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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
With Netflix, Spotify, and others bypassing Google's 30% cut of IAPs, Google now says all Play Store apps must use its billing system, giving a year to comply — Some companies like Netflix and Spotify had avoided making the payment when people paid for something inside their apps.
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Federal judge grants a preliminary injunction against a Trump administration order that would have banned TikTok from US app stores — A federal judge's preliminary injunction means the app stores can continue offering the video app for downloads for now. — A federal judge on Sunday granted …
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A leak of data used by Trump's 2016 campaign, spanning 5,000+ files and ~5TB, details ~200M Americans, with a “Deterrence” label applied to 3.5M Black Americans — 3.5 million Black Americans were profiled and categorised as ‘Deterrence’ by Trump campaign - voters they wanted to stay home on election day
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Roku launches $130 Streambar, which combines a compact soundbar with a 4K and HDR streaming device, shipping in mid-October — A 14-inch soundbar with 4K / HDR streaming — A year after Roku announced its Smart Soundbar, the company is back with the Streambar, which combines a compact soundbar with a 4K / HDR streaming device.
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DuckDuckGo failed to win Google's Q4 auction for placement on Android's default search engine choice screen in big EU countries — DuckDuckGo is among search engines that lost most auctions to appear in system Google built to comply with a 2018 EU antitrust decision
Tweets: @johnkoetsier, @caseynewton, @samschech, @halsinger, @stshank, @samschech, @riptari, and @ryan_browne_
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Dell announces updated XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1 with Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs, Thunderbolt 4, and more, shipping on Sept. 30 starting at $999 — Dell is upgrading several of its XPS laptops with 11th-generation Intel processors. The refreshed XPS 13 2-in-1, XPS 13 and XPS 13 Developer Edition …
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Gizmodo, Windows Central, TechSpot, CNET, Android Authority, Softpedia News, Neowin, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, The Verge, AnandTech, ZDNet, and Ars Technica
| Jess Joho / Mashable: |
A look back at HOTorNOT, created in 2000 by two UC Berkeley grads on a lark, which was one of the first popular sites to let users create a public profile — The forgotten joke website influenced YouTube, Twitter, Tinder, and so much more — Before MySpace, before Facebook, before Twitter …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Uber wins legal fight to regain London license as a judge overturned a ban by the city's transport regulator TfL — - Transport for London stripped Uber of its license for a second time last year, citing a “pattern of failures” that had put passengers at risk.
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Social media platforms need to publicly declare a unified strategy to combat election misinformation, including Trump prematurely claiming victory via tweet — Social media platforms must not tolerate voter disinformation. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views … | Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Judge proposes a jury trial for the Apple vs Epic case, likely to start in July 2021, while seemingly pushing back on some of Epic's key points in the hearing — During Monday's hearing for Epic and Apple's legal battle over the App Store and “Fortnite,” the judge suggested that the public's opinion …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn rolls out its own version of Stories and adds Zoom, BlueJeans, and Teams video integrations as part of wider redesign — With the employment market remaining sluggish as the world continues to struggle with COVID-19, a company that has built its popular businesses largely around recruitment …
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Official LinkedIn Blog, CNET, Engadget, Pocketnow, Neowin, and OnMSFT.com. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Tawnell D. Hobbs / Wall Street Journal: |
After Las Vegas-area school officials refuse to pay a ransom, hackers publish information on students, including social security numbers and grades — Clark County in Nevada is largest known school district hit by hackers during Covid-19 pandemic — A hacker published documents containing … | Jennifer Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
ShipBob, which helps e-commerce businesses streamline fulfillment and manage inventory, raises $68M Series D led by SoftBank's Vision Fund — Outsourced fulfillment specialist ShipBob raises $68 million in funding from investors including Softbank's Vision Fund
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