Thu. 08/12 – Legislation To Break Open App Stores
There is officially a bill to crack open the App Store. DoorDash wanted to buy Instacart, but fear of regulators scuppered the deal. WhatsApp will let you migrate your chat history. Lionel Messi’s new club is paying him partially in crypto. And there’s still money in digital piracy.
Tech Brew Ride Home · Morning Brew
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There is officially a bill to crack open the App Store. DoorDash wanted to buy Instacart, but fear of regulators scuppered the deal. WhatsApp will let you migrate your chat history. Lionel Messi’s new club is paying him partially in crypto. And there’s still money in digital piracy.
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Links:
- App Store Competition Targeted by Bipartisan Senate Bill (WSJ)
- DoorDash Recently Held Talks to Buy Instacart (The Information)
- TikTok to add more privacy protections for teenaged users, limit push notifications (TechCrunch)
- WhatsApp will let you transfer your chat history between Android and iOS (Engadget)
- Researchers Create 'Master Faces' to Bypass Facial Recognition (Motherboard)
- Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens (Reuters)
- Pirated-Entertainment Sites Are Making Billions From Ads (Bloomberg)
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