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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Apple has removed Epic Games' Fortnite from the App Store after the developer implemented its own in-app payment system, bypassing Apple's standard 30% fee — Apple says Epic is violating its App Store guidelines by using its own payment system — Apple has removed Epic Games' battle royale Fortnite …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Epic enables a direct payment option in Fortnite on iOS and Android alongside the existing method, to get around app store fees; buying direct is up to 20% off — Plus, V-bucks get permanently discounted — Today, Epic announced the Fortnite “mega drop,” a permanent discount on V-bucks …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, with the aim of establishing the App Store as a monopoly and seeking relief to “allow fair competition” — Epic has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit following Apple's removal of Fortnite from the App Store
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cdn2.unrealengine.com, New York Times, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Thurrott, AppleInsider, CNBC, and TheStreet
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will launch “Apple One” tiered subscription bundles, with Music, TV+, News+, and a new virtual fitness service, as early as October — Apple Inc. is readying a series of bundles that will let customers subscribe to several of the company's digital services …
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Bloomberg, CNBC, MacRumors, ZDNet, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Android Authority, Macworld, Variety, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, CNET, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Trusted Reviews, VentureBeat, Input, Gamasutra, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, Coinspeaker, Neowin, Tom's Guide, The Streamable, Wccftech, iPhone Hacks, Decider, Thurrott, Engadget, SlashGear, Six Colors, and Apple Must
Tweets: @markgurman, @genepark, @pkafka, @markgurman, @alexhern, and @appleinsider
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple, Disney, and others participated in a White House call over the potential WeChat ban, arguing it could undermine their competitiveness in China — Companies including Apple, Disney and Walmart participate in call with White House over action against China's most important app
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Android Authority, Observer, Mashable, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Reuters, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @ferrotv, @wsjpolitics, and @jchengwsj
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Researchers say a now-patched Alexa vulnerability could have been exploited to hand over users' personal data, voice recordings, banking data history, and more — Subdomains belonging to the service were found to be harboring CORS errors and vulnerable to XSS attacks.
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Check Point Research, Wired, TechHive, CNET, PYMNTS.com, TechRepublic, Mashable, Silicon Republic, Neowin, VentureBeat, and Android Authority
Tweets: @checkpointsw and @kevinctofel
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft joins Uber in saying it will pull out of California if forced to re-classify drivers as employees — The companies say they can't afford to classify drivers as employees — Lyft said it would shut down operations in California if forced to classify drivers as employees …
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Axios, Reuters, Financial Times, Engadget, On my Om, TechCrunch, and Sacramento Business Journal
Tweets: @sesmith, @phonesoldier, and @wagatwe
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US says it has seized 300+ “cryptocurrency accounts”, around $2M, four websites, and four FB pages used by al-Qaeda, Hamas' military wing, and ISIS — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the “largest ever seizure of terrorist organizations' cryptocurrency accounts” …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Decrypt, Bloomberg, Engadget, Associated Press, Reuters, Cointelegraph, The Verge, New York Times, and Reuters. Tweets: @theryanford
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook officially launches a Voting Information Center on Facebook and Instagram, with state-by-state information on how to register and vote — Eager to avoid a repeat of its disastrous role as a super-spreader of misinformation during the 2016 election cycle, Facebook is getting its ducks in a row.
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Reuters, CyberScoop, NPR, New York Times, Social Media Today, CNBC, Business Insider, Engadget, The Hill, Neowin, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @facebook, @andymstone, and @mikeisaac
| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
NSA and FBI say Russian state sponsored hacker group Fancy Bear is using a previously undisclosed Linux malware called Drovorub for cyber espionage operations — The National Security Agency and the FBI are jointly exposing malware that they say Russian military hackers use in cyber-espionage operations.
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National Security …, ZDNet, Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Federal Computer Week, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @nsacyber, @us_cybercom, @ridt, @cnmf_cyberalert, @780thc, @jseldin, @cristingoodwin, and @shanvav
| Brian J Barth / OneZero : |
A look at how Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs' bet on making Toronto a smart city failed, driven by intense resistance from residents and civic leaders — Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn't play along. — October 2017, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke …
Tweets: @dlberes, @ozm, @yeahyeahyasmin, @ozm, @davegershgorn, @longform, @frankpasquale, @joshokane, @kotarski, and @neve_peric. Thanks:@dlberes
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel offers a first look at its next-gen Tiger Lake processors and Xe graphics, both of which promise higher performance and lower power consumption — Architecture Day 2020 offers a preview of Intel's future — Intel's Architecture Day 2020 brought a first look at the company's upcoming …
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CNET, Tom's Hardware, Tom's Hardware, SemiAccurate, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, TheStreet, Thurrott, Ars Technica, Reuters, PCWorld, VentureBeat, AnandTech, AnandTech, Digital Trends, Engadget, and Engadget. Tweets: @stshank
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram says it will start asking some users to verify their identities by submitting government IDs, if it suspects “potential inauthentic behavior” — Instagram is taking new steps to root out bots and other accounts trying to manipulate its platform.
Tweets: @martinsfp
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
YouTube bans videos containing info obtained through hacking that could interfere with the election and will remove content that encourages meddling in voting — The Google-owned video site will also take down content that encourages meddling in the voting process.| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
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