The expected EU hammer is coming down on Apple. Yuga Labs’ latest project didn’t bring down Ethereum, but made it hella expensive. Bots DID bring down Solana. Again. A new book looks at why Jony Ive left Apple. And what the heck is going on with Google and it’s AI researchers?Sponsors:Traceroute Podcast (Origins.dev for more info)Links:Apple charged by Brussels with abusing its market power in mobile payments (Financial Times)Bored Ape Metaverse Frenzy Raises Millions, Crashes Ethereum (Bloomberg)Bored Ape Yacht Club creator’s metaverse mint rocks the Ethereum blockchain (The Verge)Solana Goes Dark for 7 Hours as Bots Swarm ‘Candy Machine’ NFT Minting Tool (CoinDesk)Grindr User Data Has Been for Sale for Years (WSJ)How Technocrats Triumphed at Apple (NYTimes)Another Firing Among Google’s A.I. Brain Trust, and More Discord (NYTimes)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.