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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney calls out Apple’s ‘bitter griping’ after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices
“Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!,” said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for anticompetitive practices, in a post on X, weighing in on today’s news of the European Commission’s historic €1.84 billion fine against the iPhone maker. The EC ruling, which favors Spotify, […]
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Razor and Perch merge, raise $100M on a $1.7B valuation as more roll-ups consolidate
Just days after the bankruptcy of Thrasio, two other significant players in the world of e-commerce aggregators are merging and raising some extra money to shore up their business and double down on a model it still believes has teeth. Berlin’s Razor Group has acquired U.S.-based Perch, and on top of this it has raised […]
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Organoids made from amniotic fluid will tell us how fetuses develop
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Airbnb has a new label to denote its top (and worst) listings
Airbnb already has labels like “Guest favorites” and “Superhost” to indicate the quality of a property or the host. Now the company is adding a new label for the top 25% and top 1% properties on the listing page. Usually, Airbnb releases updates twice a year with so-called winter and summer releases. But this time, […]
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Should we ban ransom payments?
As cybercriminals continue to reap the financial rewards of their attacks, talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is getting louder. U.S. officials have long urged against paying ransom demands. But while several U.S. states — including North Carolina and Florida — have made it illegal for local government entities to pay ransom demands, […]
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Punkt rocks its minimalist roots with ‘privacy-first’ MC02 smartphone
Punkt first made a name for itself in the world of mobile with pared-down, monochromatic phones focused on voice, text, and not much else. Now, the Swiss company has taken its concept of minimalism and changed it up, with the launch of its first smartphone — a device that positions itself at the crossroads of […]
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