Q&A with FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller and analyst Neil Cybart about the merits of Epic's lawsuits against Apple and Google, and the economics of the App Store
“Epic's complaints are very well-crafted, but the hurdle for establishing an antitrust violation is high”
Apple says it won't require IAP in WordPress app “since the developer removed the display of their service payment options”, apologizes for confusion caused
“We [...] apologize for any confusion that we have caused” — On Friday, the internet erupted in a small way to learn …
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition
❗ Punctuation matters Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Apple's At It Again, This Time With WordPress Joe Wituschek / iMore : WordPress says Apple has blocked it from updating its iOS app Surur / MSPoweruser...
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
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
TikTok confirms it plans to sue the Trump administration as early as next week over executive order banning transactions with TikTok and ByteDance
TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over the president's executive order banning transactions with the popular video-sharing app …
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 …
U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit, files a lawsuit in district court in SF against Trump's executive order banning transactions with WeChat and ByteDance
Group of users of popular Tencent-owned app says Trump administration's planned curbs violate civil rights, target Chinese-Americans
A detailed look at some key developments/breakthroughs in robotics, amid an increasing interest in robots during the pandemic, and what to expect in the future
Machines now perform all sorts of tasks: They clean big stores, patrol borders, and help autistic children. But will they make life better for humans?
Freepik, a popular freemium stock photos marketplace, discloses data breach and says hacker obtained info of 8.3M users, including usernames and password hashes
Freepik is one of the most popular websites on the internet, currently ranked #97 on the Alexa Top 100 sites list.
As workspace usage of Slack and Microsoft Teams soars, lawyers see an uptick in harassment claims, as messaging is more informal and often misinterpreted
Chat applications have become a major way employees stay connected, but some see an uptick in agitation and bullying Tweets: @carnage4life , @chrisharihar , @kantrowitz , @kpyszczyk , @jaycuthrell , @...
In India, like in Myanmar and the Philippines previously, Facebook has no issue aiding dishonest and hateful authoritarian leaders to increase its market share
Rana Ayyub / Washington Post :
UK's national statistics regulator says it will review the algorithm used by exam regulator Ofqual to decide grades for high school students
The national statistics regulator is stepping in to review the algorithm used by Ofqual to decide A-level grades for students who could not sit exams. Tweets: @cjfweatherhead , @areeqchowdhury , @jame...
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more
The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists. Tweets: @dlberes , @caseynewton , @kantrowitz , ...
Workplace chat apps may alter work conversations the way social media alters public discourse, leading to issues like internal divisions and group harassment
Slack and its counterparts ‘create problems, high school-type problems,’ one CEO said — Sitting among peers at a gathering a few years ago … Tweets: @sub8u , @ozm , @ozm , @medium , @lordravenscraft...
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
Bloomberg :
Uber and Lyft's potential franchise model is reminiscent of FedEx's similar move, when FedEx shifted from employing independent contractors to fleet operators
but Not Their Drivers by @SarahFKessler @OZM https://onezero.medium.com/... Damon Beres / @dlberes : NEW deep dive from @SarahFKessler on the franchise model that might save Uber and Lyft—but not thei...
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
one CCTV camera for every 20 citizens My latest piece for @CodaStory is on how my hometown Hyderabad changed over the years from an IT hub to a city with excessive surveillance. https://www.codastory....
MediaTek stock dropped 10%+ last week as investors fear that newly tightened US sanctions against Huawei, announced last week, now also apply to MediaTek chips
The Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek was poised to be one of the largest beneficiaries of the United States' yearslong campaign against Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant.
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
Ashley Gold / Axios : Tweets: @jalter , @axios , @tech4campaigns , and @carlahayes Tweets: Jessica Alter / @jalter : “Volunteers from Tech for Campaigns are handling Junquera's digital ads and textin...
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 :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.