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TNB Tech Minute: EU Law Chips Away at Apple’s Walled Garden

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus, fintech startup Revolut will sell employee-owned shares to investors at a $45 billion valuation. And, EV-maker Rivian suspends production of electric delivery vans used by Amazon due to parts shortage. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.8

to prevent ransomware and AI attacks that target business.

0:11.7

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0:16.0

dot com slash Zero-Trust AI. Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Friday, August 16th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:27.1

Apple's Wald Garden is starting to come down, at least in Europe. The recent European Union law known as the Digital Markets Act forced the iPhone

0:36.2

maker to open up its app store to outside developers.

0:40.2

The law aims to boost competition.

0:42.4

Epic Games, the maker of Fort Knight, launched an alternative app store for iPhone users in Europe today.

0:48.0

And this week, Spotify began directing European users on its iOS music streaming app to the company's website to sign up for

0:54.9

subscriptions, something it wasn't previously permitted to do.

0:58.9

FinTech startup Revolute has agreed to sell employee-owned shares to investors at a $45 billion valuation.

1:06.7

The company says it's selling the shares to a group led by new shareholders, Co2 and D1 capital

1:11.9

partners, as well as existing investor Tiger Global.

1:15.1

Revolute hasn't disclosed the value of the shares to be sold.

1:18.4

The journal previously reported the plan to sell about $500 million of employee stock at a 45 billion dollar valuation.

1:25.3

The transaction establishes Revolute as the world's most valuable FinTech startup after Stripe.

1:32.0

And Electric Vehicle Maker Rivian Automotive says it temporarily suspended production of electric delivery vans used by Amazon.

1:40.0

A Rivian spokesperson said in a statement, the stall was due to a parts shortage, but that the company expects to recover all missed production.

1:49.0

For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out Monday's Tech News Briefing Podcast.

1:55.0

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1:59.8

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2:02.2

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