Alibaba sues to be removed from US blacklist inclusion over alleged links to Chinese military, YouTube settles before a second major social media addiction case begins, and Rockstar opens pre-orders for the long-delayed Grand Theft Auto VI.
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Alibaba filed suit in California federal court, suing to be removed from the Pentagon blacklist claiming the platform is linked to the Chinese military. The US Department of Defense previously declared Alibaba’s compliance with China’s technology regulators effectively makes it an arm of the military. Alibaba states its platforms are built for cloud and retail computing, not weapons or intelligence, and that the blacklist determination has “no basis in fact or law”.
Source: BBC
YouTube reached an undisclosed settlement with the plaintiff known as R.K.C for a second major social media addiction case, set to begin on July 27th. The case will proceed against Meta, TikTok, and Snap. Previously, a similar case wrapped in March with a 20yo woman identified as Kaley awarded a $6 million resolution, with 70% to be paid by Meta and 30% by Google. Meta and Google’s petition for a new trial was denied and the companies plan to appeal the decision. TikTok and Snap had settled with Kaley before the trial began.
Source: Courthouse News
The US Federal Communications Commission raised over $3.5 billion through an auction of wireless mid-band spectrum, with up to $3.3 billion of the proceeds being directed to the FCC “Rip and Replace” program, which aims to remove telecom gear provided by Chinese manufacturers including Huawei and ZTE.
Source: Reuters
Reuter’s sources report Qualcomm is in talks to provide chip-design services to ByteDance. US-based Qualcomm is reportedly looking to diversify in order to reduce dependence on the smartphone market as the company’s biggest revenue driver. Qualcomm is currently the largest supplier of smartphone modem chips. Sources say negotiations with China’s ByteDance are ongoing.
Source: Reuters
On Tuesday, TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed Seedance 2.5, a 4K AI video model that can create a 30-second video with up to 50 reference inputs, a jump from the previous version’s 12. Seedance 2.5 is currently only in an enterprise beta, with the public launch expected in July. No word on whether the model will be available in the United States.
Source: The Next Web
Google Messages is rolling out Chat Themes for Android users, providing more granular customization options, visible only to the user on their own phone. The controls offer wallpapers, with Google including stock images in half a dozen categories — like animals, black & white, macro, and more — and users can also manually select their own photos. Devices included in the rollout will see the “Change Colors” option in Messages changed to “Chat Theme”.
Source: 9to5Google
The South China Morning Post reports 48 Chinese developers filed a complaint with China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) against Apple over App Store fees. In an open letter the developers demanded an investigation regarding Apple’s market dominance, “unfair and excessively high” fees, and Apple’s failure to honor a promise to charge the lowest commission in China. Apple has not yet responded to South China Morning Post’s request for comment.
Source: South China Morning Post
Rockstar announced pre-orders for the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI open at midnight on Wednesday, June 24th for the PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. The physical edition of GTA6 contains “a download code inside the box”. Rockstar added that these physical copies will ship on November 12th, meaning gamers should have their digital codes in hand, and be able to pre-load, for the launch on November 19th. The standard version retails for $79.99 and the ultimate edition will be $99.99.
Source: The Verge
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