Epic asks Apple to reinstate its Fortnite developer account in South Korea, after passage of a bill forcing app stores to allow alternative payment systems
Following the passing of a bill allowing alternative payment systems on the App Store — Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate …
Kuo: Apple has resolved its Apple Watch Series 7 production issues and will start mass production mid to late September, with shipping set for late September
Apple has resolved its Apple Watch Series 7 production issues and will start mass producing the new model in mid to late September …
Facebook launches $299 Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses in six countries including the US; users can capture photo and video, listen to music, or take phone calls
Hands-on with Facebook and Ray-Ban's first pair of smart glasses — Starting Thursday, the first pair of smart glasses …
Apple has fired senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik for allegedly leaking confidential information; Gjøvik has been tweeting about workplace issues
For months, Gjøvik has been tweeting allegations about harassment and intimidation at Apple
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic v. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP
A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case … Source: United States District Court .
Apple says it won't let Epic Games back in the App Store unless Epic agrees to “play by the same rules as everyone else”
Unless Epic complies with App Store rules, that is — Apple says it won't let Epic Games back in the App Store until they agree to “play by the same rules as everyone else.”
Texas governor signs bill banning social media companies with 50M+ MAUs from blocking or restricting people or their content based on their viewpoint
The law is an escalation of a conservative critique of Silicon Valley and will likely to face legal challenges from the industry
In a consultation document, UK government suggests removing human review of some AI decisions, in a reversal of EU data protection laws
Excising Article 22 of Brussels regulations would alarm privacy campaigners — The government will put itself on a collision course with data privacy campaigners …
Apple says Apple Music will use Shazam's technology to identify and compensate DJs, labels, and artists involved in making DJ mixes
Apple Music announced today that it's created a process to properly identify and compensate all of the individual creators involved in making a DJ mix.
Microsoft indefinitely postpones the return to its offices in the US, saying it has “decided against attempting to forecast a new date for a full reopening”
The pandemic keeps pushing back Microsoft's plans — Microsoft is shelving its plans to fully reopen its US offices next month.Source:The Official Microsoft Blog.
Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be the next CEO of Yahoo following the closure of Apollo's acquisition of Yahoo on September 1
Mr. Lanzone will join Yahoo as CEO later this month — Apollo Global Management Inc. is naming Tinder Chief Executive Jim Lanzone the new CEO of Yahoo …
Sources: Apple intends to double its output of TV shows and movies next year to at least one a week and plans to spend $500M+ on marketing Apple TV+ this year
When Apple launched its Apple TV+ service nearly two years ago, executives throughout Hollywood and Silicon Valley snickered about the streaming video service.
Epic to shut down Houseparty, the video chat app it acquired in 2019, in October, along with Fortnite Mode, which uses Houseparty for video chats
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down.
Sources: Apple has appointed longtime Apple Watch and Health software chief Kevin Lynch as the new head of its Apple Car project after Doug Field's departure
- Kevin Lynch replaces Doug Field as head of Apple's car efforts — Field left Apple's project after three years to work at Ford
Twitter is testing a new “Automated Account” label for profiles to self-identify as bots, intended for “good bots”, and the label will remain opt-in for now
Twitter today is introducing a new feature that will allow accounts to self-identify as bots by adding a label to their profile.
Zuckerberg says WhatsApp will start rolling out e2e encrypted backups to iOS and Android users in the coming weeks as an optional feature
WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put …
Doordash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats sue NYC for its law capping the amount of commissions the apps can charge, say the law is harmful government overreach
Food-delivery companies contend the cap is harmful, constitutes government overreach — DoorDash Inc., Grubhub Inc …
Sources: UK digital bank Monzo plans to launch buy now, pay later tools as soon as next week, one of the first regulated banks to do so
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New Delhi-based Amagi, which provides targeted advertising software for broadcast and connected TVs, raises $100M, bringing its total raised to $150M
Media technology company Amagi announced Friday $100 million to further develop its cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected televisions.
Match Group appoints Renate Nyborg as the new CEO of Tinder; Nyborg last served as Tinder's general manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Match Group Inc. appointed Renate Nyborg as the new chief executive officer of the dating-app giant's leading brand, Tinder.
Norwegian enterprise software maker Visma says it is planning an IPO next year in Oslo after being valued at $19B in a secondary share sale
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's plans for smart eyewear, potential privacy issues, lack of AR features, the inadequacies of smartphones, and more
California defense attorney Jay Leiderman, once dubbed the “Hacktivist's Advocate” and known for defending whistleblowers and hackers, dies at 50 years old
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Amazon says it will offer to cover 100% of college tuition for its 750,000 hourly employees in the US after 90 days of employment, starting in January 2022
Do you then owe them? https://twitter.com/... Litquidity / @litcapital : smh if only Amazon and Jeff Borzos paid their fair share they would be able to give everyone in the US $1 million dollars and f...
Mastercard acquires CipherTrace, which offers a crypto-focused analytics service that specializes in anti-money laundering and forensics
Stephen Graves / Decrypt :
UK's Department of Health and Social Care is ending its partnership with Palantir, following criticism from privacy groups over a lack of transparency
Giles Turner / Bloomberg :
Box stockholders voted to re-elect three board directors, including CEO Aaron Levie, giving a blow to activist investor Starboard, which failed to win any seats
Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters : Tweets: @mamoonha and @skupor Tweets: Mamoon Hamid / @mamoonha : Couldn't agree more @msquinn. Books will be written about @levie https://twitter.com/... Scott Kupor /...
Security researchers say Apple's bug bounty program is undermined by Apple's insular culture, confusion about payments, and long delays in fixing bugs
Jio and Google delay the JioPhone Next, which was planned to launch on Sept. 10 in India, blaming chip shortages; the launch is now scheduled for early November
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Amazon launches the Fire TV Omni Series, its first smart TVs, starting at $410 and shipping in October
Including the First Ever Amazon-Built TVs Tweets: Chris Welch / @chriswelch : Amazon is definitely including some of its own tech. But behind the scenes, I'm fairly sure TCL is supplying a lot of the ...
While SEC rules are hazy, Coinbase's Lend product likely does constitute a security; to avoid SEC oversight, Coinbase would need to be regulated like a bank
Wisetack, which facilitates buy now, pay later services for in-person business transactions, raises $45M Series B, following $19M seed and Series A in February
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Vouch, which offers insurance policies tailored to startups and high-growth companies, raises $30M Series B1 and $60M Series C, and is now valued at $550M
Vouch, a provider of business insurance to startups and high-growth companies, announced today it has raised $90 million in new funding.
Binance.US appoints former Ant Group and Uber executive Brian Shroder as its new president after the resignation of CEO Brian Brooks
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg : Tweets: @cablecarcapital , @arturo_p_a , and @arturo_p_a Tweets: Jacob Ma-Weaver / @cablecarcapital : One reason companies that “break things,” including the law, can raise ...
Report: since 2004, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter have earned $43.8B in contracts with the Pentagon, mostly in relation to the War on Terror
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE : Tweets: @greisamartinez , @nullvoidstar , @vice , @caradefabio , @munira_ , and @acrecampaigns Tweets: Undeniable Greisa / @greisamartinez : @ACREcampaigns ... Published a ...
Twitter says it is testing Communities, invite-only topic-based public feeds curated by moderators, initially limited to a few topics, such as dogs and skincare
Sources: Facebook is developing an ML chip for tasks such as recommending content to users and a data center chip to improve video transcoding
Wayne Ma / The Information :
Affirm beats in Q4 with $261.8M, up 71% YoY, vs. estimates of $225M, with 7.1M active customers, up from 5.4M in the previous quarter; stock up more than 20%
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
Interview with Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, founders of Indian edtech giant Byju's, on launching in the US, teaching kids to become self-learners, more
Rod Berger / Forbes : Thanks: @vscpr
JPMorgan Chase acquires The Infatuation, a restaurant discovery service that bought Zagat from Google in 2018
A number of playlist curators say Spotify is not addressing playlist abuse, letting bad actors report rivals to gain better visibility for their own playlists
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Supabase, an open source alternative to Google's Firebase that automates parts of developers' backend work, raises $30M Series A
Fin, which provides productivity insights for companies by capturing employee workflow data from across apps, raises $20M Series A led by Coatue
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