Meta's Threads and Microsoft's Strategic Hiring in AI

Everyone is analyzing the DOJ’s case against Apple. An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon has been uncovered. Threads joins the Fediverse. How that whole Microsoft hiring the Inflection AI team actually maths out. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Links:

• Apple CarPlay is anticompetitive, too, US lawsuit alleges (The Verge)
• U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction (Six Colors)
• Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys (ArsTechnica)
• Threads’ fediverse beta opens to share your posts on Mastodon, too (The Verge)
• Microsoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its Staff (The Information)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story (Wired)
• China’s Super-Cheap EVs Offer Hope for Average American Buyers (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Indie, rocked (The Verge)

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