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Apple Faces EU Deadline to Comply with App Store Concerns (WSJ. 20250626)
A 60-day window expires today for Apple to comply with an EU decision requiring the tech giant to tell users about better deals outside of its App Store. It's the first time that European Union's competition regulator will review what big tech has done to comply with its landmark Digital Markets Act after fining companies for flouting rules. Earlier this year, the regulator fined Apple $583 million over its App Store terms. Apple declined to comment on today's deadline, but said when the fine was handed down in April, that it would appeal, finding it unfairly targeting the company and bad for user privacy. Elsewhere, a top aide to Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, who was promoted less than a year ago, has left the company. People familiar with the matter told the Journal, Omead Afshar, who was in charge of sales and manufacturing operations in North America and Europe did not return WSJ's request for comment. Sources also said the company's director for human resources left the company. The moves come after Tesla's core vehicle manufacturing business has suffered its deepest sales decline in years. Globally, new vehicle deliveries were down 13% in the first quarter while profit dropped 71%. And one final exclusive story to tell you about, Mark Zuckerberg has poached three researchers from OpenAI to join Meta's superintelligence efforts, people familiar with the matter told the Journal. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the departure of the three employees working in the company's Zurich office, which they set up late last year. Before that, the trio worked together at Google DeepMind, that company's AI unit. OpenAI's Sam Altman said, Tuesday, he's not worried about Zuckerberg's hiring blitz.
EU는 연초에 애플에게 앱스토어 외 저렴한 옵션이 있다면 사용자에게 알려야 한다는 시정 명령을 내렸으며 이행 기한 60일이 오늘 만료됨. 당시 EU는 애플이 디지털시장법(DMA)을 위반했다며 과징금을 부과했으며(5억8천3백만 달러) 시정 사항을 검토할 예정임. 이에 대해 애플은 자사를 겨냥한 것이며, 사용자 프라이버시에 악영향을 끼친다며 항소하겠다고 했음. 한편, Tesla의 북미 및 유럽 판매 및 제조 책임자 Omead Afshar가 퇴사함. 이 배경으로 Tesla의 핵심 자동차 제조 사업이 몇 년만에 판매가 급감함. 올해 1분기 신규 차량 판매는 전세계적으로 13%, 이익은 71% 하락함. 한편, Mark Zuckerberg가 Meta의 초지능(superintelligence) 역량을 키우기 위해 OpenAI에서 연구원 3명을 영입함. 이 3명은 예전에 Google DeepMind에서 일한 경력이 있음. OpenAI의 Sam Altman는 이러한 영입 공세에 대해 우려하지 않는다고 언급함
