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OpenAI Told Apple to Take a Leap of Faith. Now It’s Considering Suing Them.

The relationship between Apple and OpenAI has gone from promising to openly hostile, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. OpenAI lawyers are actively working with an outside legal firm on potential action against Apple, with options including sending a formal breach of contract notice without necessarily filing a full...
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Signal to Ottawa: We’ll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government's proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure messaging app says it would rather ditch the Canadian market than be forced to weaken the privacy protections it has built its reputation on. In an interview with The Globe and Mail,...
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The U.S. Mint Put Steve Jobs on a Dollar Coin and It Vanished Instantly

The U.S. Mint’s latest release in the American Innovation $1 Coin series, featuring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, debuted yesterday and essentially sold out right away. The California-themed coins were offered in 25-coin rolls and 100-coin bags but are now listed as unavailable on the official U.S. Mint website. The 25-coin rolls were originally priced at...