Episode 222: Google’s $3.5B EU Fine, Apple Watch Legal Battles, Warner Bros. vs AI Batman, and Touchscreen Mac Rumours
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, as we dive into the week’s most surprising, strange, and speculative tech headlines.
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ay and Karl unpack a busy week in tech: Google’s record-breaking EU fine, Apple Watch legal wrangling, Warner Bros. going after AI-generated Batman, a Switch modder’s costly courtroom gamble, and bold claims from AMD about its next-gen GPUs. Plus, could Apple finally be ready to launch a touchscreen Mac?
In This Episode
News
- EU fines Google $3.5 billion: over adtech antitrust violations.
- US Customs asks court to toss Masimo lawsuit: another twist in Apple Watch’s legal battles.
- Warner Bros. sues Midjourney: aiming to stop AI knockoffs of Batman and Scooby-Doo.
- Switch modder owes Nintendo $2 million: after representing himself in court.
- AMD vs Nvidia: next-gen GPUs claimed to beat Nvidia at “any sort of AI workload.”
Rumours
- Apple to launch touchscreen Macs: starting with an OLED MacBook Pro.
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