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[Link] Elon Musk appears to reconcile with Apple after Twitter tirade
Read: 4/12/2022 arstechnica.com
Elon Musk said he had a “good conversation” with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and “resolved the misunderstanding” about his claim that Twitter could be removed from the App Store, just days after the world’s richest man unleashed a tirade against the most valuable tech company.
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[Link] Meta's Oculus Quest rebrand is off to a disastrous start
Read: 6/2/2022 www.creativebloq.com
It's going to take us a while to get used to calling Facebook Meta, but spare a thought for Oculus Quest users, who are also being asked to call their VR headset by a new name.
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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.
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[Link] Google countersues Epic Games for lost Play Store money
Read: 17/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Epic Games keeps piling up lawsuits with app store owners. This time, Google is countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Epic signed contracts with both Google and Apple, pledging to use the default payment systems for in-app purchases.
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[Link] Migration to SourceForge
Read: 12/10/2021 opengapps.org
Hello everyone! It’s been a while. You may have noticed that our website has undergone some changes. Today we’d like to share what has been going on with the hosting situation at GitHub and shed some light on our decision to transfer our releases to the SourceForge.
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[Link] Big changes coming to Chrome may kill ad blockers
Read: 10/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
In a recent blog post, Chrome extensions and web store product manager David Li announced that extensions to Google's browser built using the Manifest V2 specification will no longer be accepted on the web store as of January 17, 2022.
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[Link] Apple bans Fortnite from App Store indefinitely as legal battle continues
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Apple has blacklisted Fortnite from the App Store until appeals in its legal battle with the game’s maker, Epic, are completed, Epic Games’ CEO, Tim Sweeney, said on Wednesday – a process that could take years.
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[Link] Apple allows children to access casual-sex and BDSM apps, finds report
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Apple knowingly lets underage users access apps intended for adults, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), despite having asked for and recorded their dates of birth.
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[Link] Filelinked Was Shut Down By ACE – Can Replacements Avoid The Same Fate?
Read: 25/8/2021 torrentfreak.com
Back in June, the hugely popular Filelinked service, which enabled Amazon Fire TV users to easily install piracy-related apps, disappeared in mysterious circumstances. It's now confirmed that the powerful Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment took Filelinked down.
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[Link] Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theregister.com
Google's pending Play Store policy changes are bringing various privacy improvements – but also include a security enhancement and disclosure requirement that deserve mention. First, there's a specific ban on the deceptive use of interpreted languages like JavaScript, Python, and Lua.
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[Link] Private party app pulled from App Store by Apple
Read: 24/1/2021 arstechnica.com
Despite over 82 million cases and over 1.75 million deaths due to COVID-19, many people are bound and determined to carry on with normal life. For some, that includes attending Saturday night ragers, just like they did in the Before Times.