Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture with 50% US ownership
Yes, Trump said he's “most likely” to give #TikTok 90-day extension. — No, that's not a legally available option. — The 270 days lapsed. An extension is no longer available (even if TikTok met 3 ...
Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo plan Horizon OS-compatible headsets; Meta plans an Xbox branded Quest
Apple released the Vision Pro on February 2; 12 days later Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered his verdict: Ben Lang / Road to VR : Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn't too lat...
Eddie Cue's US v. Google testimony: Cue said Google was the only “valid” search choice for a deal; the DOJ noted Apple railed against Google's privacy policies
When court resumed today for the start of the third week … Adi Robertson / The Verge : Apple's Eddy Cue will take the stand Tuesday in the Google antitrust trial Thomas Barrabi / New York Post : Top A...
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook t...
During Senate hearing, Spotify and Match said Apple abuses its power over app developers, leveraging its user base; Spotify said the goal is to hurt rivals
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Epic Games sues Google in Australia, arguing Google forces developers to use its payments system, expanding on lawsuits in US and UK against Google and Apple
Epic gave Fortnite players on iOS and Google Play a choice between Apple/Google payment … Isobel Asher Hamilton / Insider : Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” has filed yet another lawsuit in its fi...
Parler CEO confirms that Amazon will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST, says Parler may be unavailable on the internet for up to a week
from apps down to infrastructure — the higher the bar for banning content/users. Amazon booting Parler off AWS > Apple/Google banning Parler from app stores > Twitter banning Trump Would be more worri...
Sources: Facebook's VR business practices have attracted the attention of the DOJ, which is talking to developers about their interactions with Facebook
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg : Tweets: @cixliv , @billfishkin , @andgokevin , @vertis , @amoration , @kavyapearlman , and @hoofnagle Tweets: Cix / @cixliv : 1/ “Our industry is getting eaten alive by...
Dozens of tracking apps for smartphones are being used or developed to help contain the pandemic, despite concerns about security, privacy, and effectiveness
literally dozens gathering info on people's location or contacts to curb the virus. Can they help? What are the pitfalls? Will people use them? @natashanyt @Aaron_Krolik & I take a look 1/ https://www...
[Thread] Moxie Marlinspike explains how Apple and Google's contract tracing framework will work in practice
First look at Apple/Google contact tracing framework: 1) Once a day, your device derives a new key ("daily tracing key"). 2) It uses that to derive a new “proximity ID” every time your device's blueto...