How FBI and Australian police built and marketed the An0m chat service for criminals, which cost $1,700 for a handset and $1,250 for an annual subscription (Simon Parkin/The Guardian)

Simon Parkin / The Guardian:
How FBI and Australian police built and marketed the An0m chat service for criminals, which cost $1,700 for a handset and $1,250 for an annual subscription  —  Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld.  There was just one problem …

Russian space agency boss invites Elon Musk for tea & space talks

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, has invited SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to his home to discuss efforts to explore the universe and whether there's life on other planets. https://ift.tt/3A4gjlp

Small developers say the Epic ruling could lead to a windfall but some researchers say it is unclear if consumers will actually use alternative payment methods (New York Times)

New York Times:
Small developers say the Epic ruling could lead to a windfall but some researchers say it is unclear if consumers will actually use alternative payment methods  —  After a judge opened up a way to avoid Apple's commission on their sales, companies big and small are seeing dollar signs.

Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers (M.G. Siegler/500ish)

M.G. Siegler / 500ish:
Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers  —  Apple v. Epic indeed...  It depends on what your definition of a link is.  Or really, in some ways, what your definition of the internet is.

Google says it handed user data in response to three requests from Hong Kong during H2 2020, despite earlier saying that requests have to be made through US DOJ (Selina Cheng/Hong Kong Free Press)

Selina Cheng / Hong Kong Free Press:
Google says it handed user data in response to three requests from Hong Kong during H2 2020, despite earlier saying that requests have to be made through US DOJ  —  The US tech giant told HKFP it complied with a data request over a “credible threat to life” and two others involving human trafficking.

Apple warns that long-term exposure to vibrations, like those from high-power motorcycle engines, can degrade iPhone cameras by damaging their gyroscopes (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple warns that long-term exposure to vibrations, like those from high-power motorcycle engines, can degrade iPhone cameras by damaging their gyroscopes  —  Apple today published a new support document warning iPhone users that the cameras on their devices can be damaged by exposure …