Chris and Ian discuss Epic vs Apple, Digital Tax, Creepy Amazon and Nvidia’s new GPU’s
Shownotes
- Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t require the free app to add purchases after all
- Fortnite Apple row: Microsoft backs Epic in court filing
- Apple can block Epic’s Fortnite but not Unreal Engine
- Apple terminates Epic Games’ App Store account
- Apple says App Store appeals process is now live, so developers can start challenging decisions
- Apple mistakenly approved a widely used malware to run on Macs
- Facebook News to expand internationally to the U.K., Germany, France, India and Brazil
- Facebook to freeze political ads before US presidential election
- Facebook isn’t happy about Apple’s upcoming ad tracking restrictions
- Apple delays privacy feature that would let iPhone owners keep ad tracking at bay
- Apple, Google, and Amazon respond to European tech taxes by passing on costs
- Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system
- AMAZON ANNOUNCES HALO, A FITNESS BAND AND APP THAT SCANS YOUR BODY AND VOICE
- Amazon’s top UK reviewers appear to profit from fake 5-star posts
- Netflix makes some movies and shows free worldwide to non-subscribers
- Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold arrives September 18 for $2,000
- Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 GPU, priced at $699 and launching September 17th
- Nvidia’s new RTX 3090 is a $1,499 monster GPU designed for 8K gaming
- Intel announces its new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs, available on laptops this fall
- Nintendo announces new games for Mario’s 35th anniversary