Isobel Asher Hamilton

• Big Tech

  Apple and the EU Actually Agree on Something

  

  The European Commission has reached an agreement that Apple will no longer box out third-party touch-and-go payment apps.

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• Media & Entertainment

  Microsoft’s Gaming Dreams Enter Their Price-Hike Era 

  

  Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox announced it’s splitting its hugely popular subscription service Game Pass into two subscription tiers.

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• Big Tech

  X’s User Growth is Bumping Its Head on the Ceiling

  

  The Financial Times on Tuesday published some previously unreported figures from X that show its user growth has plateaued.

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• Industrials

  Europe Wants to Wean Itself off SpaceX

  

  A new kind of European rocket plans to take off from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in French Guiana.

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• Energy

  The UK’s New Government Opens the Door to Renewables Investment

  

  The United Kingdom’s newly empowered Labour has promised big shifts in the UK’s energy policy. But will it deliver?

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• Media & Entertainment

  ‘Minecraft’ Hedges Its Bets on Gaming

  

  Mojang Studios, the gaming studio behind “Minecraft,” is exploring new revenue streams like merchandising, education, and content-streaming.

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• Energy

  Shell Pulls Back on Big Biofuel Plant

  

  Shell is hitting pause on a major biofuel project in the Netherlands, one of the biggest in Europe, to consider market conditions.

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• Big Tech

  The EU Thinks Meta’s Ad-Free Service Is Illegal

  

  The European Commission said it believes Meta violated the new Digital Markets Act by implementing a monthly subscription to escape ads.

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