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According to Reuters, aSouth Korean parliamentary committee has already voted in favor of the amendment this morning. The parliament could cast their final votes today. Apple and Google both charge 30% fees from app developers for in-app purchases. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Apart from governments, companies likeEpic Games and Spotifyhave been critical of unfair app commissions. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh....

Yet thousands or millions of people are paying money for it. Ill give you an example. What a pain in the butt. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Heres the thing though: Disney never asked me what I thought about its platform before it went live. I would have told them immediately: it needs a next episode button. Unfortunately, getting customer feedback is easier said than done. Sprig, as Glasgow explains it, is a product that integrates into your existing pipeline....

But those concerns seem quaint when stacked against what parents face today. What used to be difficult to regulate is now virtually impossible. Well, without some serious help, that is. But with mSpy in place, parents can remotely keep tabs on virtually everything that happens on that machine. It chronicles all incoming and outgoing text messages, including deleted messages. It monitors the phones call history. It keeps an eye on all the social media platforms and media files that user accesses....

But as appealing as that may sound, youd be wrong. Amazon has been another enthusiastic adopter, using software and surveillance to direct human workers in its massive warehouses. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Just four of the 45 studies showed mixed effects on work (some positive and some negative). The rest highlighted consistently negative effects on workers. In this article were going to look at three main impacts:...

Its easy to look at the gargantuan size of a company like Amazon and be intimidated. After all, theworlds 3rd largest companypartners with institutions like theU.S. Postal ServiceandGoldman Sachsandthe NFL. But the bulk of Amazons partnerships arent with other business elite. Its with small independent entrepreneurs. And today, that number hasexploded to 60 percentof Amazons $270 billion in annual sales. In fact,almost 40 percent of Amazon sellers have full time jobs....

Prominent leaker Marc Gurman is at it again with another Apple rumor. And its coming in the next several months. Apple knows that, so it kept the Intel model around. Well, expect that to go away in the next several months with a high-end, M1X Mac mini. It will have an updated design and more ports than the current model. The new M1X Mac Mini is expected to come with a significantly revamped design and better performance....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So what is it that makes us dislike the commute? Notably, 55% of respondentssaid that financial savings were among the top three things about working from home. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies....

The new technique targets the harder-to-reach grooves, known as sulci, to evoke feelings in the fingertips. Brain stimulation The research uses a technique calledstereoelectroencephalography(SEEG). This is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that involves placing electrodes in targeted areas of the brain. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Based on these clinical indications, all electrodes were implanted in theright hemispherefor both participants. The researchers found that stimulating the sulci evoked these feelings more often than stimulating the gyri....

Remember the time when Facebook forced us to download Messenger to chat with friends and make calls? Now, the company wants to bring video and voice calling back to the main app. This test also points towards the companysmega vision of integrating all of its apps and services. Last year, it started mergingInstagram DMs and Facebook Messenger. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh. That’s one heck of a mixed bag....

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But reviews and ratings of an app from all over the world might not be useful for you. So Google is changing things up. Starting November, it will display local ratings of an app on Android. Notably, local would mean the country your machine and account are registered in. This move actually makes a whole lot of sense. The company is also introducing gadget key in-wise rating next year. 40% off TNW Conference!...

Residents of Nottingham are going to witness a UK first:a wireless charging electric vehicle trial. 40% off TNW Conference! The trial will run for six months and is due to complete by March 2022. The project is being funded by Innovate UK with some3.4 million. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW....

Did you knowNeuralis taking the stage this fall? The future has a way of taking your biggest fears and making them seem incredibly short-sighted. Remember when everyone wasscared of clowns for an entire summer? Seems kind of trivial now in the wake of COVID-19. The current death count is 4.4 million. Itll be the same with AI. Right now the general publicsterrified of robots. But robots are just computers that move....