Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Arizona’s AG sues Amazon, accusing the company of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers in violation of state laws, similar to complaints brought by the FTC — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed two new lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday, bringing similar complaints to those the company …
Spotify received a cease-and-desist letter from the National Music Publishers’ Association over its use of lyrics in its videos feature, remix tool, and more (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)
Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
Spotify received a cease-and-desist letter from the National Music Publishers’ Association over its use of lyrics in its videos feature, remix tool, and more — “Spotify appears to be engaged in direct infringement by hosting unlicensed musical works in its lyrics, videos and podcasts,” the NMPA writes.
Google One’s VPN service will no longer be available as of June 20, 2024; Pixel 7 devices and Pixel Fold will get a built-in VPN via an update on June 3, 2024 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google One’s VPN service will no longer be available as of June 20, 2024; Pixel 7 devices and Pixel Fold will get a built-in VPN via an update on June 3, 2024 — Earlier this year Google announced that the Google One VPN would be shutting down and, now, we have a specific date.
AT&T and satellite provider AST SpaceMobile announce an agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to cell phones; the deal runs through 2030 (Todd Shields/Bloomberg)
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
AT&T and satellite provider AST SpaceMobile announce an agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to cell phones; the deal runs through 2030 — – Deal with satellite company AST SpaceMobile runs through 2030 — Telecoms are racing to build out space-based wireless networks
Microsoft’s carbon emissions grew 29.1% from 2020 to 2023, as its push to be the global leader in AI puts its goal to be carbon negative by 2030 in peril (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Microsoft’s carbon emissions grew 29.1% from 2020 to 2023, as its push to be the global leader in AI puts its goal to be carbon negative by 2030 in peril — The company’s goal to be carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the world will outweigh its environmental impact.
Sony unveils the £1,299 Xperia 1 VI, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 6.5-inch OLED Full HD+ display, and 7.1x optical zoom lens, and the £349 Xperia 10 VI (Lewis Empson/What Hi-Fi?)
Lewis Empson / What Hi-Fi?:
Sony unveils the £1,299 Xperia 1 VI, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, a 6.5-inch OLED Full HD+ display, and 7.1x optical zoom lens, and the £349 Xperia 10 VI — Sony’s budget and flagship phones for 2024 have arrived — Sony has unleashed its latest pair of Xperia smartphones for 2024.
Palo Alto Networks is buying IBM’s QRadar cloud security software assets and moving customers to its own platform; IBM will adopt Palo Alto products internally (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Palo Alto Networks is buying IBM’s QRadar cloud security software assets and moving customers to its own platform; IBM will adopt Palo Alto products internally — Palo Alto Networks is buying cloud security software assets from IBM as part of a broader partnership that will give …
Cisco reports Q3 revenue down 13% YoY to $12.7B, vs. $12.53B est., net income down 41% YoY to $1.89B, and forecasts FY 2024 revenue above estimates (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Cisco reports Q3 revenue down 13% YoY to $12.7B, vs. $12.53B est., net income down 41% YoY to $1.89B, and forecasts FY 2024 revenue above estimates — Cisco reported earnings and revenue for the fiscal third quarter that topped Wall Street’s estimates, even with sales dropping from a year earlier.
Netflix says its ad tier has 40M MAUs, up from 23M in January, and it will launch its own ad platform and no longer partner with Microsoft for that technology (CNBC)
CNBC:
Netflix says its ad tier has 40M MAUs, up from 23M in January, and it will launch its own ad platform and no longer partner with Microsoft for that technology — Netflix’s cheaper, ad-supported tier has amassed 40 million global monthly active users, the company said Wednesday.
US judge rules Tesla must face claims it misled buyers on self-driving; it’s faced accusations since 2016 when it said new cars had “full self-driving” hardware (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)
Rachel Graf / Bloomberg:
US judge rules Tesla must face claims it misled buyers on self-driving; it’s faced accusations since 2016 when it said new cars had “full self-driving” hardware — – Negligence, fraud allegations advance based on Musk statements — CEO vowed in 2016 cars would soon self-drive from LA to NYC
