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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic Games files an antitrust suit against Apple, arguing the App Store is a monopoly, seeking no damages but just injunctive relief to “allow fair competition” — Epic has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit following Apple's removal of Fortnite from the App Store
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple has removed Epic Games' Fortnite from the App Store after the developer implemented its own in-app payment system, bypassing Apple's standard 30% fee — Apple says Epic is violating its App Store guidelines by using its own payment system — Apple has removed Epic Games' battle royale Fortnite …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google removes Fortnite from its Play Store, argues that although its Android ecosystem is open, Epic's decision violates store policies — You can still install it directly from Epic, however — Following its removal from the Apple App Store, Fortnite has also been kicked off of the Google Play Store for Android.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Epic files a suit against Google alleging that its Play Store payments restrictions constitute a monopoly, also accuses Google of being anti-competitive — Just like Apple — Epic Games has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust violations, just hours after being dropped …
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Android Authority, Daring Fireball, TouchArcade, Android Police, 9to5Google, and PC Gamer
Tweets: @martinsfp, @pkafka, @jcenters, @reneritchie, @tnkgrl, @stroughtonsmith, @jsnell, @jsnell, and @stroughtonsmith
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Epic enables a direct payment option in Fortnite on iOS and Android alongside the existing method, to get around app store fees; buying direct is up to 20% off — Plus, V-bucks get permanently discounted — Today, Epic announced the Fortnite “mega drop,” a permanent discount on V-bucks …
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Epic Games' Fortnite, New York Times, International Business Times, CNN, MacRumors, Reuters, CNET, GameSpot, TechCrunch, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, Six Colors, and The Information
Tweets: @markgurman, @ballmatthew, @pkafka, @tomwarren, @ow, @richontech, @ballmatthew, @zhugeex, @jake_k, @tsimonite, @pkafka, @briannawu, @elkmovie, @ow, @onejarednewman, @blakerochkind, @reneritchie, and @rdrv3
| Austen Goslin / Polygon: |
Accompanying its lawsuit, Epic released a 1984-inspired Fortnite short, parodying Apple's iconic Macintosh commercial — Epic is taking on the Apple App Store, with a video and a lawsuit — Epic premiered a new short video in Fortnite on Thursday called “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite.”
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The Guardian, ZDNet, and The Verge
Tweets: @fortnitegame, @nickwingfield, @__apf__, @snazzyq, @ibxtoycat, @caseynewton, and @ow
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic, in its suit, claims that Google forced OnePlus to break off a deal in which a special Fortnite launcher would come preinstalled on OnePlus phones — Epic sued Google after the search company kicked Fortnite from the Play Store — Epic Games sued Google over pulling Fortnite …
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will launch “Apple One” tiered subscription bundles, with Music, TV+, News+, and a new virtual fitness service, as early as October — Apple Inc. is readying a series of bundles that will let customers subscribe to several of the company's digital services …
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International Business Times, CNBC, Ars Technica, Variety, The Next Web, iMore, Ubergizmo, Reclaim The Net, Pocketnow, Gizchina, and 500ish
Tweets: @pkafka, @arctictony, @markgurman, @genepark, @markgurman, @jasongurwin, and @alexhern
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Google updates travel search results with information about COVID-19 cases at destination, percentage of available hotel rooms and operating flights, more — Google has already introduced a number of updates to help people get around during widespread closures and travel disruptions due to COVID-19.
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The Keyword, The Verge, MSPoweruser, and BGR
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US says it has seized 300+ “cryptocurrency accounts”, worth around $2M, four websites, and four Facebook pages used by al-Qaeda, Hamas' military wing, and ISIS — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the “largest ever seizure of terrorist organizations' cryptocurrency accounts” …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Wired, Engadget, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and The Verge
Tweets: @file411, @theryanford, @lachlan, @atharproject, @ttp_updates, and @dirkschwenk
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft joins Uber in saying it will pull out of California if forced to re-classify drivers as employees — The companies say they can't afford to classify drivers as employees — Lyft said it would shut down operations in California if forced to classify drivers as employees …
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On my Om, Engadget, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @phonesoldier, @wagatwe, @sesmith, and @talkpoverty
| Matt Simon / Wired: |
A look at Neural Love, which develops AI-powered video enhancement tools that can upscale, colorize, and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to 4K and 60 fps — Denis Shiryaev uses algorithms to colorize and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to a smooth 60 frames per second.
Tweets: @jenlucpiquant and @gadgetlab
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon announces the general availability of Amazon Braket on AWS, which provides a development environment for designing quantum and hybrid algorithms — Amazon today announced the general availability of Amazon Braket, a fully managed Amazon Web Services (AWS) product that provides …
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Amazon.com, Inc., Wall Street Journal, Neowin, and GeekWire
Tweets: @ajassy, @q_disclosure, and @quinnypig
| Gannon Burgett / Digital Photography Review: |
Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel and algorithms that laid the foundations for image processing and image pattern recognition, dies at 91 — Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, best known for inventing the pixel, passed away August 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 91-years-old.
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Oregonian and PetaPixel
Tweets: @stymiedthoughts, @sparkshot_io, @chasejonez, @transdescendent, and @suhaibkhan
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researcher awarded a $6,000 payout after he found Instagram retained photos and DMs on its servers more than a year after he deleted them; the bug is now fixed — A security researcher was awarded a $6,000 bug bounty payout after he found Instagram retained photos and private direct messages on its servers long after he deleted them.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook officially launches a Voting Information Center on Facebook and Instagram, with state-by-state information on how to register and vote — Eager to avoid a repeat of its disastrous role as a super-spreader of misinformation during the 2016 election cycle, Facebook is getting its ducks in a row.
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NPR, CBS News, MarketWatch, and Reform Austin
Tweets: @facebook, @vanitaguptacr, @theleadcnn, @nprinskeep, @timharper1, @lalasoo, and @mikeisaac
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple, Disney, and others participated in a White House call over the potential WeChat ban, arguing it could undermine their competitiveness in China — Companies including Apple, Disney and Walmart participate in call with White House over action against China's most important app
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China Internet Watch, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Reuters
Tweets: @lingling_wei, @srussolillo, @jchengwsj, and @jchengwsj
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