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Microsoft says Apple's App Store changes still create a bad experience for gamers, who want a catalog app and not to “be forced to download over 100 apps” — The tech giant will allow game streaming services from Microsoft's Xbox team, Sony, Google and Nvidia.
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Apple revises App Store guidelines, clarifying rules for in-app purchases from certain categories of apps and iOS 14 features including App Clips and widgets — Apple today is releasing updated App Store Guidelines with the goal of clarifying how it will approach new technologies …
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Apple's revised App Store guidelines now say game streaming services are permitted but games offered by them must be available as individual App Store downloads — In a series of new App Store rules promulgated to developers on Friday, Apple will allow services like Microsoft Xcloud …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: China would prefer to see TikTok shut down in the US as it believes a forced sale would make China appear weak in the face of pressure from Washington — (Reuters) - Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer …
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Newly uncovered emails from 2016 show Peter Thiel hosted a dinner in the summer of that year with one of the most influential white nationalists in the US — The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries unveils a military drone that can fly autonomously, form a data-sharing swarm, and track people, missiles, equipment using AI — Anduril Industries' Palmer Luckey warns of an “AI arms race” and embraces the defense sector while much of Silicon Valley shuns it.
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
A month after the launch of TikTok's $200M fund, some creators are complaining about the low payouts and lack of transparency in how payouts are calculated — Users say the platform's new Creator Fund is opaque and riddled with problems. The company says it's listening.
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| Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: |
How Sundar Pichai is leading Google at a time when many of the company's strengths become the focus of intense public criticism and antitrust scrutiny — The low-key chief is contending with possible antitrust lawsuits, a revenue drop and pressure to take the company in new directions
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| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Profile of AWS' CEO Andy Jassy who joined Amazon in 1997 and is seen as a likely successor to Jeff Bezos — Andy Jassy, the leader of Amazon's cloud computing business, is now the clear heir apparent to Jeff Bezos after the announced retirement of the retail operations chief.
Tweets: @karaswisher and @quinnypig
| Alex Harman / Public Citizen: |
Report: despite publicly promising otherwise, Amazon significantly increased prices on essential products during pandemic, allowed 3rd party sellers to do same — Key Findings — Amazon set prices of products during the COVID-19 pandemic to levels that would be considered violations of price gouging laws in many states.
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Profile of the note-taking startup Roam Research, which has raised $9M at $200M valuation from Patrick and John Collison, True Ventures, Lux Capital, others — The shift to remote work has buoyed the valuations of several startups making productivity tools.
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| David Jeans / Forbes: |
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