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Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.On Monday, Apple quietly updated its App Store rules to require that iOS developers use in-app purchases - and thereby give Apple 30 percent - on "sales of 'boosts' for posts in a social media app."

Jose Hernandez and Beatriz Gonzalez, stepfather and mother of Nohemi Gonzalez, who died in a terrorist attack in Paris in 2015, talk Tuesday to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court following oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google.Drew Angerer/Getty Images A worried and wary Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that could revolutionize the architecture of the internet and social media companies.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister of state for foreign trade says that cryptocurrency will play a major role for UAE trade going forward.He stressed: The most important thing is that we ensure global governance when it comes to cryptocurrencies and crypto companies.Crypto to Play a Major Role in the UAE United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi talked about cryptocurrency Friday during an interview with Bloomberg in Davos, Switzerland.

TikTok prankster Mizzy has been arrested again on suspicion of breaching court order, after posting more videos online.Bacari Ogarro, known as Mizzy on social media, went viral when he entered a stranger's house uninvited, and has defended his videos after they were described as abhorrent and criminal by politicians.

Google-owned YouTube is the most popular platform for Indian language digital news consumers, with a whopping 93 per cent using it to access news, a report revealed on Thursday.The report by Google News Initiative in partnership with marketing data and analytics company Kantar captures the distinct news content consumption preferences and behaviours of the online Indian language news consumers in the country.

Hi, readers.This is AdExchanger Senior Editor James Hercher coming to you from paternity leave through the magic of evergreen content.This week's Commerce Roundup may not have a news hook, but it's timely for anyone launching a consumer brand - or for marketers worried about generative software like ChatGPT eating their lunch.

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING - Someone other than Vladimir Putin will likely be running Russia in as little as three years.But the bigger concern, even for Europe, may lay further to the east.That is the analysis of former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking on the eve of an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive and during the Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security in Washington D.C.
"I suspect that Putin is not going to be around in three to five years," Panetta said, noting that he does not believe "Putin or his successor is going to be much of an issue in terms of impacting long-term Europe."

Data has become one of the most valuable assets in the world, playing a larger role than ever in our digital economy.Research firm Capgemini predicts that the value of the data created in the EU alone could top €550 billion by 2025.Newham Council in London has launched a bold initiative to put itself at the heart of the capital's data ecosystem with the creation of a dedicated data campus.

Making Science, a digital acceleration company, has received the Cloud 2022 Award in the Sales Growth in 2022 category, from Google Cloud.With this recognition, which is part of Google Cloud Iberia's 'Hackathon Awards 2022', the technology giant seeks to reward the work of various companies in areas such as growth, investment in capacities or growth, investment in capabilities or industry solutions.

This is a summary of the Overview of Taxes in a Digital World #ABATECHSHOW 2023Tax Deductions for Law Firm Tech Tools Presentation by tax attorney Jamie Szal and Tax Treatment of Flat Fees v.Advance Retainer Fees for Lawyers CPA T. Jayden DoyeTax Treatment of Law Firm Use of Virtual Contractors on Tax Strategies for Solos & Smalls in a Digital and Web 3.0 World.

Boris Johnson left a stain on our body politic like Trump as people observed him mocking the truth, an MP has said at a parliamentary committee on misinformation.The comments from SNP MP John Nicolson come a day before Mr Johnson's appearance at the cross-party Privileges Committee where he will be questioned on claims that he lied to Parliament with his partygate denials.

A new voluntary code of practice for app store operators and developers will ask them to boost security and privacy to better protect users, the Government has said.The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) said the new measures would include requirements for those who sign up for it to have a reporting process for experts to flag issues and ensure security updates are properly highlighted to users, among other measures.

"What is needed to bring unwilling licensors to the table is a set of ex-ante rules that apply pre-litigation that compel licensors to enter into FRAND licensing negotiations in good faith.The aim should be to decrease the amount of cases going to court."Editor's note: The author represents clients chiefly characterized as implementer companies, though many have considerable patent portfolios of their own, including SEPs, and participate in standards development.

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the digital media and marketing trade association, unveiled the final schedule for its Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM), taking place from January 22-24 in Marco Island, Florida."ALM has been and continues to be the epicenter of the digital economy, surfacing hotly-debated topics facing the ecosystem at large.