Thu. 11/19 – Google Pay Pivots In An Interesting Way

A major strategy shift for Google Pay might be a big deal. But a minor shift in YouTube monetization is the same old, same old. Apple pays to settle an investigation into iPhone throttling. Affirm files for its IPO. Apple Silicon continues to absolutely wow people, and by the way, the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera is wowing professional photographers.

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Links:

• Google Pay gets a major redesign with a new emphasis on personal finance (TechCrunch)
• YouTube will run ads on some creator videos, but it won’t give them any of the revenue (The Verge)
• Affirm drops S-1, revealing sharply rising revenue on a narrower net loss (FinLedger.com)
• Apple to pay $113 million to settle state investigation into iPhone ‘batterygate’ (The Washington Post)
• Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service launches on iOS as a web app (The Verge)
• Pixelmator Pro gets update for M1 Macs (The Verge)
• Apple releases forked version of TensorFlow optimized for macOS Big Sur (VentureBeat)
• The iPhone 12 Pro Max: Real Pro Photography (Halide Blog)
• Apple embraces iOS 14 home screen customization by fixing how app shortcuts work (TechCrunch)