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Apple agrees to settle class-action lawsuit, will let developers directly contact customers, inform them about alternative purchase options outside iOS, more — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a number of changes coming to the App Store that, pending court approval, will resolve a class-action suit from US developers.
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| The Verge: |
Apple's $100M settlement lets devs tell users about alt payment options using contact info from iOS app, but still won't allow adding the info inside the app — Developers can email you about payment options that bypass Apple's cut — A proposed agreement between Apple …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
YouTube is implementing picture-in-picture functionality on its iOS app, starting with a testing window for Premium subscribers through October 31 — YouTube is making good on its promise to — bring picture-in-picture viewing to iOS users. TechCrunch
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Sources: TSMC plans to increase prices by ~10% for advanced chips and ~20% for less advanced chips, starting later this year or early next — TSMC to increase prices of most advanced chips by roughly 10%; less advanced chips will cost about 20% more — The world's largest contract chip maker …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches News Partner Program, which lowers commissions on in-app purchases to 15% for news publishers who participate in Apple News — Apple today is launching a new program that will allow subscription news organizations that participate in the Apple News app and meet certain requirements …
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Netflix is testing games in its Android app in Poland, starting with two existing Stranger Things games — Playing on Netflix's mobile app is new, but the games themselves — two pixelated Stranger Things games — have already been available off Netflix for years.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Q&A with John Binns, a 21-year-old American living in Turkey, who claims responsibility for the recent T-Mobile hack and says its security is “awful” — A 21-year-old American said he used an unprotected router to access millions of customer records in the mobile carrier's latest breach
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Microsoft warns thousands of cloud computing customers that a now-fixed Azure Cosmos vulnerability may have exposed databases, saw no evidence it was exploited — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Thursday warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies … | Sujeong Lim / Counterpoint Research: |
Apple Watch active user base crossed 100M globally in Q2, as the smartwatch market grew 27% YoY and the sub-$100 segment grew 547% YoY — - The market grew a healthy 27% YoY, thanks to strong demand for sub-$100 smartwatches. — Samsung and Garmin posted remarkable YoY growth even as Apple maintained its lead.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap updates Snapchat's Scan feature, turning it into a visual search engine that identifies many things in the real world, like clothes or dog breeds — Snapchat's camera has to date mostly been associated with sending disappearing messages and goofy AR effects, like a virtual dancing hot dog.
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| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
Reddit CEO responds after calls from users to purge the site of COVID-19 disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy” — The CEO of Reddit has responded to calls from users to purge the site of disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy.”
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
DJ 3LAU launches Royal, which lets users trade shares of song royalty rights as crypto tokens, with $16M in seed funding led by Founders Fund and Paradigm — Royal, a non-fungible token (NFT) investment platform focused on music, has announced a $16 million seed-stage fundraise.
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| Zeyi Yang / Protocol: |
China calls the “996” work culture, a weekly schedule of six 12-hour work days popular among Chinese tech firms, a “serious violation” of labor law — The “996” work culture — a 12-hour, six-day work schedule that had been popular among Chinese tech companies until recently …
Tweets: @ruima
| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
YouTube says it has removed over 1M videos related to COVID misinformation since Feb. 2020 and removes 10M videos per quarter, most of which have <10 views — But the 1 million coronavirus-related takedowns since the start of the pandemic are difficult to put in context, because of YouTube's gigantic scale.
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| Insider: |
In an abrupt reversal, OnlyFans suspends its October 1 policy change banning porn after securing “assurances” and aims to provide “a home for all creators” — - OnlyFans is reversing its recent decision to ban porn. — It had planned to prohibit sexually explicit … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as a national currency on Sept. 7, by giving citizens $30 to sign up for its Chivo wallet, and potential issues — Impoverished nation is defying warnings against using volatile crypto asset as official currency alongside U.S. dollar
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
VMware reports Q2 revenue of $3.14B, up 9% YoY, vs estimates of $3.1B, Subscription and SaaS revenue of $776M, up 23% YoY, is on track for Dell spin-off in Nov. — The virtualization company published results slightly ahead of expectations, with strong growth in multi-cloud …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Berkshire Hathaway-backed Brazilian digital bank Nubank is seeking a valuation greater than $55.4B for its planned US IPO — Brazil's Nubank is seeking a valuation in its planned U.S. initial public offering that would push the eight-year-old fintech past the $55.4 billion value …
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Workstream, which helps SMBs hire frontline and deskless workers by using text messages, raises $48M Series B co-led by Mary Meeker's BOND and Coatue — It isn't only tech giants that are struggling to fill open roles with talented individuals, it's your local Jamba Juice, too.
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| Andrea Park / FierceBiotech: |
Overjet, which creates AI-based software for dental clinics, raises $27M Series A led by General Catalyst, Insight Partners; its tech recently got FDA clearance — After cutting its teeth automating the dental insurance claims process, Overjet is now ready to expand its artificial intelligence software …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Hopin, which develops software for hosting virtual events, has hired Amazon's former VP of Grocery Tech and Bezos “shadow” advisor Wei Gao to be COO — - Wei Gao, a former Amazon executive, is joining London-based online events start-up Hopin as its chief operating officer.
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