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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court  —  US online travel site says Brussels has not shown €1.63bn acquisition of Swedish group will force rivals to close Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ed Bott / ZDNet: A look at Microsoft’s Surface business as device revenue plunged in FY 2023 after growing steadily since FY 2014, as a major correction hits the wider PC market  —  Do you like roller coaster rides?  Do you crave those steep drops where the car plunges more than a thousand feet at an insane angle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vauhini Vara / Wired: A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite’s novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature  —  Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I’m not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court  —  US online travel site says Brussels has not shown €1.63bn acquisition of Swedish group will force rivals to close Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Doc: Booking.com accuses the EU of using “misleading” and “selective” facts to block its €1.63B Etraveli acquisition and plans to challenge any ban in court  —  US online travel site says Brussels has not shown €1.63bn acquisition of Swedish group will force rivals to close Lees verder op Tech Meme

Becky Peterson / The Information: Sources: SpaceX does not plan to test its direct to cell service with T-Mobile until 2024 as it works out technical kinks, after a planned rollout in late 2023  —  When SpaceX’s new Starship rocket exploded during a test flight in April, the company largely painted it as a success … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at the antitrust activists attending the DOJ’s Google antitrust trial every day and documenting their observations through social media and newsletters  —  A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search.  A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme