Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft (David McCabe/New York Times)
https://www.ny…

U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.

Russians and the Olympics 2024: must they be allowed or not?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/05/russians-and-the.html

Gamestop: Die Rückkehr der Meme-Aktie
"Roaring Kitty" entfacht erneut einen Kampf zwischen privaten und institutionellen Investoren. Die Kursschwankungen bei GME sind enorm.
https://www.

Comedy Pet Photo Awards
#FunnyPhotos

Comedy Pet Photo Awards winners announced, with image of dog squeezing through cat flap taking out top prize
A cat stuck in a hole, a dog who looks like his owner, and a Tarzan flying cat are among the winners of the 2024 Comedy Pet Photo Awards.  

A look at the now-shuttered news site BNN Breaking, which former staff say mostly published AI-generated content; Microsoft had licensed BNN content for MSN.com (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/…

The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet
BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists and a publishing deal with Microsoft. But it was full of error-ridden content.

Der aktuelle BAföG-Höchstsatz ist 812€.
Jetzt überlegt mal, wie Ihr davon Miete in Berlin zahlen sollt. Und dann noch alles andere.

Hab vorhin auf einer Bank gesessen, die von der Seniorenunion der #CDU gestiftet wurde. CDU auch zu was gut.

From @… - “Suddenly every PC becomes a target for Discovery during legal proceedings. Lawyers can subpoena your Recall database and search it, no longer being limited to email but being able to search for terms that came up in Teams or Slack or Signal messages, and potentially verbally via Zoom or Skype if speech-to-text is included in Recall data.”

Pretty sure I have already seen this somewhere: "Russian propagandists threaten on television channel Russia 1 to completely destroy Poland and its people. They are convinced that no one will risk the security of France, Britain and the United States for Poland. "

“Nobody's on Mastodon” yeah, at least this platform's angelic creatures never have to endure the insanity of a shrimp jesus picture with millions of likes...
...and if you don't know what 'shrimp jesus' is, be glad that nobody is on Mastodon.

The hard choices facing the #EU as we go to vote in the #EP2024 elections. The populist right is flourishing and 3 women have an unusually important role to play.
🎁 The Economist You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
The three women who will shape Europe
https://econ.st/3VrMU1o

heise | Schreibtischstudio: Teleprompter von Elgato im Test – für YouTube, Teams & Co.
Elgatos Prompter ermöglicht in Streams, Chats und Konferenzen beim Ablesen in die Kamera zu schauen. Lohnt sich das Mehr an Professionalität?

@… おはよう、王

Es geht Menschen wie Lindner bei "Steuersenkungen " ja auch immer darum, den Handlungsraum für staatliches Handeln zu verkleinern und damit immer mehr Services zu beerdigen oder durch Privatwirtschaft zu ersetzen. Er will euch nichts geben, er will euch Dinge nehmen, die seine Buddies euch dann vielleicht für viel mehr Geld zurückverkaufen https://

Naar de kermis gaan, bijvoorbeeld

Donald Trump, Who Initially Pushed To Ban TikTok, Now Campaigning On TikTok https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/04/donald-trump-who-initially-pushed-to-ban-tiktok-now-campaigning-on-tiktok/

Good question!
https://mas.to/@Nonya_Bidniss/112564760114244998

If you’d like to make it possible for people to follow you from Bluesky — and you’re in a domain that permits it — all you have to do is follow @….
I think these connections have the potential to strengthen everyone. We need critical mass!

"Wer den Onlinedienst einer europäischen Anbieterin nutzt, die zu einem amerikanischen Tech-Konzern gehört, darf – so das Bundesgericht – nicht darauf vertrauen, dass keine Daten in die USA gelangen können. Wer in Europa einen solchen «amerikanischen» Onlinedienst nutzt, muss sich vom Bundesgericht sogar einen «risikobehafteten Umgang mit […] Daten» vorwerfen lassen."
1/2

Alito's the tip of the iceberg:
More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat
There is nothing innocent about the "Appeal to Heaven" flag,
especially when Trump calls for the right's "breaking point"
https:/…

Not just Alito: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flags despite MAGA threats of violence
Republicans love the January 6 flag

Amazing visualization by NYT what Ukraine has lost. (Giftlink)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-destruction.html?u2g=c&unlocked_art…

What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
We measured every town, street and building blown apart in Ukraine to show the first comprehensive picture of where people can’t return home.

Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to contraception (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/senate-vote-contraception-access/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240606/p3#a240606p3

My toots bring all the neoliberals to the yard. I’m like, get out of my fucking yard, neoliberals.

Güterumgehungsbahn Hamburg für Personenverkehr: Als einem Beitrag zur Schaffung von Tangentialverbindungen im Raum Hamburg schlägt der Fahrgastverband PRO BAHN vor, die Hamburger Güterumgehungsbahn zwischen Eidelstedt und Harburg für den regionalen Personenverkehr zu nutzen. Die Züge sollen im Norden auf die Bahnstrecke Tornesch–Uetersen durchgebunden werden und im Süden bis Buchholz und Tostedt verkehren. In einer ersten Betriebsstufe könnte der Verkehr auf dem…

Güterumgehungsbahn Hamburg für Personenverkehr
Güterumgehungsbahn Hamburg für Personenverkehr

Biden: ‘every reason’ to believe Netanyahu is prolonging Gaza war for political gain | Joe Biden | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/04/biden-netanyahu-ceasefire-israel-gaza-war

The one factor that would suddenly make machine learning 40% worse at Nethack https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/what-kind-of-bug-would-make-machine-learning-suddenly-40-worse-at-nethack

What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack?
One day, a roguelike-playing system just kept biffing it, for celestial reasons.

"Evaluating Large Language Models for Structured Science Summarization in the Open Research Knowledge Graph"
#LLM

@… ah ok, verstanden 😎

A History of C Compilers - Part 1: Performance, Portability and Freedom
The first part of a whistle stop tour of the history of C compilers. Also GNU/Linux, dragons and lots of architectures!
https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/a-history-of-…

Freedom and Portability
Let's talk compilers with part one of a whistle stop tour of their history

I just hit send on the Open Letter to the Speaker, Clerks of the House and Senate and the Chair of the House Procedures and House Affairs Committee. (and cc'ed to other relevant Ministers, MPs and Senator)
67 signatures included! Anyone can still add one on the web version.
Thanks 🙏 for helping to push this. There may be a third (and final!) push, but it will be Canada only.
THANK YOU!
The

Die #Nordsee war 2023 und im März 2024 so warm wie nie seit Messbeginn (1962). ️Die hohen #Temperaturen und #Hitzewellen sind Folge des

Klimawandel: Wasser der Nordsee so warm wie nie
Laut einer Untersuchung des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts war das Wasser in der Deutschen Bucht 2023 so warm wie nie seit Messbeginn. Auch im März dieses Jahres erreichte die Temperatur ein Rekordhoch.

Jonathan Kanter, the US DOJ's assistant AG for antitrust, says he is examining "monopoly choke points and the competitive landscape" in AI and microchips (Financial Times)
https://t.co/pP9LAQ51wJ

A Ukrainian girl with prosthetics ran the Boston marathon: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/05/a-ukrainian-girl.html

From @… - “Suddenly every PC becomes a target for Discovery during legal proceedings. Lawyers can subpoena your Recall database and search it, no longer being limited to email but being able to search for terms that came up in Teams or Slack or Signal messages, and potentially verbally via Zoom or Skype if speech-to-text is included in Recall data.”

Solaratlas zeigt, welche Gebäudedächer sich gut für Photovoltaik eignen
Wer ein Gebäude besitzt, kann nun in einem neuen Solaratlas nachschauen, wie viel Leistung mit Photovoltaik auf dem Dach zu erwarten ist.
<…

“Nobody's on Mastodon” yeah, at least this platform's angelic creatures never have to endure the insanity of a shrimp jesus picture with millions of likes...
...and if you don't know what 'shrimp jesus' is, be glad that nobody is on Mastodon.

CNN has started testing a registration wall that requires users to create an account or log in after they've read around 10 articles in a day (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/04/scoop-cnn-s-data-push-media-trends

Scoop: CNN's data push
CNN has begun testing an expanded registration wall that requires heavy site users to create an account with a username and password to continue assessing content when they hit a certain threshold of daily articles.

If it’s “Air Force”, why is it not “Vacuum Force” instead of “Space Force” 🤔

Ab wann ist die Beseitigung von Hochwasserschäden teurer als die Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz?
Bzw. gelten die Steuergelder für die Flutopfer in Zukunft als Subventionen für Unternehmen, die Klimaschutz blockieren? Was sagt die FDP? Wieviel Staat muss sein?

iPhone-16-Pro-Größen offenbar durchgesickert
Aus China kommen neue Infos zur Gestaltung von Apples nächsten Pro-Smartphones. Sie erhalten angeblich "den dünnsten Displayrand aller Zeiten".
https://www.

Biden administration announces support for contraception bill as Democrats up pressure on Republicans
White House says Joe Biden supports the Right to Contraception act, which the Democratic-led Senate is expected to vote on later today
🔸US Senate to vote on bill to recognize legal right to contraception

ぜんぜんわからない
俺達は雰囲気で
Fediverseをやっている

How Trump's guilty verdict could impact his travel (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/05/trump-travel-restrictions-convicted-felon
http://www.memeorandum.com/240605/p66#a240605p66

I just hit send on the Open Letter to the Speaker, Clerks of the House and Senate and the Chair of the House Procedures and House Affairs Committee. (and cc'ed to other relevant Ministers, MPs and Senator)
67 signatures included! Anyone can still add one on the web version.
Thanks 🙏 for helping to push this. There may be a third (and final!) push, but it will be Canada only.
THANK YOU!
The

NXP partners with TSMC-backed Vanguard to build a $7.8B chip wafer plant in Singapore, aiming to begin construction in H2 2024 and production in 2027 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-05/nxp-…

Moldova's ex-chief of General Staff leaked intelligence to Russia, The Insider reports: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/05/moldovas-exchief-of.html

Fluggesellschaften erkunden, wie sich Kondensstreifen verringern lassen
Deutsche Fluggesellschaften beteiligen sich an einem Programm, durch das die Entstehung von Kondensstreifen besser verstanden werden soll.

They should repeat this experiment often, can learn much about the fluid dynamics of supernova remnants

Tipp: Sterne-Bewertung in Musik reaktivieren
In der Apple-Music-App fehlen seit macOS 14 plötzlich die so beliebten Sterne, um Songs zu bewerten. Mit einem Trick lassen sie sich wiederbeleben.
https://www.…

@… ちゃんと予告してサ終してたよ。

Sources: TikTok accounts, including brands and celebrities like CNN and Paris Hilton, are getting hacked via a zero-day exploit that only requires opening a DM (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-wh

A Zero Day TikTok Hack Is Taking Over Celebrity And Brand Accounts
The compromised accounts include CNN and Paris Hilton — and all users have to do to be hacked is open a DM.

Weiß nicht, aber ob Erklärungen da helfen? Blöd, dass die Politik sonst gar keine Möglichkeiten hat.
Nach Angriff auf SPD-Politiker in Dresden: Mehr als hundert Politiker unterzeichnen Erklärung gegen Gewalt

Judge Reshuffles Hearings in Trump Documents Case (Alan Feuer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/politics/trump-documents-case-hearings.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240605/p62#a240605p62

US maternal mortality rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds
The US has a far higher rate of #maternal #mortality than other peer wealthy nations,
and an extraordinary #disparity between white and Black Ame…

AI-powered virtual physical therapy startup Sword Health raised $130M at a $3B valuation, up from $2B in November 2021, taking its total funding to $340M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/04/sword-healths-raises…

Sword Health raises $130 million and its valuation soars to $3 billion | TechCrunch
AI-powered virtual physical therapy platform Sword Health has seen its valuation soar 50% to $3 billion.

Explainer: What is the global peace summit in Switzerland, and what does Ukraine hope to achieve?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/05/explainer-what-is.html

Wieder Problem: Weltraumteleskop Hubble wechselt auf Betrieb mit einem Gyroskop
Mehrfach hat ein fehlerhaftes Gyroskop zuletzt die Arbeit des Weltraumteleskops Hubble unterbrochen. Damit soll nun Schluss sein, hat die NASA angekündigt.

What a photo

An investigation based on 22M flight coordinates reveals how the US' first police drone program, in Chula Vista, CA, impacts residents amid privacy concerns (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-of-the-drone-police-is-here/

ある日突然ユーザーが増えたら、スパムに占拠されたと疑う必要が……

Alle, die von Nazis gehasst werden, haben nicht die Wahl, ob sie schweigend in der Masse verschwinden: Schwarze, Muslim*innen, Sinti & Roma, Jüd*innen, LGBTIQ. Bekannte Linke & Feminist*nnen & Grüne & Sozialdemokrat*innen.
Aber die normalen Kartoffeln, die überlegen sich jetzt, ob sie sich sichtbar machen gegen Nazis oder später lieber mitlaufen.
Deswegen müssen sie jetzt aufgefordert werden, sich klar und deutlich zu positionieren. Und zwar auch Journalist*innen.…

Clash Over Phone Hacking Article Preceded Exit of Washington Post Editor (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/business/media/washington-post-buzbee-lewis.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240606/p2#a240606p2

The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
Republican leaders in and out of government are publicly pushing to prosecute Democrats as legal retribution for Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
The intensity of anger and open desire for using the criminal justice system against Democrats after the verdict surpasses anything seen before in Mr. Trump’s tumultuous years in national politics.
What is different now is the range of Republicans who are saying re…

The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
Republican leaders in and out of government are publicly pushing to prosecute Democrats as legal retribution for Donald Trump’s felony conviction.

Noyb-Beschwerde über Tracking: Microsoft verletzt Privatsphäre von Schülern​
Die Bürgerrechtsorganisation Noyb beklagt in 2 Datenschutzbeschwerden in Österreich, Microsoft analysiere mit 365 Education das Nutzungsverhalten von Kindern.​

TSMC's Taiwan-listed shares hit a new record high after its US-listed stock jumped 6.85% overnight, following a rally by shares of Nvidia, a major TSMC customer (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

各インスタンスの申告を信じるしかないのでなー

Not All Peaceful Protests Constitutionally Protected, Police Chief Says Ahead Of DNC (Melody Mercado/Block Club Chicago)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/06/05/not-all-peaceful-protests-constitutionally-protected-police-chief-says-ahead-of-democratic-national-convention/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240605/p63#a240605p63

Ausfälle bei ChatGPT​
Den zweiten Tag in Folge ist ChatGPT instabil. Nach Behebung des Schadens müssen auch Nutzer  in die Tasten greifen.​
https://www.heise.de/news/Ausfaelle-bei-Ch

Yulia Kanzeba: volunteering is a very big responsibility Yulia Kanzeba, is from Popasna, the Luhansk region. Since 15, the girl has known what war is like. It came to her home in 2014. After the full- Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/yuliya-kanzeba-vo…

The end of the great northern forests?
The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
Forests across Europe, the US and Canada have been hard hit by drought, fires and bark beetles.
Now scientists fear the northern hemisphere’s greatest carbon sink is nearing a tipping point

Sources: TikTok accounts are being hacked, including big brands and celebrities like CNN and Paris Hilton, via an attack that only requires a DM to be opened (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-wh<…

A Zero Day TikTok Hack Is Taking Over Celebrity And Brand Accounts
The compromised accounts include CNN and Paris Hilton — and all users have to do to be hacked is open a DM.

あさだね

E-Rezept funktioniert besser, Prozesse aber weiter ausbaufähig
Das E-Rezept läuft jetzt zwar besser, sind sich die Teilnehmer des letzten E-Rezept-Summits einig, doch es ist immer noch Luft nach oben.

Aaron Blake of the Washington Post offered a helpful round-up Monday of how Trump's violent "track record is unmistakable."
He offers 11 separate examples of Trump continuing
"to not-at-all-subtly raise the specter of unrest and violence as a political bargaining chip,"
from suggesting that
"Second Amendment people"
get rid of Hillary Clinton to saying
"it depends" on whether he wins if he backs violence after N…

Analysis | Trump’s many dog whistles about unrest and violence
The former president’s post-conviction comment about a “breaking point” follows a long line of suggestive comments. The thrust is unmistakable.

How billionaire investors of the internet era are fighting to determine whether AI's future will be one of concentrated safety, or of unfettered advancement (Alex Konrad/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/20…

Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen And The Billionaire Battle For AI's Future
Billionaire investors of the internet era are locked in a policy battle to determine whether AI’s future will be one of concentrated safety or of unfettered advancement.

Verschlüsselung: Polizei will in Echtzeit an Datenströme von WhatsApp & Co.
Eine Informationsfreiheitsanfrage eröffnet Einblicke in die Arbeit der europäischen "Going Dark"-Expertengruppe, die das "Verschlüsselungsproblem" knacken soll.

TLにうーがいる（たのしい）

Sources detail how Apple fell behind in the AI race due to its AI team struggling to collaborate with other product teams, lacking computing resources, and more (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-ai-siri-de…

Elastisches Skelett verhilft Roboter zu Riesensprüngen
Roboter Tumro kann 40-mal so hoch springen, wie er selbst groß ist. Die Sprungenergie stammt aus einem elastischen Skelett.
https://www.

Sources detail how Apple fell behind in the AI race due to its AI team struggling to collaborate with other product teams, lacking computing resources, and more (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-ai-siri-de…

イロイッカイヅツ

CDU: Liste von Bewerbern stand frei zugänglich im Netz
Die CDU hat ein Sicherheitsleck in ihrer Online-Bewerberplattform. Namen von Bewerbern konnten öffentlich eingesehen werden.
https://www.

Pika, which offers AI tools to generate and edit videos, raised $80M from Spark, Lightspeed, and others at a $470M valuation, taking its total funding to $135M (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2…

AI video start-ups race ahead as Big Tech competition looms
AI video-generation startup Pika raised $80 million as venture capital investors continue to pour billions of dollars into startups that are trying to compete with industry heavyweights OpenAI and Google.

ロールケーキ呼んだ？
QT: https://fedibird.com/@noellabo/107006495237920026

KI-Update kompakt: G-Assist, Stable Diffusion 3, Datenminimierung, Wandern
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.…

An analysis finds 90K images of popular anime characters on generative AI image sharing sites; ~2.5K images had multiple similarities to the original artwork (Nikkei Asia)
https://t.co/V8sk4qDtT5

AI anime flood - An infringement investigation of 90,000 images：Nikkei
Generative AI is rapidly evolving, using innovative methods to produce text and images. Although new copyright rules are on the way, the illicit use of AI is undermining Japanese anime. A Nikkei investigation reveals how AI anime is flooding the internet.

"STEVEs Zwilling": Nächstes bislang unbekanntes Leuchtphänomen am Nachthimmel
Vor Jahren sorgte ein bis dato übersehenes Leuchtphänomen für Aufregung, getauft wurde es auf STEVE. Nun ist klar, dass die Angelegenheit nicht erledigt war.

The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI that included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650M to resell Inflection's tech (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ftc…

Zahlen, bitte! 23977 Freiwillige Feuerwehren für die schnelle Hilfe in der Not
In 23977 freiwilligen Feuerwehren sind Menschen rund um die Uhr im Einsatz, um Verunglückte aus Notlagen zu retten. Doch wie sind die Feuerwehren entstanden?

In a UK compliance statement, Apple revealed that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will receive security updates for a minimum of five years from September 2023 (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-software-support-commitment…

Apple finally confirms how long it will support iPhones, and it's less than Samsung and Google
Apple has confirmed they’ll provide security updates for a minimum of 5 years since the iPhone 15 went on sale.

Airbus zeigt militärische Wingman-Drohne auf ILA
Für besonders gefährliche militärische Missionen hat Airbus ein Konzept für eine Wingman-Drohne erarbeitet. Sie soll von Kampfflugzeugen aus kommandiert werden.
h…

Coinbase launches its smart wallet, which uses passkeys instead of seed phrases and works without app or extension installs, in a move to simplify onboarding (Sage D. Young/Unchained)
https://unchainedcrypto.com/coinbase-launches-i…

Coinbase Launches its Smart Wallets, Dubbing It Crypto’s ‘IPhone Moment’ - Unchained
The launch of Coinbase’s smart wallets, which don’t require seed phrases or the downloading of a browser extension or an application, aims to help bring a billion users onchain.

Berichte: TikTok lässt Code trennen, Washington hat "Kill Switch" ausgeschlagen
Während sich TikTok gerichtlich gegen das US-Verbot wehrt, wird angeblich doch ein Verkauf vorbereitet. Washington hat ein ungewöhnliches Angebot ausgeschlagen.

Nvidia staff emails: Elon Musk gave Tesla shareholders an exaggerated picture of Tesla's chip deals, and diverted "12k of shipped H100 GPUs" for Tesla to X (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/04/elon-musk-

BrightEdge: Google's AI Overviews now appear in less than 15% of search queries but on 63% of healthcare-related queries, more than any other topic (Danny Goodwin/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-v…

Google AI Overviews visibility drops, only shows for 15% of queries
Google's AI Overviews (when it was known as Search Generative Experience in Labs) once showed 84% of the time.

Last Call: Vom Einsteiger zum Profi in C – mit 5 Webinaren der heise academy
Ab dem 15. April lernen Sie die drei wichtigsten Programmier-Paradigmen für C -Entwickler kennen: funktionale, generische und objektorientierte Programmierung.

Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Forscher erkennen "kopernikanische Wende" beim EuGH
Mit dem neuen EuGH-Urteil sei der Weg prinzipiell frei für eine Totalerfassung der Online-Aktivitäten, monieren Experten. Das dürfe aber kein Freibrief sein.

Sources: Apple was in talks last year to debut Apple TV in China via a deal with China Mobile, which would make it the only US video streaming service in China (Wayne Ma/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ap

Apple Held Talks With China Mobile to Bring Apple TV+ to China
Apple was in talks last year to launch its Apple TV+ video streaming service in China via a deal with China Mobile, the country’s largest telecommunications provider, according to people with knowledge of the matter. If successful, the talks would make Apple TV+ the only U.S. streaming service ...

Filing: FTX argues it should pay the IRS a $200M priority tax claim and a $685M subordinated claim; IRS had said FTX owed $44B in taxes then revised to $24B (MK Manoylov/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/298456/ftx-wa