions from WWDC 2023.
Apple previously only made videos from WWDC available from its developer website and app, but bringing them to YouTube should make them easier to find.
Instead of sharing a Tidal-specific song link with friends, now you can let them choose the service they want to open it with — whether it’s Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music. Tidal is rolling out universal links today, and you can see how it looks in the screenshot below.
The ecommerce giant’s latest brand protection report reveals that it identified, seized, and disposed of over 7 million counterfeit products on its marketplace in 2023. It says it also worked with Chinese authorities to carry out more than 50 “successful raid actions,” which led to the identification and questioning of over 100 counterfeit manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors.
