Subj : Apple bans Epic Games ¨, Starship's third launch ¨, Tailwind v4 ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Mar 07 2024 11:52:46 --aA2HHZ7h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple has terminated Epic Games' developer account=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]= |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [= TLDR] [4] TLDR 2024-03-07 WANT TO ADVERTISE IN TLDR? (SPONSOR) [= 4]=20 Fortune 50 companies like AWS, Google, and Nvidia and fast growin= g startups like Vercel and Secureframe work with TLDR to reach our audi= ence of over 4 million tech-savvy=C2=A0decision=C2=A0makers=C2=A0with highl= y customized campaigns (like this one!). We help manage your campaigns = from end=C2=A0to end, ensuring that your performance marketing efforts hi= t your internal KPIs without breaking your budget.=C2=A0Learn more [4].= =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS APPLE TERMINATES EPIC GA= MES DEVELOPER ACCOUNT CALLING IT A =E2=80=98THREAT=E2=80=99 TO THE IOS EC= OSYSTEM (5 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Apple has terminated Epic Games' develop= er account, a move Epic is calling a serious violation of the EU's Digita= l Markets Act. Epic claims that Apple is retaliating against it for speak= ing out. Apple says that Epic's past actions suggest that it doesn't inte= nd to follow the rules, threatening the integrity of the iOS platform and= the security and privacy of its users. It has the contractual right to= terminate its agreement with Epic at any time.=20 BILL THAT COULD BA= N TIKTOK IN THE U.S. GAINS MOMENTUM IN CONGRESS (5 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 = A new bi-partisan legislation may force ByteDance to divest TikTok or= risk having it banned in US app stores. The bill, dubbed the Protectin= g Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, creates a= process for identifying certain social media applications under the cont= rol of foreign adversaries as national security threats. Apps deemed a ri= sk would be banned from online app stores and web hosting services unless= they sever ties with entities under the control of foreign adversaries w= ithin 180 days of the designation. There are concerns that TikTok could b= e used by the Chinese government to access personal data from its users a= nd show them videos that could influence their views on particular issues= ..=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY THE NEXT S= TARSHIP MISSION HAS A TENTATIVE LAUNCH DATE: MARCH 14 (4 MINUTE READ) [7]= =20 SpaceX has posted a link to watch Starship's third flight test on X= .. The flight is scheduled for 7:30 am ET on March 14. SpaceX has yet to= receive its launch license from the FAA. The next test aims to achieve= nominal first-stage performance, Starship separation from the first st= age using 'hot staging', Starship reaching an orbital velocity and engine= shutdown, early-stage testing on in-space refueling technology, and a co= ntrolled splashdown of Starship in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX intends to la= unch Starship at least nine times this year.=20 COMPANY THAT PLANS TO B= RING BACK THE MAMMOTH TAKES A KEY STEP (10 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Coloss= al, a company that plans to take extinct species and restore them through= the use of DNA editing and stem cells, has announced the production of t= he first elephant stem cells. The process, which is a part of the company= 's plan to revive the mammoth, turned out to be extremely difficult. Colo= ssal has released a draft manuscript describing the process on a public r= epository. Besides being part of the process to revive the mammoth, the t= echniques used to produce these stem cells could also be used to conserve= existing species.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIE= NCE DAYTONA (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 Daytona is a development environ= ment manager. It can set up development environments on any infrastructur= e using a single command. Daytona automates the entire process. 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