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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple revises its US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, but will charge a 27% commission, or 12% for small business developers — In light of the US Supreme Court denying to hear Apple's appeal in its legal battle with Epic Games, Apple has announced a handful …
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| Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS refuses to hear Apple's and Epic's appeals, allowing an appeals court ruling that lets app developers steer users to other payment systems take effect — - Billions of dollars in revenue are at stake for iPhone maker — Fortnite maker seeks to open App Store to cheaper alternatives
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| Engadget: |
Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min — We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
FCC filings seem to indicate Apple Vision Pro will not support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 7 — If you were hoping for Ultra Wideband and Wi-Fi 6E or 7 chips in Apple Vision Pro, well, those are very specific expectations. Also, Apple Vision Pro appears to lack those chips, based on the official FCC filing from today.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details select streaming and sports apps available on Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+, ESPN, MLB, PGA, Max, and TikTok; some will have 3D movies — Apple today revealed various streaming services and sports apps that will be available on the Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+ …
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A study monitoring product review queries on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo for a year suggests that search engines are losing the cat-and-mouse game of SEO spam — “The majority of high-ranking product reviews in the result pages of commercial search engines use affiliate marketing …
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| Wired: |
Researchers describe a GPU memory vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, and other chips — Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
The US Treasury and IRS say they are not enforcing a rule requiring businesses to report the receipt of digital assets worth $10K+ within 15 days of receipt — The tax law would require business-related crypto transactions over $10,000 to be reported like cash, but it's not quite ready yet.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps — CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft …
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| Financial Times: |
CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had inflows of $984M in the first two days of trading, including $508M for BlackRock; Grayscale had $579M of outflows — Grayscale has outflows of $579mn as investors turn to BlackRock and Fidelity for new crypto products — Bitcoin exchange traded funds … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Magic Leap's CEO and CTO talk about the future of the company, as a filing shows Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has invested $590M in debt funding — Magic Leap announced in a filing that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has poured another $590 million in debt funding into the mixed reality headset maker.
More: Cryptopolitan, CoinDesk, MIXED Reality News, Telegraph, and The Metaverse Insider
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| Financial Times: |
Lexington, Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage's Pinegrove, and StepStone are raising billions to buy stakes in VC-backed tech startups via secondary share sales — Buyers return after secondary market for private shares was hit by higher interest rates — Investment firms are raising billions … | Bloomberg: |
Filing: Kazakhstan-based mobile app provider Kaspi.kz's CEO and other shareholders plan to sell 9M shares for $873M; Kaspi.kz's Super App had 13.5M MAUs in 2023 — At current prices, the shares would be valued at $873 million, according to the company's filing Tuesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.| Louis Menand / New Yorker: |
Generative AI is just the latest innovation to put pressure on the copyright system, but might be the one that brings down the whole legal copyright structure — Generative A.I. is the latest in a long line of innovations to put pressure on our already dysfunctional copyright system.
X: @artsjournalnews and @newyorker
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