Sunday, March 24, 2024

Despite X's push to attract creators, its strategy remains unclear, as some creators cite concerns about the state of X's ad business and inconsistent payments (Alexa Corse/Wall Street Journal)

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Despite X's push to attract creators, its strategy remains unclear, as some creators cite concerns about the state of X's ad business and inconsistent payments  —  Despite platform's push, many creators say X is still a long way away from becoming a major source of revenue for them



Chinese officials have begun following the new PC, laptop, and server guidelines to phase out Intel/AMD processors and Windows from government PCs and servers (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Chinese officials have begun following the new PC, laptop, and server guidelines to phase out Intel/AMD processors and Windows from government PCs and servers  —  China has introduced new guidelines that will mean US microprocessors from Intel and AMD are phased out of government PCs and servers …



An analysis of the DOJ's case against Apple; sources: Apple will start rolling out its system to update packaged iPhones' software to its US stores in April (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
An analysis of the DOJ's case against Apple; sources: Apple will start rolling out its system to update packaged iPhones' software to its US stores in April  —  With its lawsuit against Apple, the Justice Department focuses on outdated issues and irrelevant points, missing an opportunity to address more pressing concerns.



How the restructuring of Diamond Sports, with a lifeline from Amazon, might offer a new model for airing local sports fixtures in the streaming era (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
How the restructuring of Diamond Sports, with a lifeline from Amazon, might offer a new model for airing local sports fixtures in the streaming era  —  A lifeline to the bankrupt Diamond Sports Group might offer a new model for airing local fixtures in the streaming era



Saturday, March 23, 2024

Source: Spain's High Court orders the suspension of Telegram after media companies complained it was allowing users to upload their content without permission (Reuters)

Reuters:
Source: Spain's High Court orders the suspension of Telegram after media companies complained it was allowing users to upload their content without permission  —  Spain's High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram's services in the country after media companies complained …



BeReal's challenges show the difficulty for new consumer apps to break out absent a big platform shift, as users lack the time to try additional consumer apps (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
BeReal's challenges show the difficulty for new consumer apps to break out absent a big platform shift, as users lack the time to try additional consumer apps  —  The recent reports that BeReal is struggling with either a fundraise or growth or both, is a bummer.



The Philippines' new undersea internet cable network is expected to bring jobs to remote islands, boosting the country's BPO sector, which employed 1.7M in 2023 (Yuichi Shiga/Nikkei Asia)

Yuichi Shiga / Nikkei Asia:
The Philippines' new undersea internet cable network is expected to bring jobs to remote islands, boosting the country's BPO sector, which employed 1.7M in 2023  —  Project expected to bring stable internet and new jobs to more remote islands  —  InfiniVAN holds a cable pulling ceremony on the island of Boracay in November 2022.



Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...