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Monday, December 22, 2025

2 months

FCC enacts strict ban on foreign-made drones over security risks (21) hot

FCC Regulatory Announcements
DJI and Industry Reactions

2 months

60 Minutes CECOT segment resurfaces online amid censorship uproar (28) hot

Censorship and Online Resurgence
Background on CECOT
Political and Editorial Backlash

2 months

OpenAI launches ChatGPT year-end recap feature (18) hot

Spotify Wrapped Style
Regional Rollouts
Privacy and Data Issues
General Feature Coverage

2 months

Coinbase expands prediction markets with The Clearing Company buyout (7)

2 months

Indie Game Awards Retract Expedition 33 Wins Over Generative AI Use (6)

2 months

SoftBank Scrambles for $22.5B OpenAI Funding Ahead of Year-End (6)

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Video Game Pioneer Vince Zampella Dies in a Car Crash (16) hot

On-scene crash details
Celebrating gaming legacy

2 months

US halts offshore wind projects citing military radar concerns (5)

2 months

Paramount renews hostile bid for Warner Bros with Larry Ellison guarantee (12) hot

2 months

Apple Pushes Ahead With Foldable iPhone to Solve Crease Challenge (9)

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Instacart Ends Its Controversial AI Pricing Experiment (10) hot

2 months

Alphabet to Acquire Intersect for AI Data Center Expansion (21) hot

Acquisition Transaction Details
AI Energy & Infrastructure Push
Global Market & Mixed Angle

2 months

Clearwater Analytics to be acquired in $8.4B take-private deal (4)

2 months

Italian regulators fine Apple nearly €100M over privacy rules (16) hot

Fine Figures
Apple Reaction

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Apple Begins iPhone 18 Trial Production Ahead Of Spring 2027 Launch (10) hot

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Baidu, Uber & Lyft to Launch London Robotaxi Trials in 2026 (11) hot

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Coupang Data Breach Spurs Class Action Suit and User Decline in DAUs (5)

2 months

Spotify Data Breach: 300TB Catalog and 86 Million Audio Files Released (17) hot

Technical Details: Massive 300TB backup unveiled
Hacktivist Preservation: Archiving Spotify's entire music catalog
Spotify Response: Investigating breach and tightening security

In Detail Full day, Monday, December 22, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns

BeauHD / slashdot - The FCC has banned approval of new foreign-made drones and components, citing "an unacceptable risk" to national security. The move will most heavily impact DJI but it "does not affect drones or drone components that are currently sold in the United State…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #china #government #aviation #security #law #fcc #drone #regulation

DJI and Industry Reactions (8)
FCC Regulatory Announcements (11)
All Other Stories

DJI and Industry Reactions

2 months / slashgear

FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today

2 months / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

FCC bans foreign drones, including DJI. What happens next.

2 months / mashable

U.S. FCC bans foreign-made drones from DJI, others — DJI to be heavily affected by the announcement, with many American drone pilots up in arms due to lack of viable alternatives

2 months / tomshardware

Are you buying a drone soon? Here’s how the FCC’s move affects you

2 months / digitaltrends

The FCC Effectively Bans Foreign-Made DJI Drones By Adding Them To Its “Covered List”

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

U.S. Bans New China-Made Drones, Sparking Outrage Among Pilots

2 months / wsj / Heather Somerville

DJI drone ban has started in the US, but it won't happen overnight

2 months / reddit / lurker_bee

FCC Regulatory Announcements

FCC bans sale of foreign-made drones over national security concerns

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

FCC Officially Bans New Foreign-Made Drones, Blocking Future DJI Models

2 months / iclarified

The U.S. Has Officially Banned New, Foreign-Made Drone Models

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US

2 months / techspot

US slaps a ban on foreign-made drones and components

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

US bans new foreign-made drones and components

2 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / reddit / /u/Silly_Rub_6304

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / reddit / Silly_Rub_6304

FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf]

2 months / ycombinator

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

All Other Stories

US bans new foreign drone models in a blow to Chinese giant DJI

2 months / reddit / /u/freechipsandguac

The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US

2 months / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

The ‘60 Minutes’ Report on CECOT That Bari Weiss Censored Is Now Internet Contraband

John Gruber / theverge - Elizabeth Lopatto, writing at The Verge: 60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segmentonline. Because it was pulled so late, it seems that CBS missed atleast one platform for distribution: Canada’s Global TV. Somepeople used a VPN to wat…

#internet #media #censorship #broadcasting #digitalprivacy

Background on CECOT (1)
Censorship and Online Resurgence (14)
Political and Editorial Backlash (2)
All Other Stories

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’

Laurent Giret / thurrott - “Your Year with ChatGPT” is rolling out in select markets to celebrate how ChatGPT users interacted with the chatbot throughout the year.The post OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’ appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #dataprivacy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #apps #technology #assistant #digitalprivacy

General Feature Coverage (7)
Privacy and Data Issues (2)
Regional Rollouts (3)
Spotify Wrapped Style (5)
All Other Stories

General Feature Coverage

OpenAI Rolls Out 'Your Year with ChatGPT' Retrospective

2 months / iclarified

OpenAI Debuts Personalized Year-in-Review ChatGPT Experience for Users

2 months / eweek / eWEEK Staff

ChatGPT’s year-end recap offers a snapshot of how you used it in 2025

2 months / digitaltrends

ChatGPT recapped your personal AI habits in 2025. Heres how to see yours.

2 months / mashable

Jumping on the bandwagon, ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ is now available

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

ChatGPT’s yearly recap sums up your conversations with the chatbot

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Your Year With ChatGPT’

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Privacy and Data Issues

New ChatGPT Summary Tracks 2025 User Interactions

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

OpenAI’s ChatGPT ‘Wrapped’ Is a Good Reminder to Check Your Privacy Settings

2 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Regional Rollouts

OpenAI Launches ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ Recap Feature for Select Users

2 months / blockonomi / Maxwell Mutuma

learn about yourself from how you used chatgpt this year:

2 months / x / @gdb

ChatGPT Rolls Out ‘Your Year’ Recap in Canada

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Spotify Wrapped Style

OpenAI Launches ‘Your Year with ChatGPT’ 2025 Recap, Gamifying Retention Like ‘Spotify Wrapped’

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT gets its own Spotify Wrapped: Find “Your Year with ChatGPT”

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

ChatGPT introduces a Spotify Wrapped-style year-end recap for users

2 months / reddit / /u/i-drake

ChatGPT Now Has a 2025 Year-End Summary Feature Like Spotify Wrapped

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

ChatGPT Gets Spotify Wrapped-Style Year-End Review

2 months / cnet / Imad Khan

All Other Stories

ChatGPT Now Has a 2025 Year-End Summary Feature Like Spotify Wrapped

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Coinbase buys The Clearing Company, doubling down on prediction markets

Reuters / fastcompany - Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business.Prediction markets let users buy and sell contracts tied t…

#startups #blockchain #fintech #crypto #investment #finance #acquisitions #technology #polymarket

Coinbase to acquire prediction markets platform The Clearing Company

2 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

How Ondo is Driving the Tokenization of Stocks and Financial Assets

2 months / blockonomi / Brenda Mary

Coinbase buys The Clearing Company, doubling down on prediction markets

2 months / fastcompany / Reuters

Coinbase Bets on Predictions With The Clearing Company Purchase

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Coinbase agrees to buy The Clearing Company to deepen prediction markets push

2 months / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

Coinbase Agrees to Acquire The Clearing Company to Expand Prediction Markets Push

2 months / cryptonews / Tanzeel Akhtar

Coinbase to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company

2 months / theblock / Yogita Khatri

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

techpowerup - The Indie Game Awards has previously taken a stance against the use of generative AI, confirming that games that used generative AI during the development process are not eligible for consideration for any awards. Now, it has upheld that stance, with a ne…

#software #gaming #aiethics #genai #creativity #law #technology #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy

Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games

2 months / techdirt / Timothy Geigner

Expedition 33 lost its Game of the Year and Debut Game awards from the Indie Game Awards. I’ve argued fighting using Gen AI in games is a losing battle because this is now the norm. If they built an award winning game using Gen AI one could ask why we s

2 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Loses Indie Game Awards Wins Over AI Use

2 months / techpowerup

Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards GOTY Win for GenAI Use

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

‘I Think It’s Good to Have Limitations When You Are Creative’, Says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Creator; No Plan to Scale Up

2 months / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year

Tobias Mann / theregister - Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI.…

#ai #startups #vc #openai #aiethics #investment #business #finance #technology #softbank

SoftBank Liquidates Assets to Meet $22.5B OpenAI Payment Deadline

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year

2 months / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Report: SoftBank scrambles to find $22.5B for OpenAI before the end of the year

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

SoftBank is racing to close a $22.5 billion OpenAI funding gap before 2026

2 months / fastcompany / Reuters

SoftBank (SFTBY) Stock: Exits Nvidia and T-Mobile Positions for OpenAI Funding

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Call of Duty, Titanfall developer Vince Zampella has died at age 55

Jay Peters / theverge - Vince Zampella, who had a major hand in developing franchises like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, and Battlefield, died in a car crash on Sunday, NBC Los Angeles reports. He was 55. NBC Los Angeles and CBS Los Angeles report California Highway Patrol respo…

#software #gaming #digitaltransformation #entertainment #business #culture #technology #videogames #automotive #safety

Celebrating gaming legacy (5)
On-scene crash details (8)
All Other Stories

Celebrating gaming legacy

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind megahit Call of Duty, dies at 55

2 months / npr / The Associated Press

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55

2 months / go

Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella dead in car crash

2 months / mashable

Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash

2 months / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Vince Zampella, Developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield, Dead at 55

2 months / ycombinator

On-scene crash details

Vince Zampella, Call of Duty and Respawn cofounder, has died at 55

2 months / techspot

Vince Zampella, Call of Duty co-creator, dies in California car crash

2 months / bbc

Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Exec Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Call of Duty, Titanfall developer Vince Zampella has died at age 55

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella killed in a car crash

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

'Call of Duty' Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Executive Vince Zampella Killed in Car Accident

2 months / reddit / MarvelsGrantMan136

'Call of Duty' Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Executive Vince Zampella Killed in Car Accident

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Vince Zampella, Co-Founder of Infinity Ward, Respawn, and Co-Creator of Call of Duty, Died in Car Crash

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

All Other Stories

“He Secretly Paid for my Dad’s Entire Funeral” – Game Devs Share Stories and Remember Vince Zampella After Tragic Loss

2 months / wccftech / David Carcasole

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Vince Zampella, the co-creator of Call of Duty, has died in a car crash aged 55. Zampella was a video game titan, RIP www.theverge.com/news/849297/...

2 months / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

ycombinator - Comments

#climate #defensetech #energy #government #environment #us #security #technology #regulation

US Blocks All Offshore Wind Construction, Says Reason Is Classified

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

U.S. pauses leases for five offshore wind projects over military radar concerns

2 months / reddit / rezwenn

U.S. pauses leases for five offshore wind projects over military radar concerns

2 months / reddit / /u/rezwenn

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

2 months / ycombinator

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

2 months / arstechnica / John Timmer

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40 billion Larry Ellison backing

Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - It's the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another.

#stockmarket #investment #privateequity #business #finance #acquisitions #law #media #technology #ellison

WBD’s Fifth-Largest Shareholder Says Paramount’s Updated Offer ‘Not Sufficient’

2 months / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Paramount CEO’s father offers $40B backing for WBD takeover

2 months / semafor / Jeronimo Gonzalez

Paramount sweetens hostile Warner Bros. bid after rejection

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Stock: Netflix Deal Holds Despite Higher Paramount Offer

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Larry Ellison Pledges $40-Billion Personal Guarantee For Paramount's Warner Bros Bid

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40 billion Larry Ellison backing

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Larry Ellison Revives Paramounts’ Bid on Warner as His Son Hollows Out CBS News

2 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Larry Ellison to Personally Guarantee $40.4 Billion of Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover of WBD

2 months / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Paramount says Larry Ellison now personally guarantees $40 billion of the Warner Bros. bid

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Paramount guarantees backing of Larry Ellison in Warner Bros. bid

2 months / axios / Sara Fischer

Larry Ellison gives $40.4 billion guarantee for Paramount's Warner Bros bid

2 months / reddit / /u/jd5547561

Larry Ellison gives $40.4 billion guarantee for Paramount's Warner Bros bid

2 months / reddit / jd5547561

Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Still Aims to Kill the Crease

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Apple’s long-rumoured foldable iPhone may still be a little less than a year away, but new details suggest the company is continuing to push hard on one of the category’s biggest pain points: the visible display crease. According to a new report from MacR…

#hardware #mobiletech #innovation #apple #iphone #gadget #manufacturing #oled #smartphone #foldable

Foldable iPhone May Sport a Compact Cover Display

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone could take a unique approach to fix the display crease

2 months / digitaltrends

Why Apple's Foldable iPhone May Be Smaller Than Expected

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

It Sure Seems Like the Foldable iPhone Will Be a Wide Boi https://gizmodo.com/it-sure-seems-like-the-foldable-iphone-will-be-a-wide-boi-2000702475

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Will You Be Able to Buy an ‘iPhone Fold’ in 2026?

2 months / idropnews / IDrop News Staff

Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Still Aims to Kill the Crease

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

iPhone Fold crease-free screen glass may not be ready yet

2 months / appleinsider

It Sure Seems Like the Foldable iPhone Will Be a Wide Boi

2 months / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

Apple Still Testing Ultra-Thin Glass to Eliminate Foldable iPhone Crease

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Instacart’s dynamic pricing experiment is now off the menu

Shannon Carroll / qz - Instacart says it’s done testing grocery prices after criticism that shoppers were unknowingly charged different amounts for the same items

#ai #ecommerce #digitalmarketing #aiethics #business #pricing #privacy #technology #algorithm

Instacart Ends AI Price Experiment After Consumer Reports Investigation

2 months / bgr

Instacart shuts down dynamic AI pricing experiments following scrutiny of its tests

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Instacart Ends Price Testing Following Consumer Reports Study

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Instacart scraps AI pricing tests that made some products more expensive | A study found that Instacart’s pricing tests resulted in higher prices for some customers.

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Instacart Says It Is Pulling the Plug on Its AI-Powered Price Tests

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Instacart Kills AI Pricing Tests That Charged Some Customers More Than Others

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Instacart’s dynamic pricing experiment is now off the menu

2 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Instacart scraps AI pricing tests that made some products more expensive / Retailers can no longer use Instacart’s AI-powered Eversight technology to run pricing experiments.

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Instacart scraps AI pricing tests that made some products more expensive

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Instacart is immediately ending controversial price tests

2 months / mashable

Alphabet to Buy Intersect for $4.75 Billion as AI-Investment Plans Grow

Katherine Hamilton / wsj - Google-parent said it would buy Intersect’s data-center projects that are in development, plus multiple gigawatts of energy and the Intersect team as part of the deal.

#ai #bigdata #cloud #aiethics #energy #business #datacenter #alphabet #acquisitions #technology

Acquisition Transaction Details (9)
AI Energy & Infrastructure Push (8)
Global Market & Mixed Angle (3)
All Other Stories

Acquisition Transaction Details

Alphabet Expands AI Infrastructure Push With $4.75B Intersect Deal

2 months / eweek / Liz Ticong

Alphabet is buying energy infrastructure provider Intersect for $4.75B to help power its data centers

2 months / reddit / /u/Choobeen

Alphabet Acquiring Data Center Firm Intersect

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google's parent buys data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion to help power AI

2 months / techxplore

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

2 months / nytimes / Eli Tan

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Alphabet agrees to buy Intersect Power for $4.75bn

2 months / ft

Alphabet to Buy Intersect for $4.75 Billion as AI-Investment Plans Grow

2 months / wsj / Katherine Hamilton

Alphabet to acquire data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect

2 months / cnbc

AI Energy & Infrastructure Push

Alphabet acquires Intersect Power for $4.75B to solve AI energy gap

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Alphabet Acquires Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Company Intersect For $4.75 Billion

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Alphabet acquires renewable energy company Intersect for $4.75B

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

The AI power scramble intensifies with Alphabet’s purchase of data-center partner Intersect

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks

2 months / techcrunch / Marina Temkin

AI power scramble intensifies with Alphabet’s purchase of data-center partner

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Google locks in new energy reserves for its AI expansion

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Alphabet Acquires Intersect Power for $4.75 Billion to Secure Sovereign Energy For AI Datacenters

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Global Market & Mixed Angle

Novo Nordisk's new obesity pill, Alphabet's data center deal, the end of EV euphoria and more in Morning Squawk

2 months / cnbc

Alphabet acquires Intersect as global data centre deals soar to $61bn

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Bitcoin Falters as Gold Hits Record $4,475, AI Stocks Command Capital

2 months / cryptonews / David Pokima

All Other Stories

Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for the data center and clean energy developer.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock: Private Equity Firms Announce $8.4 Billion Acquisition

Trader Edge / blockonomi - TLDR Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) enters $8.4 billion take-private agreement with Permira and Warburg Pincus Shareholders to receive $24.55 cash per share, representing a 47% premium over Nov. 10 price Singapore’s Temasek joins investor group with Francisc…

#software #fintech #analytics #saas #investment #privateequity #business #finance #acquisitions #technology

Clearwater(CWAN) Stock Soars as Analytics Agrees to $24.55 Buyout by Permira & Warburg Pincus

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock: Private Equity Firms Announce $8.4 Billion Acquisition

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Clearwater Analytics went on a buying spree. Now it’s getting bought in an $8.4 billion deal.

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Permira, Warburg-Pincus led group to acquire Clearwater Analytics for $8.4bn

2 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature.Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's ac…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #antitrust #europe #law #technology #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

Apple Reaction (2)
Fine Figures (12)
All Other Stories

Apple Reaction

Italy Regulator Fines Apple For Shielding Users From Online Tracking: What This Means

2 months / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

Italy antitrust agency fines Apple $116 million over privacy feature; Apple announces appeal

2 months / reddit / Majano57

Fine Figures

Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts

2 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Italy fines Apple $116 million over App Store privacy policy issues

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Apple fined $116M in Italy over ATT privacy feature in iOS

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) Rules Invite Another Hefty Fine, This Time From Italy

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple fined €98.6M in Italy for anti-trust abuse via privacy rules

2 months / reddit / Few_Baseball_3835

Apple fined €98.6M in Italy for anti-trust abuse via privacy rules

2 months / reddit / /u/Few_Baseball_3835

Italy Fines Apple €98.6M for ‘Discriminatory’ Privacy Rules About App Tracking

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple Fined €98.6 Million in Italy Over App Tracking

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Italy Fines Apple Over €98 Million for 'Discriminatory' App Tracking Transparency Rules

2 months / iclarified

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

2 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Italy fines Apple nearly 100 mn euros over app privacy feature

2 months / techxplore

All Other Stories

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Apple is believed to be kick-starting the trial production of its iPhone 18 shortly after the Chinese New Year.The post iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#mobiletech #apple #china #chips #iphone #asia #manufacturing #technology #smartphone

First things we know about iPhone 18

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Apple Reportedly Facing Production Shortages For Its A20 And A20 Pro, Despite Securing Nearly Half Of TSMC’s Initial 2nm Supply, But Samsung Isn’t Being Viewed As An Alternative

2 months / wccftech / Omar Sohail

A new report claims that the iPhone 18 series will enter test production soon, but also that the Pro models will closely resemble the current design.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

iPhone 18 Trial Production to Begin in February After Chinese New Year

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Targets 'Visually Crease-Free' Foldable iPhone With New Glass Tech [Rumor]

2 months / iclarified

Apple Preparing to Start Trial Production of iPhone 18 Pro

2 months / iclarified

One Leaker Wants You To Ignore The Rumors Of A Punch-Hole Selfie Camera On The Apple iPhone 18 Pro

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

2 months / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Don't expect big changes in the iPhone 18 Pro design

2 months / appleinsider

iPhone 18 Trial Production to Start in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Baidu teams up with Uber, Lyft for London robotaxi launch in first half of 2026

scmp - Chinese tech giant Baidu is teaming up with US ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft to roll out robotaxi trials in London next year, highlighting the accelerated push among Chinese autonomous driving firms to expand globally.Baidu and Uber said they would…

#ai #automation #china #selfdriving #aiethics #business #uk #uber #automotive

Uber and Lyft to launch Baidu robotaxis in London in 2026

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Uber and Lyft rolling Baidu robotaxis into London next year

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Uber and Lyft to test Baidu robotaxis in London next year, joining Waymo

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

London Set for Robotaxi Tests as Uber, Lyft Team Up With Baidu

2 months / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxis to London in partnerships with China's Baidu

2 months / techxplore

Baidu Partners With Uber and Lyft for London Robotaxi Launch in 2026

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Uber and Lyft announce plans to trial Chinese robotaxis in UK in 2026

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