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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revises its US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, but will charge a 27% commission, or 12% for small business developers — In light of the US Supreme Court denying to hear Apple's appeal in its legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has announced a handful …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals — Apple wants Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case brought against it by the North Carolinian games maker.
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Engadget: |
Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min — We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
FCC filings seem to indicate that the Apple Vision Pro lacks the chips needed to support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, and Wi-Fi 7 — If you were hoping for Ultra Wideband and Wi-Fi 6E or 7 chips in Apple Vision Pro, well, those are very specific expectations.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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| Venkat Eswarlu / MSPoweruser: |
Google updates Chrome's Incognito disclaimer after a privacy settlement, saying that Incognito mode “won't change how data is collected” by Google and others — Readers help support MSPoweruser. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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| Wired: |
Researchers describe a GPU vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from local memory on some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and other chips — Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A study monitoring product review queries on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo for a year suggests that search engines are losing the cat-and-mouse game of SEO spam — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
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| Financial Times: |
CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had inflows of $984M in the first two days of trading, including $508M for BlackRock; Grayscale had $579M of outflows — Grayscale has outflows of $579mn as investors turn to BlackRock and Fidelity for new crypto products — Bitcoin exchange traded funds … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps — CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft …
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| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
The US Treasury and IRS say they are not enforcing a rule requiring businesses to report the receipt of digital assets worth $10K+ within 15 days of receipt — The tax law would require business-related crypto transactions over $10,000 to be reported like cash, but it's not quite ready yet.| Nick Huber / Financial Times: |
Omdia: the healthcare sector suffered more cyberattacks than any other sector between January and September 2023, with 241 publicly disclosed attacks — The vast amount of information held by health services makes them a prime target for cyber criminals — An increase in cyber attacks …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Internet Watch Foundation: over 100K webpages featured self-generated CSAM in the past year, up 66% YoY; a record 275,655 webpages in total had CSAM, up 8% YoY — Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption
More: Sky News, The Internet Watch Foundation, and The Independent
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series — Amazon is officially rolling out the ability to create AI-generated images on Fire TV devices. Starting today, the feature is available …
More: The Verge, About Amazon, Android Central, Cord Cutters News, and Digital Trends
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Alphabet's Wing unveils a new drone that can carry up to five pounds, fly a 12 mile round trip, and cruise at 65mph, set for deployment in the next 12 months — If drone delivery is going to go mainstream, it's going to need bigger aircraft that can handle more stuff.
More: The Messenger, Wing Blog, TechCrunch, and DroneDJ
| Financial Times: |
Lexington, Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage's Pinegrove, and StepStone are raising billions to buy stakes in VC-backed tech startups via secondary share sales — Buyers return after secondary market for private shares was hit by higher interest rates — Investment firms are raising billions …
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