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Apple plans to charge dating app developers using alternative payment systems a 27% commission in The Netherlands, instead of its usual 30% for in-app purchases — Apple today provided some additional details about how it will allow dating apps in the Netherlands to offer alternative payment systems …
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: at a Meta-wide meeting, Mark Zuckerberg told staff to focus on growing short-video products, citing an “unprecedented level of competition” from TikTok — Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news.
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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Meta's dismal earnings highlight the challenging competitive landscape, especially TikTok, adding ammunition for the company to fight the FTC's antitrust suit — Meta Platforms Inc.'s dismal earnings report had one potential silver lining for Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to unveil the 5G iPhone SE and a new iPad Air in an online presentation on or near March 8 — Apple Inc. is targeting a date on or near March 8 to unveil a new low-cost iPhone and an updated iPad, according to people with knowledge of the matter, kicking off a potentially record-setting year for product launches.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta adds a “personal boundary” system, on by default, to VR avatars in Horizon Worlds and its Horizon Venues live event service, aiming to stop harassment — It's rolling out in Horizon Worlds and Venues — Meta is adding a “personal boundary” system to its Horizon virtual …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Report details Stadia's future as a white-label game streaming service called Google Stream, including talks with Capcom, Bungie, and Peloton — Stadia's future as a white-label streaming platform has been clear for some months now, especially after the first partnership with AT&T …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: News Corp discovered a hack on January 20 that accessed emails and documents of some staff; an expert says the attack is likely linked to China — The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple reduces the Apple Music free-trial offer from three months to one month; new AirPods, HomePod, or Beats owners still get six months free — Apple has quietly made a big change to Apple Music this week, reducing the initial free-trial offer from three months.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter begins expanding its reply downvote test globally on web and mobile; downvotes are not public and are used to tweak which replies Twitter shows — Votes aren't public and are used to surface relevant replies — If you've seen the option to downvote replies on Twitter, you're not alone.
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| Bloomberg: |
Two more employees from Google's Ethical AI research group leave to join Timnit Gebru's new nonprofit research institute DAIR, adding to the turmoil at the unit — Google's Ethical AI research group lost two more employees, adding to the turmoil at the unit studying an area that is vitally important …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Apple and Broadcom win a new trial after persuading a US appeals court to vacate a $1.1B verdict in a patent-infringement case over Caltech's Wi-Fi patents — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O)on Friday convinced a U.S. appeals court to throw out a jury verdict requiring …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft says 22% of Azure Active Directory customers used multi-factor authentication on their accounts in 2021, and it blocked 25.6B brute force attacks — Despite years of promotional efforts to get users to enable stronger authentication mechanisms, Microsoft said this week that only 22% …
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| Ilena Peng / Bloomberg: |
Cart.com, which provides an end-to-end service for 3,000+ brands to launch online stores, raises $240M in equity and debt, bringing its total funding to $380M — E-commerce company Cart.com Inc. raised $240 million in equity and debt funding for its end-to-end platform for online retailers.
Tweets: @cartdotcom and @jillklinvex
| Peter Guest / Rest of World: |
Leaked docs show how reputation laundering companies use fake DMCA and legal notices to scare news outlets into taking down unflattering articles about clients — Reputation firms like Eliminalia use legal threats and copyright notices to have material taken down around the world.Sponsor Posts
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