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Why Amazon got out of the Apple App Store tax, and why other developers won’t - The Verge 5 April 2020

If the rule is you pay Apple a 30-percent cut of your app’s cost unless Apple really needs something from you to bolster its own subscription business, that’s neither fair nor consistent.

Russia postpones smartphone software law until January 2021:TASS - Reuters 5 April 2020

Russia on Tuesday pushed back legislation that would require all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in Russia to come pre-installed with Russian software, by six months until January 1, 2021, the TASS news agency reported.

A Microsoft Employee Literally Wrote Washington’s Facial Recognition Law 5 April 2020

The bill has little impact on the commercial development or sale of facial recognition technology. The bill doesn’t limit sales to law enforcement, or even hold companies responsible for the outcomes of their algorithms.

Exclusive: Apple likely buyer of NextVR, a live event streaming AR/VR company being sold for ~$100M - 9to5Mac 5 April 2020

NextVR also has holds patented technology that upscales video streams. NextVR uses this technology to support high quality video streams of music and sporting events to VR headsets. NextVR holds over 40 technology patents in total. The company failed to secure a Series C round of funding in early 2019, however, which resulted in a […]

The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order - WSJ 4 April 2020

A global retreat from balancing power with legitimacy will cause the social contract to disintegrate both domestically and internationally. Yet this millennial issue of legitimacy and power cannot be settled simultaneously with the effort to overcome the Covid-19 plague. Restraint is necessary on all sides—in both domestic politics and international diplomacy. Priorities must be established.

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