Google's legal defeat to Epic threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple that generates nearly $200B/year and accelerate the weakening of app store rules
- Jury decision poised to accelerate crumbling of business model — Case takes aim at app store commissions of up to 30%
The jury in Epic v. Google finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution and in-app billing services markets; Google plans to appeal
Three years after Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win.
After Apple rolls out its new App Store ad units, prominent developers complain about gambling ads appearing in their app listings with no way to stop them
Apple today rolled out new ad placements in the App Store on the iPhone, allowing developers to advertise their apps in more places …
Discord CEO Jason Citron says the service has no plans to add crypto and NFT tools, following a backlash to an internal concept he shared on Twitter
Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron sought to reassure users Wednesday that the company doesn't have impending plans to shift its business toward NFTs. Source: @jasoncitron .
Discord CEO Jason Citron says the service has no plans to add crypto and NFT tools, after backlash to an internal concept he shared on Twitter
Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron sought to reassure users Wednesday that the company doesn't have impending plans to shift its business toward NFTs. Source: @jasoncitron .
In an email to employees, Andy Jassy says Amazon will leave remote work decisions to team leaders, instead of having everyone return by January
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EA hackers say they used stolen cookies, bought online for $10, to gain access to EA Slack, and then tricked IT support to give login tokens for EA's network
Venmo will now let users control the visibility of their friends list, following a report in which Biden's Venmo account and connections were easily found
Venmo will now let users control the visibility of their friends list, following a report in which Biden's Venmo account and connections were easily found
Venmo, the mobile payments app owned by PayPal, is changing its privacy settings after a BuzzFeed News story uncovered President Joe Biden's account earlier this month.
Google says Chrome 91 has 23% faster performance thanks to Sparkplug, a new non-optimizing compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine
a non-optimizing JavaScript compiler Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Google details code optimization tech behind Chrome's latest 23% speed boost Michael Perrigo / Chrome Unboxed ...
Roblox replaces the word “game” with “experience” on its website, after Apple argued at the Epic trial that Roblox developers don't make games
The word ‘game’ has been replaced by ‘experience’ across Roblox's website — Massively popular game creation tool Roblox …
Microsoft says it will let managers approve permanent remote work for employees, and all employees can work from home for less than 50% of their working week
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Nvidia announces Maxine, a set of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing tools that improve video quality, with early access available from next week
Nvidia today launched Nvidia Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software to enhance video quality.
Nvidia announces $699 RTX 3080 GPU, launching on Sept. 17, boasting up to two times the performance of the RTX 2080, as well as a $499 RTX 3070
the RTX 3070 is 50% faster than an RTX 2080 Ti on raw compute power. RTX 3080 is 120% faster. Insane. https://www.anandtech.com/... Sebastian Aaltonen / @sebaaltonen : DirectStorag...
Sources say Google has rolled back diversity programs, but Google disputes the claims and says it's adding outside help to scale racial equity training globally
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A new study finds that YouTube's late 2019 algorithm actively discourages users from watching radicalizing content, directing them to more mainstream videos
In 2018, Kevin Roose published a piece in the New York Times in which Caleb Cain, a liberal college dropout, described his experience …