DigitalOutbox Episode 382

Chris and Ian discuss Epic vs Apple, Digital Tax, Creepy Amazon and Nvidia's new GPU's https://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode382/DigitalOutbox-382-200906.mp3 Download iTunes MP3 Shownotes Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t require the free app to add purchases after all Fortnite Apple row: Microsoft backs Epic in court filing Apple can block Epic's Fortnite but not Unreal Engine Apple terminates Epic Games’ App Store account Apple says App Store appeals process is now live, so developers can start challenging decisions Apple mistakenly approved a widely used malware to run on Macs Facebook News to expand internationally to the U.K., Germany, France, India and Brazil Facebook to freeze political ads before US presidential election Facebook isn’t happy about Apple’s upcoming ad tracking restrictions Apple delays privacy feature that would let iPhone owners keep ad tracking at bay Apple, Google, and Amazon respond to European tech taxes by passing on costs Google and Apple to roll out phase two of contact-tracing system AMAZON ANNOUNCES HALO, A FITNESS BAND AND APP THAT SCANS YOUR BODY AND VOICE Amazon’s top UK reviewers appear to profit from fake 5-star posts Netflix makes some movies and shows free worldwide to non-subscribers Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold arrives September 18 for $2,000 Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 GPU, priced at $699 and launching September 17th Nvidia’s new RTX 3090 is a $1,499 monster GPU designed for 8K gaming Intel announces its new 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs, available on laptops this fall Nintendo announces new games for Mario's 35th anniversary