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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revises its US App Store rules to let devs link to outside payment methods, but will charge a commission of 27%, or 12% for small business program devs — In light of the US Supreme Court denying to hear Apple's appeal in its legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has announced a handful …
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| Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS refuses to hear Apple's and Epic's appeals, allowing an appeals court ruling that lets app developers steer users to other payment systems take effect — - Billions of dollars in revenue are at stake for iPhone maker — Fortnite maker seeks to open App Store to cheaper alternatives
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| Engadget: |
Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min — We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details select streaming and sports apps available on Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+, ESPN, MLB, PGA, Max, and TikTok; some will have 3D movies — Apple today revealed various streaming services and sports apps that will be available on the Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+ …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
FCC filings seem to indicate Apple Vision Pro will not support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 7 — If you were hoping for Ultra Wideband and Wi-Fi 6E or 7 chips in Apple Vision Pro, well, those are very specific expectations. Also, Apple Vision Pro appears to lack those chips, based on the official FCC filing from today.
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A study monitoring product review queries on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo for a year suggests that search engines are losing the cat-and-mouse game of SEO spam — “The majority of high-ranking product reviews in the result pages of commercial search engines use affiliate marketing … | Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
The Treasury and IRS say they aren't enforcing a rule requiring businesses to report the receipt of digital assets worth $10K+ within 15 days of receiving them — The tax law would require business-related crypto transactions over $10,000 to be reported like cash, but it's not quite ready yet.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps — CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI VP Anna Makanju says the company is developing tools with the US DOD on open-source software and held talks on ways to assist preventing veteran suicide — OpenAI is working with the Pentagon on a number of projects including cybersecurity capabilities, a departure from the startup's earlier ban … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI forms a Collective Alignment team to design a process for collecting and using input from the public “to train and shape the behavior of our models” — OpenAI says it wants to implement ideas from the public about how to ensure its future AI models “align to the values of humanity.”
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| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Source: Google has increasingly awarded large grants of restricted stock worth up to millions of dollars to select DeepMind researchers to rival OpenAI's offers — Even as Google makes a major round of staff cuts, it is tapping a special pool of stock compensation to retain … | Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Ubisoft rebrands its $18/month tier as Ubisoft+ Premium and adds Ubisoft+ Classics on PC; executive Philippe Tremblay says Ubisoft has “millions” of subscribers — Ubisoft introduces its Classic service to PC; and ‘more to come’ on Activision Blizzard — Feature by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B| Gokul Pisharody / Reuters: |
Thomson Reuters acquires a 53.81% stake in Swedish e-invoicing provider Pagero, and raises the buyout offer by 25% to $789M, seeking to ward off rival bids — raised its offer to buy Sweden's Pagero (PAGERO.ST) — by 25% to about $789 million on Monday and said it now controls about 54% of the company …
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| Joann Muller / Axios: |
Uber is working with Tesla to urge its drivers to switch to EVs in a bid to be emissions-free in the US and Canada by 2030, including by sharing trip data — Uber is working with Tesla to encourage its drivers to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its broader goal to be emissions-free …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Sources: African neobank Kuda raised $20M in 2023 at a $500M valuation, same as its 2021 valuation; it has 7M retail and business users, short of projections — Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost ₦ …
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| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
In 2023, US metaverse VC funding was ~$910M, the lowest in at least six years and below a $3.11B peak in 2021; no consumer metaverse US startup raised $100M+ — Almost nobody these days is spending much leisure time in the metaverse. Additionally, almost no investors are backing fresh rounds …
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