Italy’s antitrust watchdog probes Apple over alleged app market abuse

By Alvise Armellini and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple Inc for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market. The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing “a more restrictive privacy policy” than it applies…

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Facebook owner Meta announces tests of generative AI ads tool

By Katie Paul and Sheila Dang NEW YORK (Reuters) – Social media giant Meta Platforms Inc joined the generative AI product race on Thursday, saying it would begin testing artificial intelligence-powered ad tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text. A select group of advertisers will be invited to experiment…

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Disney shares fall most since Iger’s return after streaming subscriber losses

By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co shares ended down more than 8% on Thursday as a surprise drop in streaming subscribers fanned worries that the media and entertainment company could be sacrificing growth in its bid to stem losses. The decline erased about $16 billion from the company’s market value and marked the stock’s…

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Israel kills senior Gaza commanders as rockets cause first death in Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM, Israel (Reuters) -Israel killed the head of Islamic Jihad’s rocket force and his deputy, pressing an operation that has cost 30 lives in Gaza including women and children, while Palestinian cross-border rocket salvoes inflicted a first fatality in Israel on Thursday. Amid mediation efforts by Egypt, neither side…

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U.S. homeland security chief says border facilities strained by new arrivals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is already seeing high number of border encounters in certain areas, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday ahead of a COVID-19 immigration restriction called Title 42’s midnight expiration. “Our borders are not open,” Mayorkas told reporters at a White House briefing, warning of tougher consequences for…

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