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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysEpic Games is launching a new feature to help app developers build their own webshops. With new legal rulings in place, developers will be able to send players from games to make out-of-app purchases. Epic’s proposition is significantly cheaper than Apple’s in-app payment system. Upon announcing a new feature to help developers build their own webshops, Epic Games said it would charge zero percent commission on the first $1 million in sales per app per year.
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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Insha Zia |James Morales
Key TakeawaysFIFA Collect is migrating from Algorand to a new Ethereum-compatible blockchain. “FIFA Blockchain” will support better performance, new features and improved wallet compatibility, FIFA said. The organization has asked collectors to reimport NFTs held in Algorand wallets before May 20.
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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Insha Zia |James Morales
Key TakeawaysThe U.K. Treasury has published draft crypto asset rules. The proposed regime would require the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to approve crypto exchanges and stablecoin issuers. The FCA is expected to impose reserve requirements on stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle. The U.K. Treasury has published draft crypto asset rules for different types of crypto assets, including stablecoins. Compared to the EU, the U.K. has taken a more piecemeal approach to crypto regulation.
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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysAmazon has launched the first of its Kuiper satellites. Project Kuiper is intended to offer an alternative to Starlink. As competition in satellite internet services heats up, Starlink is offering free terminals. The launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites could end Starlink’s near-total monopoly in the market for consumer satellite broadband services.
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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysSpain, Portugal and parts of France were hit by widespread power outages on Monday. Portugal’s national grid operator, Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), blamed a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” for the blackout. Spanish authorities continue to investigate the root cause.
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2 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysMany semiconductors rely on intellectual property owned by a handful of mostly American firms. However, the open-source RISC-V architecture is gaining traction among Chinese tech firms. While RISC-V chips were once limited to small devices, recent breakthroughs could open up the data center market. Among the trillion or so computer chips produced each year, the majority rely on intellectual property (IP) owned by Arm, IBM, Intel, Nvidia and AMD.
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3 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysA complaint submitted to the Austrian data protection authority alleges that Ubisoft illegally harvested gamer data. The complainant claims that while playing Far Cry Primal, Ubisoft continuously collected data and sent it to third parties. Recipients of the data include Amazon, Google and Datadog. A complaint filed under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on Thursday, April 24, alleges that Ubisoft illegally harvested gamers’ personal data without permission.
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3 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysTarget, Walmart and Best Buy opened pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 at midnight on Thursday, April 24. As pre-orders went live, all three websites experienced a surge in reported issues getting online. The new handheld console can also be pre-ordered from GameStop and Nintendo Store. As pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 opened at midnight on Thursday, April 24, some of the biggest retailers in the U.S. struggled to handle a surge in web traffic.
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3 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | James Morales
Key TakeawaysLedger supports crypto debit cards that let cardholders top up their accounts straight from their hardware wallet. Many exchanges and wallet operators now offer crypto debit cards. The latest Ledger product, offered in collaboration with Mercuryo, is a crypto Mastercard that supports Bitcoin and Ether. Ledger is the latest Web3 company to launch a debit card that stores balances in cryptocurrency, with automated conversions for fiat payments.
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3 weeks ago | 
ccn.com | Samantha Dunn |James Morales
Key TakeawaysVerizon has reported a decline in consumer phone subscribers. In the first quarter of 2025, Verizon had 356,000 fewer subscribers. The drop-off follows network outages and a regulatory penalty in 2024. Verizon has reported a notable decline in consumer wireless subscriptions in the first quarter of 2025. The drop comes after a difficult year for Verizon, which experienced repeated outages in 2024 and was hit by a million-dollar fine related to 911 call failures.