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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP — A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Epic ruling is a win for Apple as it costs the company just a few billion annually and doesn't force Apple to change its fees or let 3rd-party app stores on iOS — - Judge says all apps can bypass the company's purchase fees — Apple makes majority of its App Store revenue from games
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
A fair reading of the Epic vs. Apple injunction suggests that Apple needs to allow third-party payment methods in the app and not just links to ones on the web — A close read of the injunction in Epic v. Apple — Today the judge in Epic v. Apple issued a lengthy ruling holding …
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| Davey Alba / New York Times: |
Internal emails: the data Facebook provided to researchers studying misinformation since 2019 included about half of its US users, not all as it then claimed — More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook trumpeted a plan to share data with researchers about how people interacted …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Internal docs: Google realized last year it illegally underpaid temp staff in many countries for years, but was slow to fix the issue fearing negative publicity — The company realized months ago that it could be running afoul of pay laws in a number of countries but has been slow to fix the problem, according to internal documents.
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| TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp will start rolling out e2e encrypted backups to iOS and Android users in the coming weeks as an optional feature — WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce, in a Slack message, says it will help relocate employees, who are worried about access to reproductive healthcare in their state, and their families — - Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care …
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The DoD has retaken all 175M IPv4 addresses it handed over to a Florida company on Trump's last day; DoD says its schedule was “agnostic” of the admin change — Control of a remarkable 6 percent of the Internet was handed over to a Florida company as part of a cybersecurity pilot project.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Stripe is in early discussions with investment banks about going public as soon as next year, either through a direct listing or an IPO — - Stripe is still deciding on an IPO vs. a direct listing — Company would be one of the biggest ever to go public| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired: |
Twitch sues two anonymous users, accusing them of “hate raids” harassing Black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist, and other content — The lawsuit accuses two anonymous users of “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic …
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| Rick Klau / California Department of Technology: |
California releases front end and middle tier code for its Digital Vaccine Record on GitHub to help other states deploy SMART Health Card systems of their own — By Rick Klau State Chief Technology Innovation Officer September 10, 2021 - Soon after we launched the Digital Vaccine Record portal in June …
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Sonos says it is raising prices for a majority of its product range amid the supply chain crunch — Its devices will cost from $10 to $100 more — Sonos has announced that many of its speakers will be getting a price increase, ranging from $10 more for its portable Roam, to $100 more for its Arc soundbar.| Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg: |
Kakao and its subsidiaries have lost $16B+ in market value this month amid S. Korea's tech crackdown and as some lawmakers call the company “a symbol of greed” — - Kakao shares fell 17% in two days on lawmaker, regulator moves — Sell-off creates ‘classic buying opportunities,’ CLSA says
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