Apple May Face Criminal Charges for Allegedly Lying to a Federal Judge

A US judge says Apple deliberately chose not to comply with an order requiring it to loosen App Store rules—then tried to cover up its disobedience.

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Judge Rebukes Apple and Orders It to Loosen Grip on App Store

The ruling was a stinging defeat for Apple in a long-running antitrust case brought by Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, on behalf of app developers.

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Amazon launches Nova Premier, its most capable AI model yet

Amazon on Wednesday released what the company claims is the most capable AI model in its Nova family, Nova Premier. Nova Premier, which can process text, images, and videos (but not audio), is available in Amazon Bedrock, the company’s AI model development platform. Amazon says that Premier excels at “complex tasks” that “require deep understanding […]

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Study accuses LM Arena of helping top AI labs game its benchmark

A new paper from AI lab Cohere, Stanford, MIT, and Ai2 accuses LM Arena, the organization behind the popular crowdsourced AI benchmark Chatbot Arena, of helping a select group of AI companies achieve better leaderboard scores at the expense of rivals. According to the authors, LM Arena allowed some industry-leading AI companies like Meta, OpenAI, […]

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Meta says China retailers are reducing digital ad spend

Chinese online retailers have cut back their spending on Facebook and Instagram ads in reaction to President Donald Trump’s tough trade policy with the country.

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Microsoft passes its first test on U.S. tariffs with limited portfolio exposure

If rising costs do push businesses to boost efficiency, Microsoft, with its Copilot artificial intelligence assistant, could be helpful, CEO Satya Nadella said.

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Court finds Apple, executive lied under oath in Epic Games trial

Apple willfully violated and ignored a 2021 decision that came out of the Epic Games case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a decision on Wednesday.

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Microsoft expects some AI capacity constraints this quarter

An executive cautioned during Microsoft’s earnings call on Wednesday that customers might face AI service disruptions as demand outstrips the company’s ability to bring data centers online. Microsoft’s EVP and CFO Amy Hood said during the company’s fiscal 2025 third-quarter earnings call that the company may face AI capacity constraints as early as June. “We […]

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Epic Systems expands EHR market share lead over Oracle Health

Epic notched its largest ever net gain in hospital market share for electronic health records, a report on Wednesday said.

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Meta warns of ‘worse’ experience for European users

Meta said the negative impact could kick in as soon as the third quarter of this year.

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