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Epic Games files a formal antitrust complaint against Apple to the European Commission, claiming that Apple imposes commercially unviable burdens on rivals — Filing is latest shot in escalating feud between ‘Fortnite’ developer and Silicon Valley giant — Epic Games has filed …
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
NY AG sues Amazon, alleging it inadequately protected workers from COVID-19 in Staten Island and Queens, and retaliated against employees who raised concerns — The case focuses on two of the company's facilities in New York. — New York's attorney general, Letitia James … | Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft begins testing a Kids Mode for Edge, with Bing SafeSearch on and tracking prevention set to strict by default, plus other safety features — Kids Mode helps parents provide a more child-friendly browsing experience on Edge. — What you need to know
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Microsoft has created a game accessibility testing program, letting studios send in their games for in-person validation based on Microsoft's updated guidelines — Xbox Adaptive Controller in 2018, Microsoft has placed a greater emphasis on making its games more accessible to those with disabilities and impairments.
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
A look at the new 217 new emojis coming in iOS 14.5, including a syringe without blood, couples with a mix of skin tones, AirPod Max headphones, and more — New emojis have arrived on iOS as part of the latest iOS 14.5 beta. These include a heart on fire, exhaling face, and gender options for the people with beards.
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| Kotaku: |
Sources: Google's Stadia VP Phil Harrison sent an email to Stadia's game studios lauding their “great progress”, despite knowledge of its impending shutdown — Developers at Google's recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down …
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| Cathy Applefeld Olson / Forbes: |
20 music streaming services have paid $424M+ in historical unmatched royalties to Mechanical Licensing Collective; Apple paid $163M, Spotify $153M, Amazon $42M — The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical unmatched royalties …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A hacker claims to have stolen and posted files from global law firm Jones Day on the dark web; Jones Day says a file-sharing company it used was compromised — Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised — A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging …
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| Adriana Hamacher / Decrypt: |
Report: the total value of all Ethereum-based non-fungible token transactions increased from $62M in 2019 to $250M+ in 2020; NFT art sales grew 2,800% in 2020 — From virtual land to digital art, a comprehensive, new study delves into the booming market for non-fungible tokens. — Ethereum| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
North Dakota state Senate blocks bill that would have required app stores to allow devs to use their own payment systems; Epic lobbied in favor of the bill — - The North Dakota state senate voted 36-11 on Tuesday not to pass a bill that would have required app stores to enable software developers …
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Internal docs: Amazon India has secretly favored big sellers, misrepresented its ties with them, and used them to circumvent tough foreign investment rules — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It was early 2019, and senior Amazon.com Inc executive Jay Carney was preparing for an important meeting.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Peak AI, which helps retailers and other companies use AI to make decisions, raises $21M Series B led by Oxx, bringing its total raised to $43M — One of the biggest challenges for organizations in modern times is deciding where, when, and how to use the advances of technology …
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| Micah Singleton / Billboard: |
Triller didn't deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there's “no legal definition of MAU/DAU”, ahead of expected SPAC merger — “There is no legal definition of MAU/DAU,” says Mike Lu, Triller CEO. “We are an open ecosystem ... Triller's value is in monetizing users, not MAU or DAU.”
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| The Markup: |
Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.: 330+ saw flagged posts about controversial issues, like 2020 election, but “false” label was added only 12 times — Data from Citizen Browser shows how rare it is for a post to be called “false”—especially if you're the president
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| Times Now: |
Sources: Indian conglomerate Tata Group is buying a 68% stake in online grocery delivery service BigBasket for ~$1.3B, valuing the startup at ~$1.85B — Tata's stake will translate into an enterprise value of Rs 13,500 crore for BigBasket, ET Now reported.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon confirms it has acquired Australian e-commerce startup Selz, a Shopify competitor that employs less than 50 people and has raised $11M — Amazon has acquired Selz, a 7-year-old startup that helps entrepreneurs sell products online. The deal signals Amazon's continued focus …
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| Emil Protalinski / GeekWire: |
IDC: Chrome OS annual market share passed macOS for the first time in 2020, up 4.4% YoY to 10.8%, Windows fell 4.9% YoY to 80.5%, macOS up 0.8% YoY to 7.5% — New numbers show 2020 was the first year that Chromebooks outsold Macs, posting impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Zolve, a two-month-old neobank aimed at individuals moving between India and the US, says it has raised $15M seed led by Accel and Lightspeed — Millions of students and professionals leave their home nation each year for work and pursue higher education. Even after spending months …
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