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Google dropping Play Store subscription fee from 30% to 15% on day one for all Android devs

October 21, 2021
Back in March, Google Play announced that it was cutting commission fees to 15% on the first $1 million in revenue from paid apps and in-app purchases (IAPs) for all Android developers. Google announced today that next year, the Play Store will only take a 15% cut on all subscriptions from day one.  At the moment, the Play Store service fee drops to 15% (from 30%) if customers keep a…
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DxO's new PhotoLab 5 and FilmPack 6 get Fujifilm X-Trans support, performance boosts and more

October 21, 2021
DxO has announced the latest versions of DxO PhotoLab and DxO FilmPack. DxO PhotoLab 5 features improved Control Point functionality and new ways to adjust images, more efficient DeepPRIME implementation, improved asset management tools, and for the first time, Fujifilm X-Trans support. DxO FilmPack 6 includes X-Trans support, plus a new ‘Time Machine’ feature, new film stocks, and…
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The real reason Joe Manchin is sabotaging the US clean energy plan

October 21, 2021
US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to decarbonize in order to slow global warming and meet the Paris Agreement target of net-zero by 2050. Why does he oppose it? The Charleston Gazette-Mail…
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Tesla launches new website to flex its manufacturing muscle and help with humongous hiring effort

October 21, 2021
Tesla has launched a new website to flex its manufacturing muscle, which Elon Musk believes is Tesla’s biggest strength. It also appears to be part of the automaker’s hiring effort, which is going to be huge. For years now, Musk had Tesla focus on manufacturing. He pushed the idea that “the machine that builds the machine” is an even more important product. At Tesla’s shareholders’…
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