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Apple updated its App Store rules to explicitly ban AI 'nudify' apps that generate nonconsensual intimate images, capitulating to mounting pressure after the Grok deepfake scandal, Senate threats, WWDC protests, and a San Francisco city attorney's takedown order.
Investors are rewarding cloud-host players (AWS, Microsoft) for AI-driven growth, while capex remains huge and regulatory headwinds (App Store changes and looming Supreme Court ruling) could impact margins.
Reddit posted a solid Q2 with $805 million revenue (+61% YoY) and $253 million net income (+183%), but AI-driven search shifts and uncertainty around data licensing with Google pressured the stock despite beating guidance.
Apple faces RAM-driven supply constraints and big memory-price headwinds while AI infrastructure spending, private-market rotations, and cloud-competition shape the broader investment landscape highlighted by AI-focused hedge fund activity, Reddit earnings, and Amazon/AWS capex.
Apple attributes weaker services growth to a gaming slowdown and US App Store payment-rule changes, despite topping 1.5 billion paid subscriptions.
Apple faces a lawsuit alleging negligence in App Store security after three users lose $1.8M to a fraudulent crypto wallet app, challenging the platform’s claimed safety controls amid broader regulatory debates on App Store restrictions.
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