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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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| New York Times: |
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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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish: |
Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers — Apple v. Epic indeed... It depends on what your definition of a link is. Or really, in some ways, what your definition of the internet is.
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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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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Study of 61,000 Microsoft employees shows the shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration, threatening productivity and long-term innovation — A new study finds that Microsoft's companywide shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration among different business groups inside … | 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 …
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| 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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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Kuo: iPhone 13 Pro lineup will gain 1TB storage option; Apple to announce AirPods 3, but will continue to sell current generation AirPods too — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has chimed in on what he expects to see during Tuesday's Apple Event, and is taking some stabs at pricing.
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| Selina Cheng / Hong Kong Free Press: |
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.| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Investigation finds ransomware hackers are publishing sensitive information of schoolchildren on the dark web; over 1,200 US K-12 schools had data leaks in 2021 — Most don't have bank passwords. Few have credit scores yet. And still, parts of the internet are awash in the personal information of millions of schoolchildren.| Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: |
NYC-based Orchard, which offers cash to homebuyers upfront for a new home before selling their old one, raises $100M Series D at a valuation of more than $1B — - Company raises $100 million in round led by Accomplice — Modernizing housing market is ‘capital intensive,’ CEO says
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