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In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable — Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company is happy to pay Apple's 30% IAP commission as “Snapchat wouldn't exist without the iPhone” — - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Friday said the social media company is happy to pay Apple's 30% commission rate on in-app transactions.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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Sources: Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games, as it considers options including an Apple Arcade-like games bundle — Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into videogames, a sign it is stepping up its efforts …
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Leaked emails show that Citizen app is testing an on-demand private security service that will respond to “incidents” as requested by app users — Citizen would deploy private security forces at the request of app users, according to documents and sources. — Joseph Cox
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up — The announcement comes a few days after a similar feature was announced for Wear devices — Spotify is adding the ability …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the AR displays used in its new Spectacles glasses, for more than $500M — WaveOptics made the display in Snap's new Spectacles glasses — Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the augmented reality displays that power …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Twitter will soon let US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three Spaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut — After Apple and Google's cut — Twitter's getting ready for the launch of its Ticketed Spaces feature, and today …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon is shutting down its standalone Prime Now app and website by the end of the year and moving the fast delivery service to the Amazon app and website — - Amazon will discontinue its standalone Prime Now app and website by the end of this year, the company announced Friday.
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| Engadget: |
Facebook's wav2vec Unsupervised, a way to build speech recognition systems that require no transcribed data, may bring automatic translations to more countries — Big Tech's AI machinery. The tech powers the digital assistants on our — phones, in — cars and in the — smart speakers in our homes.
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China calls out 105 apps, including TikTok, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn, for illegal collection and use of personal user data, and gives them 15 days to fix issues — 105 apps, including some of the country's most popular short video platforms, were put on notice by the Cyberspace Administration … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape — In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide.
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Biden administration says it will partner with popular dating apps including Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, BLK, and Chispa to promote vaccinations against COVID-19 — With a non-zero amount of awkwardness, the Biden administration on Friday highlighted a new plan to encourage more people to get vaccinated …
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