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| New York Times: |
Game publishers' plans to add NFTs to games have sparked a fierce backlash from gamers, who have long resented the growing number of micro transactions in games — Game publishers are offering NFTs, but skeptical gamers smell a moneymaking scheme and are fighting back.
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| Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo: |
Apple clarifies it will still collect a commission from Dutch developers using third-party payments; Google will too in South Korea, just lowering its fee by 4% — On December 24th of last year, the Netherlands' competition regulator, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) …
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| Kirsten Grind / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Activision Blizzard has fired or pushed out 36+ employees and disciplined ~40 more since July, after sexual harassment and other misconduct allegations — Company's actions have come in the wake of pressure from investors, business partners and employees to address complaints over its handling of misconduct issues| Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg: |
Amazon reverses its plan to ban the use of Visa credit cards in the UK, set to start on January 19; the company had cited high transaction fees — Amazon.com Inc. has emailed U.K. customers to say that a planned ban on Visa credit cards will no longer take place.| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Recent filings from Walmart, including seven US trademark applications, indicate a possible plan to develop and offer virtual goods, NFTs, and a cryptocurrency — - Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of NFTs.
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| Financial Times: |
In February, Spain will start requiring influencers and sponsors promoting cryptocurrencies to pre-notify authorities and warn of investing risks or face fines — Watchdog imposes landmark restrictions amid concerns for investors in unregulated sector — Spain is imposing restrictions …
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| Max Seddon / Financial Times: |
Ukraine's digital transformation ministry says “all evidence points to Russia being behind the attack”, which took down about 70 government websites — Proof of involvement could meet threshold for west to impose sanctions but incident yet to be formally attributed
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| Microsoft Security Blog: |
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| FingerprintJS Blog: |
A flaw in Safari 15's IndexedDB API can leak browser activity and user identifiers, like Google ID, to other sites; Apple was alerted of the flaw on November 28 — DISCLAIMER: FingerprintJS does not use this vulnerability in our products and does not provide cross-site tracking services.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Istanbul-based Spyke, which builds multiplayer social games, raises a $55M seed from Griffin Gaming Partners, the largest Turkish seed round yet — Istanbul has become a city to watch when it comes to casual gaming startups, boosted by the likes of Peak (acquired by Zynga for $1.8 billion) … | Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
BitPay: Bitcoin use by BitPay merchants dropped to ~65% of crypto payments, down from 92% in 2020, as Ether purchases rose to 15% and stablecoins to 13% — Consumers and businesses are increasingly starting to use digital tokens other than Bitcoin for purchases, according to BitPay Inc. … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
French startup Exotec, which builds autonomous industrial warehouse robots, raises a $335M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management at a $2B valuation — Exotec, a French robotics company used by some of the world's biggest retailers and enterprises, has raised $335 million …
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| Noah Smith / Washington Post: |
A look at preserving video games for research, including the legal challenges mounted by game companies and the technical challenges of playing old games — For decades, champions of the video game industry have touted gaming's cultural impact as the equal of literature, film and music.
Tweets: @kalervideo, @launcherwp, @eff, and @washingtonpost
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will expand CarKey availability beyond BMW by this summer, starting with Hyundai's Genesis line; a look at potential Apple headset names — As Apple Inc.'s first mixed-reality headset runs behind schedule, here's a look at what the company could name the product.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
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