Category: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: Elon Musk says Apple has ‘threatened to withhold’ Twitter app
Elon Musk claims that Apple has “threatened to withhold” Twitter from its app store. According to Musk, the company “won’t tell us why” it has issues with the social network’s app. In subsequent tweets, he railed against Apple’s 30 percent “tax” on in-app purchases and claimed the App Store owner…
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The Morning After: Senator calls for an end to ‘failed Big Tech self-regulation’
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Congress to pass new legislation to rein in tech companies after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored an information request. “Elon Musk could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to my letter by yesterday’s deadline and answer basic questions about Twitter…
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The Morning After: UK competition regulator investigates Apple and Google’s mobile dominance
Apple and Google’s domination across the mobile internet is under scrutiny again. Earlier this year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was consulting on a possible probe into Google and Apple’s dominance in the mobile phone market. Now, the regulator has announced it received “widespread support” for…
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The Morning After: iPhone usage data may not be as anonymous as Apple claims
Developers at Mysk claim Apple’s anonymous usage data for some of its in-house apps includes a Directory Services Identifier (DSID) uniquely linked to your Apple ID and iCloud data. Mysk notes that Apple’s tool to prevent third-party app tracking debuted in iOS 14.5, so this shouldn’t affect other software you…
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The Morning After: Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account
While some thought Twitter would fall apart over the weekend, given the engineering constraints it’s now under, it made it to Sunday. And it’s even got one of its most divisive users back. On Friday night, Musk tweeted a poll asking people to vote on whether Twitter should reinstate former…
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The Morning After: Notorious B.I.G. is the star of Meta’s ‘hyper-realistic’ VR concert
The next big VR avatar performance will be the late Notorious B.I.G., East Coast rap legend. Broadcast in Meta’s Horizon Worlds, the show will use a virtual recreation of ’90s Brooklyn as a backdrop and will have performances by guest artists like Bad Boy Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs. It…
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