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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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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple says it won't let Epic Games back in the App Store unless Epic agrees to “play by the same rules as everyone else” — Unless Epic complies with App Store rules, that is — Apple says it won't let Epic Games back in the App Store until they agree to “play by the same rules as everyone else.”| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic asks Apple to reinstate its Fortnite developer account in South Korea, after passage of a bill forcing app stores to allow alternative payment systems — Following the passing of a bill allowing alternative payment systems on the App Store — Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate …
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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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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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| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple intends to double its output of TV shows and movies next year to at least one a week and plans to spend $500M+ on marketing Apple TV+ this year — When Apple launched its Apple TV+ service nearly two years ago, executives throughout Hollywood and Silicon Valley snickered about the streaming video service.
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| Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: |
Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be the next CEO of Yahoo following the closure of Apollo's acquisition of Yahoo on September 1 — Mr. Lanzone will join Yahoo as CEO later this month — Apollo Global Management Inc. is naming Tinder Chief Executive Jim Lanzone the new CEO of Yahoo …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple has resolved its Apple Watch Series 7 production issues and will start mass production mid to late September, with shipping set for late September — Apple has resolved its Apple Watch Series 7 production issues and will start mass producing the new model in mid to late September …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Apple has fired senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik for allegedly leaking confidential information; Gjøvik has been tweeting about workplace issues — For months, Gjøvik has been tweeting allegations about harassment and intimidation at Apple
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| 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.| Financial Times: |
In a consultation document, UK government suggests removing human review of some AI decisions, in a reversal of EU data protection laws — Excising Article 22 of Brussels regulations would alarm privacy campaigners — The government will put itself on a collision course with data privacy campaigners …
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| 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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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Apple says Apple Music will use Shazam's technology to identify and compensate DJs, labels, and artists involved in making DJ mixes — Apple Music announced today that it's created a process to properly identify and compensate all of the individual creators involved in making a DJ mix.
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Texas governor signs bill banning social media companies with 50M+ MAUs from blocking or restricting people or their content based on their viewpoint — The law is an escalation of a conservative critique of Silicon Valley and will likely to face legal challenges from the industry
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Toronto-based Cohere, founded by two ex-Google Brain team members to commercialize natural language AI models, raises $40M Series A led by Index Ventures — The ability of computers to understand and generate language took a huge leap forward in 2017 when researchers at Google developed … | Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Facebook launches $299 Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses in six countries including the US; users can capture photo and video, listen to music, or take phone calls — Hands-on with Facebook and Ray-Ban's first pair of smart glasses — Starting Thursday, the first pair of smart glasses …
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Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats sue NYC for its law capping the amount of commissions the apps can charge, say the law is harmful government overreach — Food-delivery companies contend the cap is harmful, constitutes government overreach — DoorDash Inc., Grubhub Inc …
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
New Delhi-based Amagi, which provides targeted advertising software for broadcast and connected TVs, raises $100M, bringing its total raised to $150M — Media technology company Amagi announced Friday $100 million to further develop its cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected televisions.| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Match Group appoints Renate Nyborg as the new CEO of Tinder; Nyborg last served as Tinder's general manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa — Match Group Inc. appointed Renate Nyborg as the new chief executive officer of the dating-app giant's leading brand, Tinder.Sponsor Posts
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