Apple's CarPlay Ambitions and Industry Challenges

Forget the iCar, Apple wants to take over your existing car. The first candidate to test the App Store cracks has stepped forward. AMD warns that if you install Windows 11, your computer could run slower. GM gets me closer to the self-driving future I want sooner rather than later. And a weird new NFT hybrid lets you play fantasy sports with startups.

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Links:

• Apple’s Plan for Cars: Using iPhone to Control A/C, Seats, Radio and More (Bloomberg)
• Paddle Plans to Launch Alternative In-App Purchase System on iOS That Circumvents Apple's Fees (MacRumors)
• AMD: Windows 11 Slows Our CPUs Up To 15%, Patch Coming (Tom's Hardware)
• Facebook Slows New Products for ‘Reputational Reviews’ (WSJ)
• GM reveals Ultra Cruise ‘hands-free’ system that covers ‘95 percent’ of driving scenarios (The Verge)
• ‘Fantasy equity’ NFT game wants you to spend real money buying fake shares of real startups (TechCrunch)
• ‘Fantasy startup investing’ NFT platform Visionrare shuts down paid marketplace after a day in open beta (TechCrunch)

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