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Epic Games says Apple informed it that all of Epic's developer accounts will be terminated on August 28; Epic has asked a court to issue a restraining order — Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store and has informed Epic that on Friday, August 28 Apple will terminate all our developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools. We are asking the court to stop this retaliation. Details here: https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/ ...
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Epic says that Apple's move to revoke its permission to develop tools for iOS and Mac would prevent its popular Unreal Engine from working on Apple platforms — Epic went after Apple, and now the tech giant strikes back. Epic Games revealed on Twitter that Apple is revoking Epic's permissions …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches its first bundle for TV+ subscribers, letting US users subscribe to CBS All Access and Showtime for $9.99 per month via Apple TV channels — Apple has today launched its first bundle partnership for Apple TV+ subscribers. With an active Apple TV+ subscription …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Apple says it is expanding the time period when customers in US and Canada can subscribe to AppleCare+ from 60 days to a year from product purchase — - CEO Cook said Covid-19 pandemic curbed demand for warranty — Purchase window extended to up to a year from device purchase
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Regardless of Epic's chances in court, every decision Apple makes favoring itself, and not society in general, is an invitation to scrutinize its power — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan, in last week's decision by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Robinhood says it raised $200M Series G from D1 Capital Partners, valuing it at $11.2B, up from a $8.6B valuation it received after last month's $320M raise — The popular stock trading app Robinhood announced on Monday that it raised a $200 million Series G funding round from a new investor, D1 Capital Partners.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
UK government reverses course after using an algorithm to calculate high school exam results, using teacher estimates instead, following claims of serious bias — Protesters chanted ‘Fuck the algorithm’ outside the country's Department for Education — The UK has said that students …
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Some developers are using Apple's TestFlight tool to distribute personal apps, often just for themselves or friends, away from the App Store — This club has everything: Cool unreleased apps. Hardly any rules. Endless mystery and tech cred for those who get in.| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple expands its independent repair shop program to Macs, after it debuted last year for iPhones only — (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday it had expanded a program that provides parts and training to independent repair shops to cover its Mac computers.| Nathan Crooks / Bloomberg: |
TikTok starts a Twitter account and website, aggregating positive news stories, to “set the record straight” about “misinformation” regarding TikTok — TikTok said Monday that it started a website and Twitter account to address what it called rumors in real time …
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Sources: Amazon is in preliminary talks to acquire a minority stake in Rackspace; Rackspace's stock has jumped 14%+ — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in preliminary talks to invest in U.S. cloud services provider Rackspace Technology Inc, people familiar with the discussion said on Monday.| Emma Thomasson / Reuters: |
Germany's antitrust authority says it has launched an investigation into Amazon's influence over third-party traders selling on its platform — BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon's relationship with third-party traders selling on its site …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
IBM announces Power10 CPUs, its first commercial 7-nanometer processors with up to 3x efficiency, aimed at big data analytics and AI workloads — At the Hot Chips 2020 conference, which was held virtually this year, IBM announced the IBM Power10. It's the successor to the Power9 and represents …
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US says it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei's access to semiconductors and add its affiliates in 21 countries to the government's economic blacklist — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is set to announce on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co …
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