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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google to issue new guidelines emphasizing that developers must use Google's own billing service for in-app purchases and subscriptions in Play Store — - Google and Apple's 30% cut of purchases is under scrutiny — Google to update developer rules to emphasize requirement
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Thurrott, 9to5Google, Android Police, MacRumors, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Android Central, and Neowin
Tweets: @markgurman, @business, @ichetan, @somospostpc, @cryptobabel, @cryptobabel, @campuscodi, @jamestitcomb, and @stroughtonsmith
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31 — Last month, Facebook introduced support for paid online events — and since many of the businesses offering those events have struggled during …
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The Information, The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Vox, Bloomberg, CNBC, Variety, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, Adweek, and Engadget
Tweets: @jhuckaby and @mattnavarra
| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
A group of about 25 experts say they have formed the Real Facebook Oversight Board, a group to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions — Some of Facebook's most vocal critics are tired of waiting for its independent oversight board — so they're starting their own.
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Axios, Breitbart, The Verge, and Reuters
Tweets: @carolecadwalla, @rmac18, @lfdodds, @davegershgorn, @rasmus_kleis, @caseynewton, @charlesarthur, @oliviasolon, @evan_greer, @jason_kint, and @justinhendrix. Thanks:@william_fitz
| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Former director at Facebook, Tim Kendall, told Congress Facebook “took a page from Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset” — “At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war,” he added.
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Business Insider
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| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Luna cloud gaming service, going live in October for $5.99/month, with a gamepad and support for Fire TV, PC, Mac, iOS, and later for Android — Spoiler: It's not a native iOS app. — 4m ago — Luna is what happens when you take the subscription model of Prime Video … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The European Commission says it will appeal the July 2020 ruling that reversed the original $15B fine against Apple and Ireland over State Aid and taxes — It's not over until it's over for Apple and its ongoing tax headache in Europe. Today the European Commission announced that it plans …
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Tweets: @vestager, @bobbymcdonagh1, @meme_ec, and @conoraon
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple confirms it had acquired cross-platform podcast app Scout FM, which created podcast stations for users based on listening history, before shutting it down — - Company acquired Scout FM earlier this year in podcasting push — Acquisition continues rapid pace of Apple deals this year
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Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Apple Must, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, MACお宝 …, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @gartenberg and @brianroemmele
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says its test to prompt users to read articles before retweeting was a success, with users opening articles 40% more and sometimes opting not to retweet — Twitter's experiment to get people to actually read the content they're sharing is going so well the company plans to expand it to the platform at large “very soon.”
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The Verge, TechRadar, 9to5Google, Wccftech, Engadget, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @twittercomms, @twittercomms, @twittercomms, @froomkin, @techzim, @abbyfuller, @kantrowitz, @codinghorror, @moniquemeche, @miserabletop, @robinwauters, @kayvz, @gisellalomax, @scottlincicome, @bborrman, @mikamckinnon, @niedsg, @kuzmanovica, @manishm, @nikkastar, @jesselehrich, @jack, @parisdaguerre, and @davezatz
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ahead of public market debut on Sept. 30, Palantir has told investors that its shares could start trading at $10 apiece, valuing the company ~$22B — Bankers have told investors stock could start trading at around $10, sources say — Palantir Technologies Inc. is expected to fetch …
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| Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: |
CISA: a hacker accessed the network of an unnamed US federal agency using valid credentials for multiple users' Microsoft 365 accounts and domain admin accounts — An unnamed U.S. federal agency was hit with a cyber-attack after a hacker used valid access credentials, authorities said on Thursday.
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us-cert.cisa.gov, ZDNet, FedScoop, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and Federal Computer Week
Tweets: @ericgeller and @kimzetter
| Nelson Bocanegra / Reuters: |
Colombia-based delivery app Rappi has raised over $300M from T. Rowe Price and others — BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian all-purpose delivery app Rappi has raised over $300 million (£235.3 million) in a funding round that saw interest from T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc, among others, the company said on Thursday.| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Facebook says it removed 200+ accounts Thursday that were associated with US election interference in the past, “including those involved in DC leaks in 2016” — Facebook on Thursday removed over 200 phony accounts and dozens of pages that originated in Russia and pumped …
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About Facebook, Graphika, Engadget, The Daily Beast, DFRLab, The Hill, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @benyt, @noupside, @alexstamos, @camillefrancois, @edbott, @kendilaniannbc, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @charles_lister, @elizrael, @ngleicher, and @benimmo
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Justice Department asks a federal judge to allow the government to bar Apple and Google from offering WeChat for download in US app stores pending an appeal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in San Francisco early on Friday to allow the government …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook outlines new rules for its internal Workplace, including banning profile pictures that promote specific political candidates or causes — - Facebook on Thursday outlined its new set of rules for employee communications within Workplace, the company's internal social network.
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Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @lizzadwoskin, @kevinroose, @sharonodea, @dispositive, @intelwire, @rmac18, @tysonbrody, @pinboard, @pareene, @slpng_giants, @zkarlinn, @mattyglesias, @juliacarriew, @emilybell, @pareene, @mralancooper, @mattstephens, @mattlargey, @ericajoy, @sivavaid, @mattgertz, @rashadrobinson, @craigsilverman, @cwarzel, @dseetharaman, @shallowbrigade, @jason, @william_fitz, @cwarzel, and @sal19. Thanks:@sal19
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Ahead of US elections, YouTube says it is including info panels under videos about voting by mail, pointing viewers to a report by the Bipartisan Policy Center — Official candidate info will also appear in searches — YouTube is stepping up its measures against misinformation around the upcoming US election.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Interview with Dantley Davis, Twitter's chief design officer, on building diverse and inclusive design teams in tech — When Dantley Davis worked as a designer at Netflix a few years back, he had an epiphany: For ages, “Star Wars” had been marketed as a sci-fi saga. But what if it could also be a princess story?
Tweets: @godisrivera, @protocol, @twittercareers, @d_lux_brand, @steven_aquino, @jank0, and @jordanellyse
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Hootsuite says it will terminate its ICE contract after disagreements within the company spilled over into public view when an employee tweeted about the deal — After disagreements within the company spilled over into public controversy, Hootsuite says it won't go forward with a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Ring says it will offer end-to-end encryption for video feeds by the end of this year and will let Ring owners disable the controversial Neighbors feature — The company will also allow Ring owners to disable the controversial Neighbors feature from the mobile app| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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Washington Post, The Ring Blog, New York Times, International Business Times, TechRadar, Engadget, Wired, Engadget, and CNBC
Tweets: @joannastern, @geoffreyfowler, @brianroemmele, @geoffreyfowler, @verge, @mkbhd, @jason, @geoffreyfowler, @waltmossberg, @fightfortheftr, @backlon, @tomwarren, @rmac18, @briannawu, @metaljesusrocks, @jennyenicholson, @jbillinson, @jake_hanrahan, @seamushughes, @tsimonite, @webster, @willoremus, @pt, @caseynewton, @levie, @tbarribeau, @scobleizer, @zachfb, @airlineflyer, @joebaguley, @gartenberg, @evanselinger, @brianroemmele, @berthacoombs, @tprstly, @brianroemmele, @siracusa, @stevesi, @artemr, @internetofshit, @kevinroose, @evanselinger, @kimzetter, @ow, @panzer, @reckless, @a_webster, @rschooley, @panzer, @stevekovach, and @jeremybowers
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon says it monitors internal listservs to gather feedback at scale, after an AWS employee claimed the listservs are being monitored for labor organizing — An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that the company monitors dozens of internal listservs but said that the program did not exist for the purposes that the employee described.
Tweets: @pinboard
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon announces redesigned spherical Echo devices, including $99 Echo, $60 Echo Dot with Clock, and $50 Echo Dot, with on-board speech analysis — Amazon just unveiled an all-new Echo with a revamped design. It comes in three colors and features a spherical design.
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Amazon.com, Inc., The Verge, Axios, and TechRadar
Tweets: @benfoxrubin, @amazonnews_in, @stshank, @llsethj, and @jaduino
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