EU charges Apple with antitrust violations, alleging that Apple squeezed rival music streaming apps by requiring them to use its in-app payments system
EU accuses Apple of forcing many apps to use its in-app payment system on which it takes commissions, saying it ‘distorted competition’ in music streaming
At least 15 Basecamp employees announced on Twitter that they are leaving the company, with some specifically citing new policy banning political talk at work
Multiple employees say they are leaving specifically because of recent policy changes. — On Friday, numerous employees …
Florida governor to sign into law a bill punishing social media firms for “deplatforming” politicians, which would likely face a constitutional challenge
Florida is on track to be the first state in the nation to punish social media companies that ban politicians …
To tackle harassment, Riot Games updates privacy policy allowing it to record in-game voice chats, says it will listen to recordings only if a report is filed
Riot Games plans to do more to tackle toxicity in — Valorant. The company is updating its privacy policy to allow it to record in-game voice chats.
IDC: global tablet shipments grew 55.2% YoY, most since 2013, to reach 39.9M units in Q1; Apple led with 12.7M shipments, up 64.3% YoY; Samsung 8M, up 60.8% YoY
Apple's iPad retained the dominant share of the tablet industry in the first quarter of 2021 as the product segment grew more than 50% year-over-year.
Ahead of the Epic vs. Apple trial, which starts on Monday, a look at what is at stake, how the trial will work, key witnesses who will testify, and more
On Monday, Apple and Epic Games will meet in court to decide one of the most consequential antitrust arguments in the history of the tech industry.
ISP lobby groups sue New York to block a state law requiring ISPs offer a basic broadband plan for low-income families for no more than $15 a month
Lobby groups for Verizon, AT&T, and other ISPs ask court to overturn state law. — Internet service providers today sued New York to block …
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access
what you need to know Ben Gilbert / Insider : Google and Roku are locked in a contract dispute, and YouTube TV is the first casualty: The streaming service has been pulled from Roku devices Todd Spang...
CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon's claim of merely connecting buyers and sellers
Should Amazon, which accounts for roughly half of all online sales, be legally and financially responsible for the safety …
Google is experimenting with post-pandemic designs in 10% of its global work spaces, including inflatable balloon walls, hybrid meeting rooms, open-air tents
although I have to say, this looks like one of the most uncomfortable meeting spaces on earth https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @joshsternberg : If you're a $1.5 trillion company, yo...
Apple clarifies that the first-gen Magic Keyboard is “functionally compatible” with the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro but may not “precisely fit when closed”
but there's a catch Oliver Haslam / iMore : Shipping for the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro has slipped into July Kunal Khullar / XDA Developers : Apple iPad Pro with M1 now available for pre-order from Apple....
The sandboxed App Store model has been a hugely good thing, but Apple has often made wrong decisions in running it and now the EU is stepping in to regulate it
Apple launched the App Store in 2008, and tightened up the payment rules in 2011, and we've been arguing about it ever since.
English soccer and cricket clubs and other sporting bodies begin a four-day boycott of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, protesting abuse on the platforms
NYPD says it has canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics and will return the Spot robotic dog, amid backlash about the robot's surveillance capabilities
Experts detail how Apple AirTags can be used by an abuser to discreetly track a partner despite built-in protections, especially when victims are not iOS users
Mark Wilson / Fast Company :
Nintendo's global and US presidents discuss Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Switch, and the company's forays into theme parks, movies, and more
In June 2019, Nintendo announced that it was pushing the release date for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, an eagerly-awaited game for its Switch console, to March 20, 2020. Tweets: @harrymccracken and ...
Sources: a16z is raising its third fund focused on cryptocurrencies and crypto startups, aiming to raise up to $1B, twice the size of its previous fund
Miles Kruppa / Financial Times :
UK security firm says around 345K sensitive legal documents from the Philippine government related to ongoing cases were exposed online for at least two months
The security firm that discovered the files says the leak could disrupt ongoing judicial proceedings. Tweets: @gangbadoy , @nattyfried , @nattyfried , and @nattyfried Tweets: Gang Capati / @gangbadoy ...
Mux, an API-based video streaming and analytics service, raises $105M Series D led by Coatue, at a valuation of $1B+, bringing its total raised to $175M
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Combined revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Facebook hit ~$1.2T this year, up 25% since March 2020, benefitting from a “perfect positive storm”
Shira Ovide / New York Times :
Cybersecurity company Darktrace rises 32% on its first day of trading on London Stock Exchange, after raising £165.1M in its IPO at a valuation of £1.7B
Facebook details DINO self-supervised AI for object discovery and segmentation in images/videos, and PAWS, a new ML approach to classify poorly labelled images
Global cloud infrastructure spending grew 35% YoY in Q1 to reach $41.8B; AWS led with 32% of total spend, followed by Azure with 19% and Google Cloud with 7%
Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Thursday, 29 April 2020
China says 33 apps, including apps made by Baidu and Tencent, violate rules in gathering personal information, which must be rectified within 10 working days
Bloomberg :
Online pharmacy Capsule raises $300M Series D at a valuation of $1B+, bringing its total raised to $570M
Angelica LaVito / Bloomberg : Tweets: @chrisbaglieri , @drugchannels , @angelicalavito , @aslanobahasan , and @1871chicago Tweets: Chris Baglieri / @chrisbaglieri : Momentous day @capsulecares. We're...
DOJ says SAP voluntarily admitted to violating Iran sanctions and exporting software to users in the country 20K+ times between 2010 and 2017, and will pay $8M+
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :
Sources: US is investigating a recently discovered hack against federal agencies that used a vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN, that began during Trump years
China asks 13 companies, including Tencent, ByteDance, and the fintech affiliate of Baidu, to introduce similar changes to those imposed on Ant Group
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.
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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.