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A look at the implications of South Korea’s alternative app store payment law: confusion for non-technical users, difficulty managing subscriptions, and more (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: A look at the implications of South Korea’s alternative app store payment law: confusion for non-technical users, difficulty managing subscriptions, and more — Apple defines in-app purchases as “App Store purchases”, which I disagree with. I see a clear difference between purchasing …

Zen Pinball Party pings its way into Apple Arcade Friday, September 3

What you need to know Zen Pinball Party is coming to Apple Arcade this Friday. Gamers can look forward to tables crafted from some of the biggest brands from DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro. The game will be playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. The game will include pinball tbles based on Trolls,* Kung

SEC’s Gary Gensler says crypto trading platforms need to work with regulators to survive, as most trading happens with “really sparse” investor protections (Financial Times)

Financial Times: SEC’s Gary Gensler says crypto trading platforms need to work with regulators to survive, as most trading happens with “really sparse” investor protections — Gary Gensler warns $2tn industry is too big to exist outside of ‘public policy framework’

MasterChef: Let’s Cook! rustles something up on Apple Arcade this Friday

What you need to know MasterChef: Let’s Cook! is coming to Apple Arcade this Friday, September 3. Gamers will play in a fast-paced cooking competition as they try to show their skills. The game will be playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Not Master Chief. That’s something else. Fans of cooking games are

Trustshare runs escrow infrastructure as a service to facilitate online sales

Meet Trustshare, a London-based startup that is working on escrow infrastructure for online classified, B2B marketplaces, trade directories and more. It’s a white-label platform that can be integrated with online marketplaces in just a few lines of code. If you’ve ever tried to sell something expensive on the web, you know that it’s hard to

Apple debuts 9/11 documentary on TV+, features exclusive new testimony

“New special from Apple TV+ and the BBC will unfold the definitive timeline of the presidency in the immediate hours after the attack” What you need to know A brand new 9/11 documentary is now available on Apple TV+. It follows the events inside the Oval Office in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. It

UK-based Oviva, which offers personalized diet and lifestyle advice via apps, raises $80M Series C led by Sofina and Temasek, bringing total funding to $115M (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: UK-based Oviva, which offers personalized diet and lifestyle advice via apps, raises $80M Series C led by Sofina and Temasek, bringing total funding to $115M — UK startup Oviva, which sells a digital support offering, including for Type 2 diabetes treatment, dispensing personalized diet …

CoachHub raises $80M in Series “B2” round, as coaching goes digital in the pandemic

The world of professional coaching has grown over the years as coaches realised they could easily counsel people remotely and clients realized digital coaching was far more efficient. But, equally, a problem arose in how to sift the wheat from the chaff. At the same time corporates realised that their own staff could benefit –

Sources: Didi is helping workers establish their first union, likely including drivers, as China imposes rules to curb excessive work (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Didi is helping workers establish their first union, likely including drivers, as China imposes rules to curb excessive work — – Its first-ever workers union came after Supreme Court’s notice — Meituan is among peers considering labor rights issues

Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. Nearly 850 intentional shutdowns have been recorded over the past 10 years by nonprofit Access Now’s Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP),

Sources: Google is developing Arm-based chips for laptops and tablets that run on Chrome OS, set to launch around 2023 (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Google is developing Arm-based chips for laptops and tablets that run on Chrome OS, set to launch around 2023 — US software giant ramps up hiring blitz for semiconductor and hardware ambitions — TAIPEI — Google is developing its own central processors for its notebook and tablet computers …

Philips Hue releases big lineup of new products

“As the world leader in smart lighting, we are constantly looking to offer our Philips Hue users new and exciting ways to create immersive and personalized lighting experiences at home.” What you need to know There’s a ton of new Philips Hue products now available. It includes new light strips, bulbs, and ceiling lamps. Signify

Midrange Samsung Galaxy S21 FE appears again in leaked manual

A render of the unannounced phone from the leaked manual. | Image: Samsung (via SamMobile) A user manual for Samsung’s Galaxy S21 FE (aka “Fan Edition”) has been published online by SamMobile, giving us another look at the unannounced midrange counterpart to the company’s Galaxy S21 flagship. As you’d expect from a manual, the document

German startup CoachHub, which uses AI to match individuals to business coaches, raises $80M Series B2, following $30M Series B in December 2020 (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: German startup CoachHub, which uses AI to match individuals to business coaches, raises $80M Series B2, following $30M Series B in December 2020 — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!

Philips Hue gets all-new Spotify integration

“Philips Hue and Spotify have teamed up to go far beyond what other integrations can do and enabled the experience through the Philips Hue app itself” What you need to know Philips Hue is getting all-new Spotify integration. It will bring immersive lighting that can match the beat of the music and the mood. The

Microsoft is kicking unsupported PCs out of Windows 11 testing

Windows 11 is launching on October 5th. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is starting to drop PCs from its Windows Insider testing program that are ineligible to upgrade to Windows 11. If you’ve been helping Microsoft test Windows 11 on a machine that doesn’t meet the minimum hardware requirements, you’ll likely see a message in Windows

Test for 3D Printer Runaway

A few 3D printers have had a deserved reputation for bursting into flames. Most — but apparently not all — printers these days has firmware that will detect common problems that can lead to a fire hazard. If you program your own firmware, you can check to see if you have the protection on, but

Playtika, which makes free-to-play casino games such as Bingo Blitz, is buying 80% of Finland’s Reworks Oy, maker of a home decorating game, for $400M in cash (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Playtika, which makes free-to-play casino games such as Bingo Blitz, is buying 80% of Finland’s Reworks Oy, maker of a home decorating game, for $400M in cash — – Finland’s Reworks marks the company’s biggest purchase to date — Mobile gamemaker still has $1.4 billion more for acquisitions

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G lands in India for under $500

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G is now available in India. The mid-ranger lands with an upgraded chipset and a faster OLED screen. Pricing starts at Rs 35,999. After making its UK debut in mid-August, the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G is now stretching its legs to a new market. As

Kevala, which provides cloud-based data analytics software for managing energy grid infrastructure, raises $21M Series A led by C5 Capital and Thin Line Capital (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Kevala, which provides cloud-based data analytics software for managing energy grid infrastructure, raises $21M Series A led by C5 Capital and Thin Line Capital — Kevala, the startup that collects and analyzes energy grid infrastructure data for utility companies, renewable energy providers …

Oviva grabs $80M for app-delivered healthy eating programs

UK startup Oviva, which sells a digital support offering, including for Type 2 diabetes treatment, dispensing personalized diet and lifestyle advice via apps to allow more people to be able to access support, has closed $80 million in Series C funding — bringing its total raised to date to $115M. The raise, which Oviva says

Telegram’s latest update makes unlimited video calls/live streams a reality

Credit: Scott Adam Gordon / Android Authority Telegram’s latest update has brought unlimited participants to video-calling and live streams. It also brings improved forwarding controls and the ability to quickly jump to the next unread channel. The Telegram team has been hard at work on bringing various features to the service in 2021. Some of

Trengo, which streamlines emails, social media, WhatsApp messages, and calls into a collaborative inbox, raises $36M Series A led by Insight Partners and Peak (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Trengo, which streamlines emails, social media, WhatsApp messages, and calls into a collaborative inbox, raises $36M Series A led by Insight Partners and Peak — Enterprise communications platform startup Trengo B.V. announced today it has raised $36 million in new funding …

Australia passes bill that lets police hack user devices to modify, collect or delete data, and take over social media accounts without a judge’s warrant (The Tutanota Blog)

The Tutanota Blog: Australia passes bill that lets police hack user devices to modify, collect or delete data, and take over social media accounts without a judge’s warrant — The Microsoft database hack shows that data stored in the cloud must always be encrypted end-to-end.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 carrier models gain August 2021 patch in US

Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10 Plus. We’ll detail the current software versions for each device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. Samsung usually pushes out updates to the entire

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