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Small developers say the Epic ruling could lead to a windfall but some researchers say it is unclear if consumers will actually use alternative payment methods — After a judge opened up a way to avoid Apple's commission on their sales, companies big and small are seeing dollar signs.
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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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Apple warns that long-term exposure to vibrations, like those from high-power motorcycle engines, can degrade iPhone cameras by damaging their gyroscopes — Apple today published a new support document warning iPhone users that the cameras on their devices can be damaged by exposure …
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Google says it handed over user data in response to three requests from Hong Kong in H2 2020, despite earlier saying that requests must be made through US DOJ — The US tech giant told HKFP it complied with a data request over a “credible threat to life” and two others involving human trafficking.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Benioff says Salesforce will help employees and their families “exit Texas” if they are worried about access to reproductive healthcare in the state — - Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care … | 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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| Noam Cohen / Wired: |
Profile of Ksenia Coffman, who has made 97K edits and created 3,200 pages on Wikipedia, and her efforts to remove glorified Nazi history from the site — Ksenia Coffman's fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources.
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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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| 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: US officials are considering a Financial Stability Oversight Council review into whether Tether and other stablecoins threaten financial stability — - Treasury, other agencies consider launching FSOC examination — Tokens' fast growth has triggered anxieties among regulators| Simon Parkin / The Guardian: |
How FBI and Australian police built and marketed the An0m chat service for criminals, which cost $1,700 for a handset and $1,250 for an annual subscription — Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem …
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| Financial Times: |
Number of UK unicorns grew 10x in the last decade, with invested capital growing from €1B/year to €13B/year, but some worry Brexit will counteract the change — A decade ago, Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann stood before prospective investors at Seedcamp, a start-up event in London, and set fire to a £50 note.
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