2024-09-16
TikTok Faces Tough Questions From Judges in Fight Over U.S. Ban
TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese owner or be banned, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case.
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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Testifies Google Faces Plenty of Ad Tech Competition
Kicking off the second week of an antitrust trial, Neal Mohan testified that Google did what was best for consumers and the ad industry.
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TikTok Faces Tough Questions From Judges in Fight Over U.S. Ban
TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese owner or be banned, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case.
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Apple Music brings its audio haptics feature to all users as part of iOS 18
Apple’s Music Haptics feature is now live, as part of the official release of iOS 18. This is an accessibility tool that integrates with Apple Music on iPhones. Simply put, it uses the phone’s speaker-based haptics system, which the company refers to as the Taptic Engine, to create “taps, textures and refined vibrations to the audio of the song.”This is quite obviously aimed toward those affected by hearing loss, allowing them to feel the music. It works with Apple Music, but also with Apple Music Classical and Shazam. The company says it’ll also integrate with some third-party apps...
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Who exactly asked for a Wordle VR app?
It seems that The New York Times isn't quite content with players attempting to complete Wordle 4.8 billion times a year on its apps and website. The publication has brought the all-conquering daily word game to a new platform in the shape of Meta Quest headsets. That's right, Wordle VR is now a thing. There's a dedicated app for it on Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro.Wordle VR works in much the same way as the game does on your phone or computer. You have six attempts to guess a five-letter word. The mystery word is the same for all players and the game refreshes at midnight local time...
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How Google got away with charging publishers more than anyone else
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its platform, even though it was higher than what any other industry player charged. Executives privately worried the fee was difficult to defend. Now, the Justice Department argues it’s a key sign of Google’s monopoly over online ads.Google’s so-called take rate took center stage on the last day of week one in the Justice Department’s second antitrust trial against Google. Citing internal Google documents and the testimony of former Google sell-side...
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Amazon mandates full five-day return to office
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to the company’s employees Monday morning, calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last fifteen months, Amazon employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now, Jassy expects five days of in-person work from employees, with […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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iPhone 16: Pro and Pro Max release date, prices and new features - The Telegraph
iPhone 16: Pro and Pro Max release date, prices and new features The TelegraphiPhone fears wipe $116bn off Apple stock - latest updates The TelegraphApple’s $100 Billion Drop Sends Stock To 5-Week Low As iPhone Demand Questions Linger ForbesiPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max AppleApple Shares Slump as Analyst Warns of Weaker iPhone 16 Demand Yahoo Finance
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Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon employees will be required to return to the office five days per week starting on January 2nd, 2025. “...we’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset of covid,” Jassy says in a memo sent to staff on Monday. Employees have been required to work from the office three days per week since May 2023, and Jassy says that “if anything, the last 15 months we’ve been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits.”Jassy says that staffers won...
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Wordle is out now in VR
Image: The New York Times Wordle now has a native app for Meta Quest so that you can easily play the game in virtual reality. The free app is available for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro. Based on screenshots in a Meta blog post and an NYT video, the game looks like, well, Wordle in VR: You’ll have six attempts to guess a five-letter word. But if you have wanted to play the game in an app on your Quest, that’s now something you can do. Image: The New York Times “We’re always looking for unique and creative opportunities to reach audiences with our games,” NYT Games...
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Gogoro CEO resigns as subsidy fraud investigation continues
Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer and battery swapping giant, said its CEO and chairman Horace Luke has stepped down amid subsidy fraud allegations, according to a regulatory filing. Gogoro allegedly used Chinese parts for e-scooters to reduce manufacturing costs, despite reporting that it used locally made parts to qualify for government subsidies. In a […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride
The most ambitious private spaceflight to date was a total success—and it blazed a trail for others to follow.
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