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Apple is ending Project Titan. EU media sues Google. Musk sues OpenAI. GitHub under attack. The real value of bitcoin is zero.
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Netflix confirms that it has begun removing billing via Apple for its longtime subscribers and is now requiring them to pay directly on its website. (The Verge)
According to Seacom, a submarine cable has been damaged in an area where Houthi fighters are attacking ships, showing how vulnerable critical undersea infrastructure can be. (Bloomberg)
A never-ending story: Apple ends Project Titan, a decade-long effort to build an electric car. Employees from some automotive teams will move to Apple's artificial intelligence division. (Bloomberg)
Sources detail Apple's more than $10 billion car project: years of disagreements over building a self-driving car or just an electric car, negotiations with Elon Musk to buy Tesla... (New York Times)
Axel Springer and 31 other media groups in Europe are suing Google for $2.3 billion because they say they suffered losses due to the company's digital advertising practices. (Reuters)
Canada's antitrust authority is expanding its four-year investigation into Google's online advertising practices to focus on whether the company is using predatory pricing. (WSJ)
The first lady of the Czech Internet is ending. Tatiana le Moigne leaves Google after 18 years (CzechCrunch)
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