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Internal docs from 2017 show Roblox's plan for expanding into China: censorship compliance, expecting to be hacked and copied by partners like Tencent, and more — Filtering games. Blocking maps with Taiwan. Handling “historical facts.” Roblox was prepared to go all in on Chinese censorship …
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Apple reaches a deal to settle a patent case with Koss, which in 2020 alleged that the AirPods violate five Koss' patents; terms of the deal were not disclosed — Apple Inc. dodged a patent-infringement trial over its AirPods after reaching an agreement with headphone maker Koss Corp. to settle the case.
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Creators are forming groups on chat apps like Discord, Geneva, and Telegram, which they say offer a more intimate, community experience than social networks — Influencers are setting up groups on chat apps, like Geneva, Discord and Telegram, which they say offer a more intimate …
Tweets: @lauraewilson, @lizperle, @brooke, @chrismessina, @bostonjoan, @karaswisher, @goldman, @jspector, @dvassallo, @caspertk, and @caseyjohnston
| Dylan Martin / The Register: |
Intel plans to manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek, the first major customer for Intel Foundry Services; MediaTek will continue to use TSMC — This will be the x86 giant's first major foundry customer — Intel will manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek …
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
The NFL launches its NFL+ streaming service, offering a $4.99/month tier and $9.99/month Premium tier with full game replays; NFL+ replaces Game Pass in the US — It will cost $4.99 per month at launch Monday, and include live local games on mobile devices, as well as live audio of every game.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon join NIST in calling for an end of the leap second, which keeps clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation but can cause glitches — Syncing clocks with the Earth's rotation causes more problems than it's worth, according to Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon.
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| Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: |
Michael Stollery, CEO of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services, pleads guilty to carrying out a fraudulent initial coin offering in 2018 that raised $21M — Michael Stollery admitted to carrying out a fraudulent initial coin offering in 2018. — Michael Stollery …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches Music Revenue Sharing to let US creators include licensed music in their 60+ second Facebook videos and earn a 20% share of in-stream ad revenue — Meta announced today that creators on Facebook can now earn money through their Facebook videos that use licensed music.
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Tweets: @sammyandrews, @fbbagholder, @taychikeng, @fbbagholder, @mikeisaac, and @metanewsroom
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China forces 100 companies operating in Shenzhen, including Foxconn, Huawei, and ZTE, to operate in a “closed loop” for seven days to combat a COVID-19 outbreak — China has forced some of its biggest companies, including iPhone maker Foxconn and oil producer CNOOC Ltd. …
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South China Morning Post, The Register, 9to5Mac, iMore, Reuters, Softpedia News, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Tweets: @amyfeldman, @gossithedog, and @lisaabramowicz1
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
The trial of Ahmad Abouammo, once a rising star at Twitter, is underway; he is charged with spying for Saudi Arabia, outing dissidents who likely faced torture — Twitter Inc. cultivated Saudi Arabian leaders to boost the use of its platform in the Middle East.
Tweets: @lexialex, @aaschapiro, @yashar, @punyaab, @lexialex, @yashar, @runasand, @jamesrbuk, and @yashar
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Layer 1 blockchain Aptos has raised a $150M Series A led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, bringing its total funding, all in 2022, to $350M — The team is looking to bring the Diem blockchain back to life. — Layer 1 blockchain Aptos Labs, which is made up of former employees …
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The Block, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, Bitcoinist.com, Crypto Briefing, SiliconANGLE, CryptoPotato, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @pythianism, @evgenygaevoy, @icodrops, @francescorenzia, @mayazi, and @coinmamba
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Instagram's new TikTok-like UI, which has only partially rolled out, lifts some dark patterns from TikTok, like no longer being able to quickly mute videos — I, of all people, got a fresh new user interface in Instagram the other day. Although the company has not rolled it out to all users yet …
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