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EU charges Apple with antitrust violations, alleging that Apple squeezed rival music streaming apps by requiring them to use its in-app payments system — EU accuses Apple of forcing many apps to use its in-app payment system on which it takes commissions, saying it ‘distorted competition’ in music streaming
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Amazon reports Q1 revenue of $108.5B, up 44% YoY, net income of $8.1B, up from $2.5B YoY, and says AWS has become a $54B annual sales run rate business — Amazon today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021. • Operating cash flow increased 69% …
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| Shira Ovide / New York Times: |
Combined revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Facebook hit ~$1.2T this year, up 25% since March 2020, benefitting from a “perfect positive storm” — The dictionary doesn't have enough superlatives to describe what's happening to the five biggest technology companies …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple clarifies that the first-gen Magic Keyboard is “functionally compatible” with the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro but may not “precisely fit when closed” — In a new support document published today, Apple has clarified the situation around the Magic Keyboard's compatibility with the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro.
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| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
Experts detail how Apple AirTags can be used by an abuser to discreetly track a partner despite built-in protections, especially when victims are not iOS users — AirTags are powerful surveillance technology. And the National Network to End Domestic Violence believes Apple has more work to do to fix them.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access — YouTube TV has been removed from Roku's channel store, after Roku and YouTube TV parent Google failed to come …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter reports Q1 revenue of $1.04B, up 28% YoY, vs $1.03B est., monetizable DAUs of 199M, up 7M QoQ, vs 200M est.; stock drops 12%+ — - The company reported revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, which was up 28% from $808 million a year prior. — Twitter guided that it is expecting …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
DOJ says SAP voluntarily admitted to violating Iran sanctions and exporting software to users in the country 20K+ times between 2010 and 2017, and will pay $8M+ — SAP says it accepts “full responsibility for past conduct.” — SAP has reached a settlement with US investigators to close … | Reuters: |
Sources: US is investigating a recently discovered hack against federal agencies that used a vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN, that began during Trump years — (Reuters) - For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack …
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ByteDance announces that its CFO Shouzi Chew will now also become the CEO of TikTok; TikTok's interim CEO Vanessa Pappas will be TikTok's COO — ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew named TikTok CEO in dual role — Singapore and Los Angeles - TikTok today named a new CEO and COO … | Nikkei Asia: |
Source: Taiwan told foreign and domestic staffing companies to remove all listings for jobs in China, emphasizing listings that seek to poach chip-making talent — Home of TSMC and Foxconn takes drastic move to secure lead in semiconductors — TAIPEI — Taiwan has told staffing companies …
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| Marie Fazio / New York Times: |
Zoë Roth, the girl from the “Disaster Girl” meme who is now a college senior studying peace, war, and defense, sells the meme as an NFT for ~$500,000 — Zoë Roth, now a college senior in North Carolina, plans to use the proceeds from this month's NFT auction to pay off student loans and donate to charity.
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| Tonya Riley / Washington Post: |
A task force of 60+ experts from industry, government, nonprofits, and academia calls on the US and allies to take steps to fight a surge in ransomware attacks — A task force of more than 60 experts from industry, government, nonprofits and academia is urging the U.S. government and global allies …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will reduce its cut for PC games in Microsoft Store from 30% to 12% starting August 1, in a bid to compete with Steam — Microsoft puts the pressure on Valve's Steam store — Microsoft is shaking up the world of PC gaming today with a big cut to the amount of revenue it takes from games on Windows.
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