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Report: some NFT startups say they are limiting functionality in iOS apps, as Apple insists that its 30% commission from IAP must be paid on all trades — Startup and trading NFT firms say they ignore the App Store because Apple's rules, and 30% commission, make it untenable for them.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Leaked audio: at a Google all-hands, Sundar Pichai expressed some annoyance at employees asking about cost cutting, telling them not to “equate fun with money” — - Google CEO Sundar Pichai spent much of this week's all-hands meeting addressing employee concerns about company cost-cutting measures.
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| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
How an 8-year-old's YouTube account and a parent activist sparked a debate in Denmark on Google's ubiquity in schools and its handling of children's data — An 8-year-old's YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant's ubiquity and handling of children's data.
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Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson's blockchain technology startup Lamina1 releases a whitepaper on building an open metaverse, dubbed Theee Metaverse — Neal Stephenson's Lamina1 blockchain technology startup dropped a white paper today on building the open metaverse. It's quite the manifesto.| Tory Newmyer / Washington Post: |
DARPA hires crypto intelligence firm Inca Digital to conduct a year-long review of cryptocurrencies, assessing threats to national security and law enforcement — New project is part of the U.S. government's wider crackdown on illicit uses of digital assets
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Internal letter shows Twitch SVP of global creators Constance Knight resigned on the same day the company announced revenue sharing changes for top creators — The senior vice president of global creators at Twitch told employees she is leaving the company on the same day it announced changes …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Ex-Twitter employee Anika Navaroli reveals she is the whistleblower who testified to the January 6 committee about the company's failure to curb Donald Trump — In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, a former Twitter official explains what motivated her startling Jan. 6 committee testimony
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Governor Newsom vetoes a crypto regulation bill that required licenses to facilitate transactions; the bill was passed by the California Assembly last month — The California Assembly passed the bill, which would create a licensing regime and stablecoin stipulations, at the end of August.| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Apple signs a multiyear NFL deal to have Apple Music replace Pepsi as the main sponsor for the Super Bowl halftime show; sources say the NFL was seeking ~$50M — Apple's pursuit of an N.F.L. media package has broadened to include a sponsorship of one of TV's most-watched events.
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Center for Countering Digital Hate: the largest “incel” forum is becoming more violent; Google, YouTube, Cloudflare, Twitter, and Discord facilitate its growth — The Center for Countering Digital Hate analyzed more than 1 million posts showing a rise in advocacy of rape, mass killings| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Adobe argues Figma will help the company rethink design tools for the cloud era; Adobe's competing product, XD, generated just $15M in ARR after seven years — Adobe executives think there's a lot that critics of its $20 billion purchase of Figma are missing.| Colin Lodewick / Fortune: |
Report: an email shows Amazon is walking back some corporate employee raises after a bug caused it to overstate bonuses by using older, higher stock prices — RODIN ECKENROTH—WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES — Corporate employees at Amazon got emails about promotions and raises.Sponsor Posts
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