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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple will reduce its App Store cut to 15% from any developer who earns less than $1M in revenue per year from all their apps, starting January 1 — Any developer that earns less than $1 million in revenue per year is eligible — Apple on Wednesday announced a reduction …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Sensor Tower: Apple's move will affect ~98% of developers that pay the company a commission, but they accounted for less than 5% of App Store revenue last year — App makers bridled at the 30 percent commission, which has drawn scrutiny from regulators looking into antitrust claims.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils major redesign for Google Pay for iOS and Android and partners with 11 banks to launch a mobile-first bank accounts service called Plex in 2021 — Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Apple agrees to pay $113M to settle an investigation into iPhone throttling brought by 34 states and District of Columbia — Apple will pay $113 million to settle an investigation by nearly three dozen states into the tech giant's past practice of slowing customers' old iPhones in an attempt to preserve their batteries.
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections — Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
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| Eric Geller / Politico: |
CISA is now being led by 15-year DHS veteran Brandon Wales; source says Wales wants to keep operating CISA's Rumor Control site, which debunked election misinfo — Five months before President Donald Trump fired him, federal cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs made a key addition to his leadership team …
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| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: |
Affirm files its draft S-1 for an IPO; in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, Affirm's revenue was $509.5M, up ~93% YoY, while net losses fell to $112.6M — Buy now, pay later innovator has over 6.2 million consumers on its network — Alternative payments provider Affirm Holdings …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple debuts a forked version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS, says it trains up to 7x faster on 13" MacBook Pro with M1 than 2020 Macbook Pro 13" with Intel — Google today released a new version of TensorFlow, its AI and machine learning development environment, optimized for Intel Macs and Macs powered by Apple's new M1 chip.
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Google adds family-oriented features to Google Assistant devices, like dictating notes that stay on the display, family location map, and educational options — New and improved features for smart displays and Fi plans — Google has announced new family-oriented updates for Assistant and Fi …
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The Keyword, Android Central, XDA Developers, USA Today, TechHive, Android Police, 9to5Google, and Engadget
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iOS 14.3 beta 2 lets users run shortcuts from the home screen without launching the Shortcuts app, making custom app icons more seamless — Apple introduced the second developer beta of iOS 14.3 yesterday, and it includes a major change to Shortcuts.
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Binance sues Forbes Media and two journalists for defamation over a Forbes story in October that alleged Binance had planned to deceive regulators and investors — Binance Holdings Limited sued Forbes Media LLC for defamation Wednesday over a story last month that purported …
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Cointelegraph, Decrypt, Modern Consensus, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
| Ben Gilbert / Business Insider: |
Facebook's experimental NPE division releases E.gg, a tool that lets users create media collages with their own URLs; available now for iOS in the US — The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url.
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New Product Experimentation …, CNET, Social Media Today, and Adweek
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says channels of all sizes may now see ads on them, though only creators big enough to qualify for its Partner Program will be paid any ad revenue — The company is rolling it out on a ‘limited number of videos’ — Starting today, YouTube will begin running ads on some creators' videos …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia beats with record Q3 revenue of $4.73B, up 57% YoY, gaming revenue of $2.27B, up 37% YoY, and data center revenue of $1.9B, up 162% YoY — - Nvidia reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2021 on Wednesday. — Nvidia beat analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue …
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| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
The Senate passes a bill that would require all internet-connected devices purchased by the US government to comply with NIST's minimum security recommendations — The Senate this week unanimously passed bipartisan legislation designed to boost the cybersecurity of internet-connected devices.
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| Samantha Hurst / Crowdfund Insider: |
Addepar, a provider of wealth management technology, raises $117M Series E led by WestCap Group with 8VC participating — - Twitter- Facebook- LinkedIn- Pinterest- Reddit- HackerNews- Telegram- Weibo- Email- Print- Subscribe — Addepar, a U.S.-based wealth management platform …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Mati, which is creating digital reputation tools that build trust between online services and consumers, raised $13.5M Series A from Tribe Capital and others — Meet Mati, a startup that recently raised a $13.5 million Series A round to build a digital reputation API that could change the way you interact with online services.
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PR Newswire and FinSMEs
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
IBM acquires Instana, which develops application performance management and monitoring software, for an undisclosed sum; Instana had raised $57M from investors — IBM today acquired Instana, a German-American software firm that specializes in developing application performance management software.
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FinSMEs, Instana, TechCrunch, The Motley Fool, and PR Newswire
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Marissa Mayer's Lumi Labs, now called Sunshine, unveils Sunshine Contacts, an AI-powered contact organizer app for iOS — Marissa Mayer shoves her iPhone toward her MacBook's webcam until it overwhelms the screen on the Google Meet video call we are sharing. — “I admire Apple,” she declares.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tourlane, a multi-day travel booking service that coordinates between suppliers, adds $20M to $47M Series C from 2019, sources say at a ~$242M valuation — The tourism and travel industry has been one of the hardest hit by the global Covid-19 health pandemic, and today a promising startup …
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| Aimee Chanthadavong / ZDNet: |
The Office of Management and Budget issues guidance that federal agencies should regulate AI applications without hampering AI innovation and growth — Elsewhere, US Congress has passed an IoT security Bill. — US federal agencies have now been issued a guidance by the White House … Sponsor Posts
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