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Preliminary lawsuit settlement allows developers to circumvent the tech giant’s lucrative commission system Apple has conceded ground in the battle over app payments, agreeing to allow app developers to email users about alternative ways to pay other than the in-app payment system where the tech giant takes a cut of every purchase. The concession announced …

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The acclaimed Dropout podcast returns to chronicle legal proceedings against the Theranos founder. Plus: good cops go bad in a new series with shades of The Wire The Dropout (available from 31 August)The polo neck wearing, deep voice-imitating, Stanford dropout turned entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes – who fell from grace when her billion-dollar blood-testing company was …

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First chickens, and now a worldwide shortage of microprocessors … the word ‘chip’ is the latest word to gain an Armageddon flavour As if there weren’t enough disasters happening simultaneously, people are now speaking of the present “chipageddon”: the worldwide shortage of microprocessors that is affecting supplies of everything from toasters and games consoles to …

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The government says an overhaul will boost growth and increase trade – but it must be careful not to go too far The government has announced plans to reshape the UK’s data laws such as GDPR requirements in an effort, it claims, to boost growth and increase trade post-Brexit. The digital, media and culture secretary, …

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Culture secretary says move could lead to an end to irritating cookie popups and consent requests online Britain will attempt to move away from European data protection regulations as it overhauls its privacy rules after Brexit, the government has announced. The freedom to chart its own course could lead to an end to irritating cookie …

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The director’s third film – in which a daughter enters the virtual mind of her serial killer mother – is so-so compared to his earlier efforts After the mega-budget blowouts of 2013’s Elysium (which had some tried-and-tested ideas rattling around inside it) and 2015’s Chappie (which had Die Antwoord), this so-so shocker finds mooted multiplex …

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Experts say dangerous injuries can occur as videos of people falling off precariously stacked crates go viral on social media The latest challenge to take the internet by storm involves milk crates, balance and some painful falls. In the milk crate challenge, which recently started on TikTok, participants take on a set of milk crates …

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App Store gave 14-year-old’s account access to apps rated ‘17+’ even though it knew user’s self-declared age Apple knowingly lets underage users access apps intended for adults, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), despite having asked for and recorded their dates of birth. The investigation asserts a disconnect between the information …

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U-turn comes after resolution of issues with payment processors, says chief executive of user-generated adult content site OnlyFans, the user-generated adult content site, is reversing course on plans to ban “sexually explicit” content after securing agreement with its payment processors, it has announced. Last week OnlyFans said it would ban adult material from 1 October, …

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PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4; Double Fine/MicrosoftThe warped worlds inside people’s minds are yours to explore in a bold and beautiful sequel that never fails to surprise The unlikely sequel to a 16-year-old game about going inside people’s heads to rummage around in all their mental baggage, Psychonauts 2 is wonderfully anachronistic. It’s a missive from …

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