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Epic Games files an antitrust suit against Apple, arguing the App Store is a monopoly, seeking no damages but just injunctive 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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| 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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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google removes Fortnite from its Play Store, argues that although its Android ecosystem is open, Epic's decision violates store policies — You can still install it directly from Epic, however — Following its removal from the Apple App Store, Fortnite has also been kicked off of the Google Play Store for Android.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Epic files a suit against Google alleging that its Play Store payments restrictions constitute a monopoly, also accuses Google of being anti-competitive — Just like Apple — Epic Games has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust violations, just hours after being dropped …
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| Austen Goslin / Polygon: |
Accompanying its lawsuit, Epic released a 1984-inspired Fortnite short, parodying Apple's iconic Macintosh commercial — Epic is taking on the Apple App Store, with a video and a lawsuit — Epic premiered a new short video in Fortnite on Thursday called “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite.”
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic, in its suit, claims that Google forced OnePlus to break off a deal in which a special Fortnite launcher would come preinstalled on OnePlus phones — Epic sued Google after the search company kicked Fortnite from the Play Store — Epic Games sued Google over pulling Fortnite … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
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| New York Times: |
Internal docs show TikTok classified more than a third of its 49M US DAUs in July as 14 years old or younger, raising concerns about safeguards for preteens — Three current and former employees expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app's safeguards for preteen children.
Tweets: @zhonggg and @shiraovide
| Washington Post: |
Google ends direct cooperation with Hong Kong authorities on data requests, and will instead direct officials to a treaty where requests go through the DOJ — Google will stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, according to a person familiar with the matter … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Google updates travel search results with information about COVID-19 cases at destination, percentage of available hotel rooms and operating flights, more — Google has already introduced a number of updates to help people get around during widespread closures and travel disruptions due to COVID-19.| Eva Xiao / Wall Street Journal: |
China says it will expand a pilot program of its digital currency, led by its central bank People's Bank of China, to include a number of large cities — Testing efforts are being led by the People's Bank of China — HONG KONG—China's Commerce Ministry said it would expand a pilot program …
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| Bloomberg: |
A legal analysis and risk evaluation of the US antitrust cases against Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook shows the cases won't be a slam dunk — U.S. tech giants have enormous influence over what we buy, read, see and think. But is their market power illegal?| Gannon Burgett / Digital Photography Review: |
Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel and algorithms that laid the foundations for image processing and image pattern recognition, dies at 91 — Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, best known for inventing the pixel, passed away August 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 91-years-old.
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Tweets: @stymiedthoughts, @sparkshot_io, @chasejonez, @transdescendent, @suhaibkhan, @9voltdc, and @rogoway
| 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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iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, TechRadar, International Business Times, Pocketnow, and The Next Web
Tweets: @arctictony, @pkafka, @jasongurwin, @ryanfraase, @bzamayo, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Patrick Frater / Variety: |
Baidu's video streaming service iQIYI says it is being probed by SEC, after a report in April accused it of inflating its 2019 revenue by around $1.13B — Mystery surrounds the subscriber numbers of Chinese video streaming company iQIYI, which revealed that it is being investigated by the U.S.'s Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Financial Times, CNN, Coinspeaker, CNBC, TheStreet, and Financial Times
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
California judge denies motion by Uber and Lyft to extend a 10-day injunction ordering the companies to classify their drivers as employees — As it stands, Uber and Lyft now have one week until they are forced to stop misclassifying their drivers. — On Thursday, a California judge denied motions … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
| 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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