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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic's Tim Sweeney says fight with Apple is about “the basic freedoms of all consumers and developers” to install and distribute apps as they choose — Sweeney says the explosive feud with Apple is not solely about money — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has issued a series …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Most of Epic's complaints against Apple and Google apply to console makers, which Epic conveniently ignores; most gamers likely play Fortnite on consoles — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee. — Yesterday, Epic used Fortnite …
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| Charlie Warzel / New York Times: |
While social media platforms did not create QAnon, they helped it go mainstream via recommendation systems designed to prioritize engagement — A supporter of the dangerous conspiracy theory is most likely headed to Congress. The social media platforms have some soul-searching to do.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
In a new Instagram update, Facebook has started replacing the Instagram DM icon with Messenger's logo, although cross-messaging is still not functional — You might see this pop-up when you open Instagram — Facebook appears to flipping the switch on integrating the chat systems for Instagram and Messenger.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Interviews with 20+ founders and investors provide an inside look at Y Combinator's virtual W20 Demo Day, which saw some companies lower their target valuations — It was four weeks before Y Combinator's scheduled March 2020 Demo Day, and the pressure was on Helena Merk as she tried to pivot her startup idea ahead of the big pitch.
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Trump's new EO forces ByteDance to sell or spin off its US TikTok business within 90 days instead of 45 days and destroy all copies of TikTok data of US users — - President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that will force China's ByteDance to sell or spin off its U.S. TikTok business within 90 days.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook launches paid online events in 20 countries with waived fees during COVID-19, says Apple is hurting SMBs by refusing to waive its 30% cut on iOS — Facebook Inc. joined a growing list of developers to publicly criticize Apple Inc. over its revenue-sharing policy for in-app purchases …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Report: Amazon's robotics VP Brad Porter quits the company; Porter defended Amazon after former VP Tim Bray criticized its decision to fire activist employees — Amazon's longtime robotics leader Brad Porter has left the company, according to a report from Business Insider.| Jacob Helberg / Foreign Policy: |
To secure its supply chains and information networks against Chinese attacks, the US needs to reindustrialize and develop a skilled and innovative workforce — In 2011, then-President Barack Obama attended an intimate dinner in Silicon Valley. At one point, he turned to the man on his left.
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| Rob Pegoraro / Forbes: |
Facebook's new policy to label promoted content with direct political ties won't affect sites, like Breitbart, which are funded by political actors — A new policy Facebook FB announced Tuesday suggests the social network will finally punish political propaganda disguised as news.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Ripple, sitting on $16B in XRP, says it plans to expand beyond its original cross-border payments system by becoming the “Amazon of payments” — The start-up is still trying to find compelling uses for the blockchain technology underpinning its XRP currency
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| Chloe Hadavas / Slate: |
A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, formed by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube in 2017, whose database helps fight misinformation — Last October, a neo-Nazi livestreamed his attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany. The video of the shooting, which killed two people … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Sources: Google is planning to eventually replace Duo with Meet, after placing its consumer communication services under G Suite head Javier Soltero — With classic Hangouts on the way out, Google today has two video calling apps. However, that is one too many for the company …
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