Churn Rates, Legal Battles, and Mobile Gaming Aspirations

The action button is coming to all the iPhones with increased functionality. Reconstituting the cable bundle example #972. Microsoft wants to create a mobile gaming app store sometime soon. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• iPhone 16 to Include Action Button Across Entire Lineup (MacRumors)
• Apple and Paramount Discuss Bundling Their Streaming Services (WSJ)
• Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates (Bleeping Computer)
• US judge blocks Montana from banning TikTok use in state (Reuters)
• Tiger Global’s Biggest Venture Fund Has 18% Loss After Markdowns (Bloomberg)
• Xbox Talking to Partners for Mobile Store, CEO Spencer Says (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that? (The Verge)
• This Nvidia Cofounder Could Have Been Worth $70 Billion. Instead He Lives Off The Grid (Forbes)
• Anduril Builds a Tiny, Reusable Fighter Jet That Blows Up Drones (Bloomberg)
• The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’ (NYTimes)

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