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European Commission says Meta has proposed limited changes to its pay-or-consent ad model, and Meta faces daily fines if it determines they are not sufficient (Reuters)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU says
Meta Platforms made only limited changes to its pay-or-consent model, and EU regulators cannot confirm compliance with an antitrust order. The European Commission may impose periodic penalties starting June 27, if Meta continues to fail meeting the required standards.

Microsoft is now allowing developers to sign up for a private preview of what it calls the Windows Update orchestration platform, that will enable Windows Update to support any update for apps or drivers in the future.
https://www.theverge.com/news/675446/micro

Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps
Microsoft is starting to open up Windows Update to third-party apps. A new preview is designed to let any app developer use Windows Update.

Deezer rolls out AI tagging system to fight streaming fraud; says up to 70% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are fraudulent

Deezer rolls out AI tagging system to fight streaming fraud; says up to 70% of streams from fully AI-
Platform has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first AI tagging system for music streaming…

Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...

How HP's poor strategic and systematic thinking by HP destroyed WebOS and $1.2 billion, a platform before it's time that deserved better.
https://philmckinney.substack.com/p/i-convinced-hps-board-to-buy-palm
(Fun fact: the lead desig…

I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days
The systematic thinking errors that kill breakthrough technology and the decision framework that prevents these disasters

Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-instag…

TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success
Rejoice, couch potatoes. TikTok and Instagram, following YouTube’s lead, are working on ways to make it easier for viewers to watch videos from their apps on TV screens. The social media giants see an opportunity to grab some of the ad dollars flowing to the streaming TV market. Meta Platforms’ ...

A year after the CrowdStrike incident spawned BSODs across the world, in July, Microsoft will roll out its Windows endpoint security platform to allow Windows solutions to run outside the kernel, hopefully eliminating the chance of such an incident again.
https://redmondmag.c…

Deezer rolls out AI tagging system to fight streaming fraud; says up to 70% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are fraudulent
#AI #MusicTech #NotTrustworthy

Deezer rolls out AI tagging system to fight streaming fraud; says up to 70% of streams from fully AI-
Platform has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first AI tagging system for music streaming…

NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content (Andrew Demillo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/net-choice-ar…

Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws
A tech industry trade group has sued Arkansas over two new law placing limits on content on social media platforms. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court by NetChoice, whose members include TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and X, formerly known as Twitter. The lawsuit comes months after a federal judge struck down an Arkansas law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. The new laws the group is challenging include one that would allow paren…

Elon Musk says X will charge for ads "based on vertical size", with an ad taking up the whole screen costing more than one that takes up a quarter of the screen (Matt Swider/The Shortcut)
https://www.theshortcut.com/p/x-changes-ads-sizes-bans-ha…

X will start charging for ads based on vertical size, get rid of ad hashtags, says Elon Musk
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is trying to disincentivize 'giant ads that impair the user experience