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Want to get this show ad free? Head to DailyTechNews Show.com subscribe to find out how. These are the daily tech headlines for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 I'm Rob Dunwood. Spotify surpassed 300 million subscribers and reached 777 million monthly active users, achieving 4.8 billion euros in quarterly revenue, 14% year over year increase despite price hikes. The platform is heavily investing in AI, introducing features for personalized podcasts, Q and A and conversational AI assistance, while also addressing concerns over AI generated music by implementing artist verification and content labeling. The FCC is reportedly drafting a ban on imports of new Chinese optical transceivers for data centers to mitigate national security risks such as potential data theft or service disruption. While intended to secure US AI infrastructure, move has cost share prices for U S based competitors like Lumentum and Coherent to rise, though it may increase costs for major American cloud providers like Amazon Web Services. The Chinese government has criticized the potential restriction, viewing it as an unjustified sanction, and warned of potential retaliatory measures. Apple is intensifying its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI by seeking a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery over alleged intellectual property theft involving former employees, a move OpenAI has firmly rejected as baseless. OpenAI defends its former Apple hires Chang Lu and Tang Yutan, arguing that Apple accusations stem from its own internal security lapses, such as failing to revoke employee access and misdirecting inquiries, while emphasizing that its own policies strictly prohibit the use of third party trade secrets. India is introducing legislation to potentially reintroduce merchant fees on its unified payments interface, moving away from zero merchant discount rate models in place since 2020. This shift aims to improve the network' sustainability and fund future growth, innovation and security by allowing banks and fintech firms to recover infrastructure costs. While the new framework could generate significant revenue for the payments industry, officials intend to preserve UPI's consumer friendly features by potentially limiting charges to larger merchants or higher value transactions. Italian tech company Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire the US Software platform Airtable in an all cash deal valued at $1.285 billion. This acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of the marks Bending Spoon's first since its recent NASDAQ debut, and aligns with its strategy of aggressively expanding its digital portfolio. Following earlier purchases of AOL and Eventbrite, Microsoft has secured a commitment from Apple to develop a solution enabling seamless copy and paste functionality between iPhones and Windows PCs, fulfilling a request made under the EU's Digital Markets Act. Apple plans to leverage its Accessory Setup kit to allow persistent user consistent clipboard access, a development it describes as a significant engineering effort. The feature is slated for completion by the fall of 2027, with plans to prioritize a rollout within the European Union. Anthropic has secured a $10 billion, six year agreement with Vultra Infra Holdings, a startup backed by Nvidia. Under the terms of the deal, Anthropic will lease computing capacity at a specialized data center located in Norway. This facility will be equipped with Nvidia's latest chips and operated in partnership with Bitdeer Technologies Group. The arrangement is designed to support the rapidly growing AI infrastructure requirements of Anthropic. Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus is beginning to shape his leadership team by hiring Laura Legros, a former vice president of hardware engineering who retired in 2022, to serve as vice president, reporting directly to him. This rare rehiring of a retired executive underscores Ternus transition from Tim Cook, who will become executive chairman on September 1st. As Ternus prepares to take the helm, he is also evaluating Apple's design organization and facing a period of potential leadership turnover. With several top executives, including Kate Adams, Luca May street and Phil Schiller approaching retirement, Telegram has been restored to the Apple App Store following a brief removal caused by concerns over child sexual abuse material. The app was reinstated after Telegram promptly removed the offending content and banned the user responsible, though the incident has reignited debates regarding the platform's moderation policies and Apple's enforcement actions, with Telegram arguing that the removal of such a widely used service was an overreaction to the actions of just a single user. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to dailytechnewshow.com and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.