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| The Morning After: Explaining Apple’s $100 million App Store settlement - Engadget Posted: 27 Aug 2021 04:15 AM PDT Following the class-action lawsuit between Apple and app developers, the company has agreed to change several App Store rules, including allowing developers to email users "about payment methods outside of their iOS app" — think Netflix and Spotify offering subscription setups through the internet browser, all without Apple taking a cut. This was a key part of the Epic vs. Apple trial. The company is also promising more transparency around its app review process and offer more price points to app makers from "fewer than 100 to more than 500." The agreement also includes a $100 million payout, split among smaller developers who earned $1 million or less. It's not money for Spotify, Epic and the bigger, most vocal, app owners. There are a few more wrinkles to the App Store changes. Engadget's Karissa Bell elaborates on what's going on. — Mat Smith Noise cancellation and 45-hour battery life. Under Armor Hollywood's busiest man Dwayne Johnson has found time to release another pair of headphones with Under Armour branding and, well, JBL tech. The cans are essentially an updated version of the durable over-ears released in 2018, but now with adaptive noise canceling and 45-hour battery life. With speed charging, you should get two hours of playback time in five minutes. Subscribers will also get new loot for 'Genshin Impact' and other games.Amazon is adding some more free titles for Prime Gaming subscribers. One of the latest additions is Knockout City, a recent release from Velan and EA. It's a cross-platform dodgeball brawler launched in May that's already available through Xbox Games Pass Ultimate and EA Play. Anyone addicted to Genshin Impact — which is free to play everywhere — can get a nice grab bag of loot if they're a Prime Gaming subscriber. Lance Barr also helped shape the Wii. Jason Leung on Unsplash NES and SNES designer Lance Barr has retired from Nintendo after 38 years and eight months at the company. Although relatively few know his name, he played a role in the rise and rise of Nintendo. Barr made his biggest mark when he was asked to design the outside of the NES to make the Famicom more palatable for American audiences. As requested, he made it look like it belonged next to a stereo system (complete with a VHS-style cartridge loader) compared to the "soft" Japanese model. His influence continued at Nintendo, and in more recent times he helped design the Wii and its nunchuk controller. It's an affordable laptop that punches well above its own weight. Daniel Cooper / Engadget HP's use of AMD's speedy mobile processors means this machine can do a lot more than other ultraportables in its class. Available for less than $1,000, the cost alone will let you see past some of its more pedestrian features. There are plenty of ports, and while it's not exactly an inspirational design, you might be pleasantly surprised. Only for Premium users to start with.YouTube is promising picture-in-picture (PiP) viewing to all iPhone and iPad users in the US, starting with volunteers using Premium. You'll have to opt into the test through the experiments website on your computer, but you're all set after that — you can watch clips in a floating window. It's just the first step: The company hasn't said when it plans to enable PiP for non-Premium subscribers. The biggest tech news you might have missed Apple will take a smaller cut of in-app fees from publishers who use Apple News Engadget Deals: Apple Watch SE (44mm with cellular) is down to $300 at Amazon Electrify America's charging station app finally supports Android Auto and CarPlay 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' wants you to know it's OK to like 'Voyager' Tesla's redesigned iPhone app features two new home screen widgets Palantir glitch allegedly granted some FBI staff unauthorized access to a crypto hacker's data Google's YouTube Music app for Wear OS only works with Samsung's upcoming smartwatches All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2021 12:08 AM PDT We aren't too far away from the public release of Android 12. While OEMs like OnePlus, ASUS, OPPO, ZTE, and more have already rolled out an Android 12 beta to their select flagship models, Samsung has yet to join the Android 12 beta party. But it looks like a One UI 4.0 beta based on Android 12 for the Galaxy S21 series shouldn't be too far away. As spotted by SamMobile, Samsung has started updating some of its first-party apps to support Android 12, hinting at an imminent One UI 4.0 beta release. The company recently rolled out an update to the One Hand Operation+ app on the Galaxy Store, and among other changes, the latest update has added Android 12 support.  Screenshot courtesy: SamMobile This news comes after Samsung officially confirmed last month in a forum post that the One UI 4 beta based on Android 12 would be available to the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus, and Galaxy S21 Ultra. At the time, the company said that users would be able to participate in the beta program by registering through the Samsung Members app. However, no specific date for the beta rollout was announced. Separately, a banner posted by Samsung South Korea (via Tizen Help) late last month revealed that the company was planning to roll out Android 12 beta for the Galaxy S21 series between September and October. Android 12 reached platform stability with Beta 4 that rolled out two weeks ago. What that means is that Google has finalized APIs and behavior changes, and the final version of Android 12 shouldn't look drastically different than what we have right now. As per rumors, One UI 4.0 will offer some big UI changes, including updated iconography and colors and Android 12's Material You elements. The update is also said to bring along optimizations for Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 powered devices, while also improving Samsung Knox and the Samsung Notes app. |
| Elden Ring's In-Game Text Is Being Written by Miyazaki, Not George R.R. Martin - IGN - IGN Posted: 27 Aug 2021 06:02 AM PDT When Elden Ring was first announced, one of the biggest surprises is how it's a collaboration between FromSoftware and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin. Since then, more information about the collaboration has come to light and while Martin was responsible for creating the overall world and mythos of Elden Ring, the in-game text is being director Hidetaka Miyazaki. "In From fashion, the story is told in fragments, and we haven't changed our principle of providing a world and narrative that the player can interpret for themselves," FromSoft's Yasuhiro Kitao says. And while this means lore can still be discovered by item text and cutscenes, NPC dialogue will also contribute significantly to world-building, and Miyazaki is "at the forefront of the text, writing the text in the game." In an interview with IGN from earlier this year, Miyazaki explained that Martin helped build the world, including the Lands Between, and central narrative. However, Martin himself said that he finished his contributions to Elden Ring "years ago" and development continued to build on the foundations established by Martin. Miyazaki praised Martin and said the author's contributions led Elden Ring to be more character-focused than previous FromSoft games. "He brought things to the table that we couldn't have done by ourselves, in terms of that rich storytelling and that sense of character and drama." Given that Martin's most famous work involves complicated character dynamics and the way people interact with each other while vying for power, this makes sense. With the open-ended, in-game text handled by Miyazaki, it sounds like fans will get the best of both Miyazaki and Martin's worlds in Elden Ring. Check out IGN's full preview of Elden Ring as well as how the new summoning mechanic is being carefully designed to not impact the game's overall difficulty. Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd. |
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