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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple will reduce its App Store cut to 15% from any developer who earns less than $1M in revenue per year from all their apps, starting January 1 — Any developer that earns less than $1 million in revenue per year is eligible — On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Sensor Tower: Apple's move will affect ~98% of developers that pay the company a commission, but they accounted for less than 5% of App Store revenue last year — App makers bridled at the 30 percent commission, which has drawn scrutiny from regulators looking into antitrust claims.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Apple agrees to pay $113M to settle an investigation into iPhone throttling brought by 34 states and District of Columbia — Apple will pay $113 million to settle an investigation by nearly three dozen states into the tech giant's past practice of slowing customers' old iPhones in an attempt to preserve their batteries.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google announces a major redesign for Google Pay for iOS and Android and is partnering with 11 banks to launch Plex, mobile-first bank accounts, in 2021 — Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless payment services …
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Over 200 Facebook contract moderators sign an open letter criticizing Facebook, Accenture, and CPL for ending WFH policies and call for better protections — Here's what you need to know: — Facebook moderators forced back to the office raise alarms about Covid-19 protections.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Apple debuts a forked version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS, says it trains up to 7x faster on 13" MacBook Pro with M1 than 2020 Macbook Pro 13" with Intel — Google today released a new version of TensorFlow, its AI and machine learning development environment, optimized for Intel Macs and Macs powered by Apple's new M1 chip.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google rolls out update to Chrome, with pages now loading up to 7% faster, CPU usage reduced by up to 5x by throttling background tabs, and reduced usage of RAM — The last Chrome update for 2020 is all about efficiency — Google is wrapping up 2020 with what it claims …
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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
M1 completes Steve Jobs' vision of Apple making “the whole widget” for all the devices in the company's product line — Even as Apple's final event of 2020 gradually becomes a speck in the rearview mirror, I can't help continually thinking about the new M1 chip that debuted there.
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Google adds family-oriented features to Google Assistant devices, like dictating notes that stay on the display, family location map, and educational options — New and improved features for smart displays and Fi plans — Google has announced new family-oriented updates for Assistant and Fi …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Marissa Mayer's Lumi Labs, now called Sunshine, unveils Sunshine Contacts, an AI-powered contact organizer app for iOS — Marissa Mayer shoves her iPhone toward her MacBook's webcam until it overwhelms the screen on the Google Meet video call we are sharing. — “I admire Apple,” she declares.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iOS 14.3 beta 2 lets users run shortcuts from the home screen without launching the Shortcuts app, making custom app icons more seamless — Apple introduced the second developer beta of iOS 14.3 yesterday, and it includes a major change to Shortcuts.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tourlane, a multi-day travel booking service that coordinates between suppliers, adds $20M to $47M Series C from 2019, sources say at a ~$242M valuation — The tourism and travel industry has been one of the hardest hit by the global Covid-19 health pandemic, and today a promising startup …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google announces Tree Canopy Lab, which uses aerial imagery and AI to help cities decide where to plant trees and reduce temperatures, starting with LA — It's starting with Los Angeles — Google unveiled a tool today that could help cities keep their residents cool by mapping out where trees are needed most.
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| Ben Gilbert / Business Insider: |
Facebook's experimental NPE division releases E.gg, a tool that lets users create media collages with their own URLs; available now for iOS in the US — The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url.
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| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
Trump says he has fired CISA Director Christopher Krebs, baselessly calling Krebs' previous statement on the security of the 2020 election “highly inaccurate” — - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter that he has “terminated” top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia beats with record Q3 revenue of $4.73B, up 57% YoY, gaming revenue of $2.27B, up 37% YoY, and data center revenue of $1.9B, up 162% YoY — - Nvidia reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2021 on Wednesday. — Nvidia beat analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Welcome, which helps businesses create and host virtual and in-person events, raises $12M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins — On the heels of Hopin's $125 million funding round, a newcomer in the virtual events space is gaining steam. Welcome, led by co-founder and CEO Roberto Ortiz …
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| Lauren Debter / Forbes: |
Heyday, which buys and launches Amazon businesses, raises $175M Series A from General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, and others — A San Francisco-based company called Heyday has raised $175 million from General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures and other investors to buy, launch and grow Amazon businesses.
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Online learning marketplace Udemy says it raised $50M at a $3.25B pre-money valuation; sources say Tencent led the round — - Venture firm Learn Capital participates in $50 million round — Investors told online education firm could pursue IPO in 2021| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Fortnite now offers Houseparty video calls on PC, PS4, and PS5; users need the Houseparty app installed on an iOS or Android device, which functions as a webcam — Houseparty wants to change the way that people communicate while playing video games. The company, which offers …
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| Henny Sender / Nikkei Asia: |
Inside the collapse of Ant Group's $37B IPO as Jack Ma underestimated the extent to which he was regarded as a threat by the CCP — the date of Singles' Day, the Alibaba-led shopping extravaganza — Jack Ma released a short film. A slick, 22-minute production titled “Gong Shou Dao” …
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Fireblocks, a service that ensures secure movement of blockchain-based digital assets, raises $30M Series B led by Paradigm — Fireblocks has raised a $30 million Series B to continue building its crypto backend that already has handled more than $150 billion in digital asset transfers.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
VMware says its blockchain platform for enterprises is commercially available, after teasing the project in 2018 — The distributed ledger technology, which aims to provide enterprises with an open-sourced, scalable trust infrastructure for decentralized apps, officially launched Wednesday.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cloudbolt, which helps companies manage hybrid cloud environments, raises $15M in equity and $20M in debt, bringing its total raised to $61M — Cloudbolt, a Bethesda, MD startup that helps companies manage hybrid cloud environments, announced a $35 million Series B investment today.
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