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Apple is pissed, and we'll dig into why. Plus, there are some big hints at Apple's AI plans; Meta's had a rough morning, and Sergey Brin popped back up at Google and proceeded to blow it immediately.

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• Victoria Nuland, third-highest ranking US diplomat and critic of Russia's war in Ukraine, retiring — She had been a candidate to succeed Wendy Sherman as deputy Secretary of State and had served as acting deputy since Sherman’s retirement seven months ago but lost an internal administration personnel battle when President Joe Biden nominated Kurt Campbell to the no. 2 spot. Campbell took office last month.
• The App Store, Spotify, and Europe’s thriving digital music market - Apple — The primary advocate for this decision — and the biggest beneficiary — is Spotify, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Spotify has the largest music streaming app in the world, and has met with the European Commission more than 65 times during this investigation.
• Will Oremus on X — - Apple complains there was no "credible evidence of consumer harm" - Spotify is pleased but says “it does not solve Apple’s bad behaviour
• iOS 17.4 won't remove Home Screen web apps in the EU after all — Apple is now walking back that decision and says it will “continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU.”
• Apple launches new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip, support for two external displays, faster Wi-Fi — As far as specs are concerned, the M3 MacBook Air features a faster 8-core CPU combined with up to 10-core GPU. Apple is also calling the new Air the “world’s best consumer laptop for AI” thanks to the inclusion of a faster 16-core Neural Engine.
• Teslaconomics on X — Google hackathon to stop racism & sexism in Gemeni and the founder of Google, Sergey Brin, shows up to get front row seats
• Te𝕏asLindsay™ on X — Co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, seems to think they only messed up on their image generator and fails to acknowledge that Google’s chatbot is just as broken.
• Sergey Brin Says Google 'Definitely Messed up' With Gemini Images — Sergey Brin said Google "definitely messed up" with Gemini's image generation.
• Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 on X — And they are lobbying as a group with great intensity to establish a government protected cartel, to lock in their shared agenda and corrupt products for decades to come.
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