Earlier this week, Apple told Basecamp, the company that makes the brand new email app called Hey, that it cannot distribute its app on the iPhone unless it makes it possible for users to sign up via Apple’s own prescribed methods — which gives Apple a 30 percent cut. Apple told Basecamp that by avoiding giving an option in its iOS…
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Meet the Big Tech Critic Behind Hey, Basecamp’s Radical New Email Platform
The Basecamp cofounder and creator of web application framework Ruby on Rails David Heinemeier Hansson has become increasingly outspoken about Big Tech’s privacy violations and monopolistic tendencies. Now he’s inviting you to join the cause — by switching your email provider. From a report: Two years ago, he and fellow Basecamp cofounder and CEO Jason Fried decided to do something about…
Facebook Says it Doesn’t Need News Stories For Its Business and Won’t Pay To Share Them in Australia
Facebook has rejected a proposal to share advertising revenue with news organisations, saying there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news altogether. From a report: On Monday, the social media giant issued its response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has been tasked with creating a mandatory code of conduct aimed at levelling…
Can SpaceX’s Starlink Broadband System Deliver Less Than 100ms Latency?
Proudrooster writes: Can SpaceX’s Starlink deliver less than 100ms latency? That is the $16 billion dollar question as the FCC looks to pump more money into rural broadband (PDF). Will rural America ever get broadboand? What will America get for giving billions of dollars to incumbent providers? Is this all just FUD or a publicity stunt by the FCC to stop…
Google Sues Sonos in Escalation of Wireless Speakers Fight
Google escalated a fight with Sonos over the wireless home-speaker market, filing a lawsuit that alleges patent infringement. From a report: The conflict between the two companies, which had been collaborating on incorporating some Google features in Sonos’s speakers, erupted in January when Sonos sued Google for infringing its patents. The speaker maker is facing increased competition from tech giants such…
Crypto Exchange Quadriga Was a Fraud and Founder Was Running Ponzi Scheme, Regulator Says
The Quadriga cryptocurrency exchange that saw millions of dollars disappear just as its founder died was a “fraud” and Ponzi scheme, according to the Ontario Securities Commission. CBC.ca reports: The regulator said Thursday that Vancouver-based Quadriga’s late founder Gerald Cotten committed fraud by opening accounts under aliases and crediting himself with fictitious currency and crypto asset balances, which he traded with…
Discover how the Google IT Support Professional Certificate helped Jason pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
My name is Jason Niro, and I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I graduated from Bay State College, in Boston, with a bachelor’s degree in entertainment management with a recording arts concentration. After graduation, I moved to Southern California to pursue a career as an Audio Engineer. While I was interning at a few record […]
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The Future of Xbox Isn’t Just a Console
With the Xbox Series X on the horizon, Microsoft’s head of videogame hardware sees a future where consoles may no longer be front and center. Wired reports: Despite its massive push for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft is hedging its bets that a decade from now more and more gamers will be taking a “no gods, no masters” approach to where…
People Try To Do Right By Each Other, No Matter the Motivation, Study Finds
People want to help each other, even when it costs them something, and even when the motivations to help don’t always align, a new study suggests. Phys.Org reports: In research published today in the journal Science Advances, sociologists found that people overwhelmingly chose to be generous to others — even to strangers, and even when it seems one motivation to help…