Apple Music Awards highlights Lil Baby, Taylor Swift and more
At Apple’s second annual Apple Music Awards, Lil Baby took home top honours. The rap superstar won the ‘Artist of the Year’ title. When asked about his thoughts on the …
African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation of Bezos Expeditions — the personal VC fund of Amazon …
Daily Crunch: Apple cuts App Store fees
Apple is making a big shift in App Store fees, Duolingo raises more funding and Pfizer releases updated vaccine results. This is your Daily Crunch for November 18, 2020. The …
Apple cuts commissions: Industry reacts, regulators watch
As regulators watch closely, Apple announced today it would cut its App Store commission for small businesses, taking its cut down from an industry standard 30% to 15% for those …
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ will air on PBS, in spite of Apple TV+ rights exclusive
Call it a holiday miracle. Apple today announced that animated holiday classics “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will, indeed, be appearing on television this year. The …
Apple settles with states for $113M over iPhone battery throttling
Enlarge / An iPhone 6. reader comments 24 with 17 posters participating Share this story The attorneys general for 33 states and the District of Columbia have reached a $113 …
Google releases new version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS Big Sur
Google today released a new version of TensorFlow, its AI and machine learning development environment, optimized for Intel Macs and Macs powered by Apple’s new M1 chip. Taking advantage of …
Charge, please: Apple will pay $113M to settle 34-state ‘batterygate’ lawsuit
Apple has agreed to pay $113 million to 34 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that it broke consumer protection laws when it systematically downplayed widespread iPhone …
Apple embraces iOS 14 home screen customization by fixing how app shortcuts work
Apple is making a change to how app shortcuts work in the next release of the iOS 14 operating system. In iOS 14.3, beta 2, the Shortcuts app will now …
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney likens fight against Apple to fight for civil rights
Earlier today, Apple announced it will reduce the App Store commissions for smaller businesses so that developers earning less than $1 million per year pay a 15% commission on in-app …