iPhones now do not display the Battery Health feature when their batteries are replaced by unauthorized service providers
“Guess what, Apple. You've got some explaining to do.” Jason Koebler / VICE : Apple Is Locking Batteries to Specific iPhones, a Nightmare for DIY Repair Rene Ritchie / iMore : Is Apple Locking iPhone...
Highlights from the Senate hearing with Facebook's David Marcus on the proposed Libra cryptocurrency, and what was left unanswered
’ Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph : ‘Libra Is so Screwed’ — Should Have Used Bitcoin, Says Samson Mow Martin Young / Bitcoinist.com : Congress to Hold Second Hearing on Libra and Crypto Marko Vidrih...
Zuckerberg opens F8 reiterating Facebook's new focus on a “privacy-focused communications platform” prioritizing end-to-end encryption and interoperability
get yours and pre-order now on http://oculus.com/ http://twitter.com/... Jason Rubin / @jason_rubin : . @oculus Quest and Rift S now open for pre-orders and shipping on May 21! Gaming in VR is better ...
European Parliament approves the Copyright Directive, a controversial law that includes Article 11, dubbed the “link tax”, and Article 13, the “upload filter”
New copyright rules that include some payment to publishers—Toughest in world privacy rules—New state laws on terrorist content/hate speech, EU directive coming—Repeated privacy/antitrust enforcement....
In EU, Google to start charging OEMs for Play Store and Google apps, offer separate licenses for Search and Chrome, let OEMs make devices with forked Android
for a fee Cohen Coberly / TechSpot : Google will soon charge European Android device makers licensing fees to use its apps Tweets: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Google is going to start charging a license...
Facebook changes advertising policies for Instant Articles to allow publishers to include more advertising in each article and to sell Facebook-only campaigns
Facebook Bends to Publishers, Tweaks Instant Articles Advertising — Publishers said restrictions made it too hard for them to generate revenue Tweets: @epro and @ow . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Emi...
FAA gives Amazon permission to start outdoor research and testing of Prime Air delivery drones in US
But Only for Testing Rebecca Borison / TheStreet.com : Amazon Moves One Step Closer to Drone Delivery Chris Davies / SlashGear : Amazon drones get FAA test approval (but don't get excited) Dustin Volz...