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Huawei license expires, threatens to cut off Android updates for currently supported phones

August 18, 2020
It’s been well over a year since a US ban forced Google to cut off Huawei, but an ongoing and renewed license has allowed the two companies to work together and continue supporting phones already in the hands of consumers with Android updates. Now, though, that license is in jeopardy. reports that, as of this past Thursday, the general license that allowed Google to work with Huawei on…
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Machine learning groups form Consortium for Python Data API Standards to reduce fragmentation

August 18, 2020
Deep learning framework Apache MXNet and Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) today launched the Consortium for Python Data API Standards, a group that wants to make it easier for machine learning practitioners and data scientists no matter which framework, library, or tool from the Python ecosystem it came from. ONNX is a group initially formed by Facebook and Microsoft in 2017 to power…
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Apple’s Epic retaliation: Unreal Engine on iOS and Mac in jeopardy

August 18, 2020
Epic went after Apple, and now the tech giant is striking back. Epic Games revealed on Twitter that Apple is revoking Epic’s permissions to develop tools for iOS and Mac on August 28. Not only does this prohibit updates to Fortnite on iOS, but it could impact every game that uses Epic’s Unreal Engine game creation tools. Epic has filed a motion to stop this retaliation from Apple, which you…
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Epic says Apple threatens ‘catastrophic’ response in two weeks if Fortnite doesn’t comply with rules

August 18, 2020
Epic says that Apple has threatened to cut off its access to all iOS and Mac developer tools as retaliation for sneaking a new payment option into Fortnite last week — a stunt that ended in the app being banned from the App Store and Epic filing a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple, claiming it places illegal restrictions on the distribution of iOS apps. Apple will terminate Epic’s…
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