Daily Tech News 13 July 2023

• Microsoft has won its court battle with the FTC over its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, which is rather like a cat winning a fight with a crow over who gets to eat the rear end of a dead mouse. (The Verge)
  
  The FTC was seeking an injunction, which has been denied. That means the acquisition can go ahead, and any further action by the FTC would be up against a fait accompli.
  
  
  
• The FTC has appealed the ruling on the basis of nothing. (The Verge)
  
  That is, they've file a notice of appeal, but given no reasoning whatsoever. Presumably there will be a reason given at some point, but they need to think of it first.

• Elon Musk has launched YAFAC, Yet Another AI Company. (WCCFTech)
  
  The legal name of the corporate entity is xAI, but we all know what it is.
  
  
  
• Big businesses running subscription services (which is all of them, it would seem) are fighting the FTC's plan for click-to-cancel rules. (The Register)
  
  They allege that being able to cancel your subscription easily would harm their customers because their customers are mindless zombies as evidenced by the fact that they subscribed in the first place.
  
  Fair.
  
  
  
• The latest version of MacOS is looking more like an iPhone than ever. (The Verge)
  
  Which is great unless you want to use your Mac as if it were a real computer, in which case you're fucked. MacOS used to be great because it was a pretty UI over a solid Unix system, but Apple is working tirelessly to fix both of those problems.

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