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Apple agrees to settle a class-action lawsuit and will let developers directly contact customers, inform them about purchase options outside iOS, and more — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a number of changes coming to the App Store that, pending court approval, will resolve a class-action suit from US developers.
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| The Verge: |
Apple's $100M settlement lets devs tell users about alt payment options using contact info from iOS app, but still won't allow adding the info inside the app — Developers can email you about payment options that bypass Apple's cut — A proposed agreement between Apple …
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers that a now-fixed Azure Cosmos vulnerability might have exposed databases, but it saw no evidence it was exploited — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Thursday warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies …
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Netflix is testing games in its Android app in Poland, starting with two existing Stranger Things games — Playing on Netflix's mobile app is new, but the games themselves — two pixelated Stranger Things games — have already been available off Netflix for years.
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| Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China plans to propose rules that would ban companies with large amounts of sensitive consumer data from going public in the US — China's stock regulator plans to propose new rules that could thwart internet companies' plans to list in the U.S. — SINGAPORE—China plans to propose …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
YouTube is implementing picture-in-picture functionality in its iOS app, starting with a testing window for Premium subscribers through October 31 — YouTube is making good on its promise to — bring picture-in-picture viewing to iOS users. TechCrunch
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| Zeyi Yang / Protocol: |
China calls the “996” work culture, a weekly schedule of six 12-hour work days popular among Chinese tech firms, a “serious violation” of labor law — The “996” work culture — a 12-hour, six-day work schedule that had been popular among Chinese tech companies until recently …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches News Partner Program, which lowers commissions on in-app purchases to 15% for news publishers who participate in Apple News — Apple today is launching a new program that will allow subscription news organizations that participate in the Apple News app and meet certain requirements … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Dell beats in Q2 with $26.1B revenue, up 15% YoY, as net income fell to $880M; PC revenue rose to a record $14.3B, up 27% YoY, as servers rose 6% YoY to $4.5B — Commercial PC revenue surged 32% in the quarter to $10.6 billion and consumer sales of $3.7 billion was up 17% from a year ago.| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
China plans to implement rules to control the recommendation algorithms tech companies use, forbidding practices that “encourage addiction or high consumption” — - Cyberspace administration makes 30-point proposal for changes — Companies affected could include ByteDance, Apple, Alibaba| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
DJ 3LAU launches Royal, which lets users trade shares of song royalty rights as crypto tokens, with $16M in seed funding led by Founders Fund and Paradigm — Royal, a non-fungible token (NFT) investment platform focused on music, has announced a $16 million seed-stage fundraise.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: EU to launch a formal probe early next month into Nvidia's planned $54B takeover of Arm, as Nvidia sets formal submission date in the week of Sept. 6 — Brussels expected to open investigation in early September over competition concerns — Brussels is set to launch … | Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
A look at China's turbulent relationship with its domestic gaming industry, as it continues its crackdown on Tencent, while laying out plans for global growth — China's domestic gaming revenues in 2020 rose to 278.7 billion yuan with almost half of the country now playing video games …
Tweets: @therealjoshye
| Andrea Park / FierceBiotech: |
Overjet, which creates AI-based software for dental clinics, raises $27M Series A led by General Catalyst, Insight Partners; its tech recently got FDA clearance — After cutting its teeth automating the dental insurance claims process, Overjet is now ready to expand its artificial intelligence software …
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| Washington Post: |
Analysis: targeted ad campaigns on Facebook, long criticized as invasive, have become powerful tools for health officials to persuade people to get vaccinated — Targeted ad campaigns, long criticized as invasive and divisive, have become powerful tools for health officials
Tweets: @willoremus, @washingtonpost, @drewharwell, and @tracyjan
| Dina Temple-Raston / NPR: |
A look at China's alleged hack of Microsoft Exchange, which both US officials and Microsoft believe was in the service of China's AI ambitions — Steven Adair hunts hackers for a living. Back in January, in a corner-of-his-eye, peripheral kind of way, he thought he saw one in his customer's networks …
Tweets: @780thc
| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
As the federal government prepares to deploy $42.5B for broadband development, the money will flow to states via the Commerce Department, bypassing the FCC — As the federal government readies to spend tens of billions of dollars on broadband upgrades, the Federal Communications Commission …
Tweets: @karlbode, @axios, @tmfassociates, and @tonyromm
| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
Reddit CEO responds after calls from users to purge the site of COVID-19 disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy” — The CEO of Reddit has responded to calls from users to purge the site of disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy.”
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
As Linux turns 30, a Q&A with Greg Kroah-Hartman, who oversees Linux kernel releases, on lessons learned, upcoming challenges, why Linux succeeded, and more — Greg Kroah-Hartman talks to El Reg about world domination, what was, and what may be for the kernel
Tweets: @ericabrescia, @sjvn, @infernosec, and @theregister
| M. Sriram / Moneycontrol: |
Venture Intelligence: Indian internet startups raised a record $20B this year, across 576 deals, surpassing the $13B from 878 deals in 2019 — India has become the preferred investment destination for various reasons - low-interest rates in the US, an expanding online consumer base …
Tweets: @moneycontrolcom and @manicontrol2020
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as a national currency on Sept. 7, by giving citizens $30 to sign up for its Chivo wallet, and potential issues — Impoverished nation is defying warnings against using volatile crypto asset as official currency alongside U.S. dollar
Tweets: @tunkuv, @ceostroff, @scottlincicome, @chris2pherchase, and @byheatherlong
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