In a legal filing, Apple accuses Epic Games of anticompetitive behavior, producing three emails from Tim Sweeney to show that Epic asked for a special deal
- Apple responded to Epic Games' lawsuit accusing it of anticompetitive behavior in its control of the App Store in a legal filing on Friday.
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition
This sounds ridiculous — WordPress, the iOS app, lets you build and manage a website right from your iPhone or iPad.
Epic to host a #FreeFortnite tournament Aug. 23, with prizes including gaming hardware, encourages players to “fight against the App Store” on social media
the psychological battle of an age cohort of gamers. The evil archetype is being established and it is using Apple, a company older then most dads of the gamers as the Achilles heel. It has impact. ht...
Sources: Google Pixel 5 to have a 6" 90Hz display, Snapdragon 765G, and dual rear cameras with an ultrawide lens; leaked renders show a rear fingerprint sensor
Here's your early look at Google's upcoming Pixels. — What you need to know — Following new renders of the Pixel 5 …
FBI and CISA warn of an ongoing voice phishing campaign targeting remote workers in the US aimed at stealing login credentials for corporate networks/VPNs
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert …
In India, like in Myanmar and the Philippines previously, Facebook has no issue aiding dishonest and hateful authoritarian leaders to increase its market share
On Aug. 14, the Wall Street Journal published a damning story about Facebook's complicity in aiding and abetting Prime Minister …
Uber and Lyft's potential franchise model is reminiscent of FedEx's similar move, when FedEx shifted from employing independent contractors to fleet operators
A new ‘franchise’ model could help the companies without necessarily improving working conditions
Experian South Africa CEO claims someone posing as a client tricked the company into giving up personal information of an estimated 24M SA citizens in May
Experian South Africa CEO Ferdie Pieterse downplayed the seriousness of a data breach at his company which exposed the personal details of 23.4 million South Africans.
Leaked Palantir S-1 shows the company had 2019 revenue of $742M, up ~25% YoY, and a net loss of $580M, about the same as in 2018
Palantir filed an S-1 confidentially to the SEC in early July, but we have so far been waiting for the final doc to be published for weeks now with nary a murmur.
Sources: Alphabet considered participating in a group bid for TikTok but talks among companies in the nascent consortium ended recently
- Google parent would have used an investment unit for deal — Talks among firms in nascent consortium said to end recently
Chainalysis: around $50B in crypto assets have left China in the past year, of which ~$18B was Tether; China limits citizens to $50K/year in overseas transfers
- Report suggests digital coins contribute to capital flight — Tether coin is ‘a U.S. dollar replacement’ for some in China
Hyderabad, with 500K+ CCTV cameras, has become India's most surveilled city and a test bed for AI-based visual surveillance tech for the rest of the country
Hyderabad's IT industry brought jobs and growth to the city. Critics now say the same technology is being used to watch the moves of every citizen Tweets: @eggopolis , @codastory , @varshaabansal , @...
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $3.6B, net profit of $317M in the June quarter; Meituan stock is up 2x+ in 2020, taking its market cap to $186B
- Food delivery, groceries were bright spots in the June quarter — Meituan shares jumped 4.5% before earnings were released
Jeff Wilke, Amazon's CEO of Worldwide Consumer, will retire from the company in 2021; senior VP of retail operations Dave Clark will succeed him
Earlier today, Jeff Wilke announced his retirement from Amazon after over two decades with the company. Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal : Jeff Wilke, Early Amazon Executive and Lieutenant to J...
Sources: up to 80% of Palantir shares will be subject to a lockup period until February 2021, making it more like a traditional IPO
Bloomberg :
Tech for Campaigns, a volunteer group of ~13,500 tech employees, have worked on 468 election-related projects, flipping 3 state chambers Democratic since 2018
Some 13,500 tech workers with day jobs at companies like Facebook, Google, Netflix and Disney are volunteering in their spare … Tweets: @jalter , @axios , @tech4campaigns , and @carlahayes Tweets: Jes...
Sources: Facebook is exploring steps like a “kill switch” to shut off political ads after the election, if Trump attempts to dispute the results using Facebook
a horrible idea. https://twitter.com/... Fred Guttenberg / @fred_guttenberg : The current occupant of the WH knows he can't win the election. Voters will elect @JoeBiden. The rest of his campaign is a...
Sources: Trump administration is signaling that US companies can continue to use WeChat in China, and intends to prohibit downloads of WeChat in US app stores
Bloomberg :
Facebook's decision to disable the #SaveTheChildren hashtag appears to have energized and amplified the QAnon movement, spurring on public, offline rallies
NBC News : Tweets: @oneunderscore__ , @benfranklin2018 , @gregafish , @juliacarriew , @oneunderscore__ , and @mmasnick Tweets: Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : New from @BrandyZadrozny + me: Secretly...
Sources: Microsoft started signing deals with foreign governments for cloud contracts after JEDI was put on hold due to Amazon's legal challenge
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Kuo: Apple is looking to offset cost of new 5G tech in iPhone 12 by using a simpler battery board design that will be 40%-50% cheaper than the one in iPhone 11
Eric Slivka / MacRumors :
Researchers allege fertility app Premom was sharing data with three Chinese companies without user consent; Google briefly removed the app from Play Store
most had no idea the app could even do this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Wolfie Christl / @wolfiechristl : Fertility app Premom found to share personal data with Google, AppsFlyer and Chinese ...
IBM's team of hackers uncovered a way, in Sep 2019, to bypass security checks to access secured data in millions of IoT devices; vulnerability was fixed in Feb.
Adam Laurie / Security Intelligence :
Helsinki-based Quuppa, whose Intelligent Locating System helps businesses accurately and reliably locate Bluetooth-enabled devices in real time, raises €20M
Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups :
Nanox, an Israeli startup that digitizes traditional X-rays using smaller and cheaper scanners, raises $165.2M in IPO, closing up 20.6% in first day of trading
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Thanks: @ingridlunden
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