Top stories today:

1. Advertising non-profit coalition GARM shuts down following X, Rumble suits
2. Apple planning smallest Mac mini ever with M4 chip
3. OpenAI discloses GPT-4o safety testing Scorecard
4. DeepMind Robotics demos “solidly amateur” table tennis robot
5. 30-year mortgage rate drops to 6.47%, lowest levels in 15 months
6. Apple announces new rules, fee structure to comply with DMA

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0. Data and calendar

1. Advertising non-profit coalition GARM shuts down following X, Rumble lawsuits

• Parent World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) said GARM lacks financial resources.

• WFA claims no wrongdoing and will challenge X’s lawsuit.

• WFA and other companies were the suit’s named defendants, not GARM itself.

• GARM allegedly encouraged advertisers to boycott X after Musk’s buyout.

2. Apple planning smallest Mac mini ever with M4 chip

Mac sales may get revived with the new model:

• First major design change since 2010 revamp.

• 2 versions in development, one may have yet-to-be-announced M4 Pro chip.

• Apple TV set-top box-like size.

• 3 USB-C ports, HDMI port likely.

4. OpenAI discloses GPT-4o safety testing Scorecard