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In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable — Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case.
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company is happy to pay Apple's 30% IAP commission as “Snapchat wouldn't exist without the iPhone” — - Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Friday said the social media company is happy to pay Apple's 30% commission rate on in-app transactions.| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Leaked emails show that Citizen app is testing an on-demand private security service that will respond to “incidents” as requested by app users — Citizen would deploy private security forces at the request of app users, according to documents and sources. — Joseph Cox
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Spotify adds offline playback for playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for Premium subscribers; available on Watch Series 3 running WatchOS 6 and up — The announcement comes a few days after a similar feature was announced for Wear devices — Spotify is adding the ability …
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Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the AR displays used in its new Spectacles glasses, for more than $500M — WaveOptics made the display in Snap's new Spectacles glasses — Snap has agreed to acquire WaveOptics, the supplier of the augmented reality displays that power …
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RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape — In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide.
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Facebook's wav2vec Unsupervised, a way to build speech recognition systems that require no transcribed data, may bring automatic translations to more countries — Big Tech's AI machinery. The tech powers the digital assistants on our — phones, in — cars and in the — smart speakers in our homes.
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How DSP Concepts helped design Spotify's Car Thing, leveraging DSP's experience with GoPro to filter wind noise, isolating voice commands from music, more — The technology behind Spotify's Car Thing — Making hardware is hard, especially for companies with no prior expertise in consumer electronics.| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining — The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash
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Biden administration says it will partner with popular dating apps including Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, BLK, and Chispa to promote vaccinations against COVID-19 — With a non-zero amount of awkwardness, the Biden administration on Friday highlighted a new plan to encourage more people to get vaccinated …
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Found, which wants to create a one-stop shop for business banking, bookkeeping, and taxes for self-employed, raises $12.75M led by Sequoia — If you've ever been self-employed you know what a pain it is to keep up with the hassles of running a business. From bookkeeping to invoicing to paying taxes — it's one big headache.| Columbia Journalism Review: |
Long-term linking on a volatile web is falling victim to link rot, as a new study shows 25% of deep links on NYT.com articles from 1996-2019 are inaccessible — Hyperlinks are a powerful tool for journalists and their readers. Diving deep into the context of an article is just a click away.Sponsor Posts
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