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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam have joined forces to accuse Facebook of antitrust violations.Amazon today announced that it will soon roll out what it calls its most significant experience update for the Fire TV line of products yet.The Chrome team announced today that it is bringing Play Billing to Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), allowing web developers to sell digital goods and subscriptions.AT&T announced today that its HBO Max streaming service saw explosive usage and engagement gains in the most recent quarter. On this episode of First Ring Daily, Infinite gets detailed, SharePoint passes 200 million, and Minecraft has a huge win.On this episode of First Ring Daily, Infinite gets detailed, SharePoint passes 200 million, and Minecraft has a huge win.Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Xbox saw record levels of engagement in 2020, a year in which its audience should have been waiting for new consoles to launch.I’ve been writing about Microsoft for over 25 years, and not since Longhorn has the software giant bungled a product release this badly.Halo Infinite will be released in the Fall of 2021 and we also get our first look at multiplayer.Adobe announced today that it has released Lightroom as a native app on M1-based Macs and Windows 10 on ARM (WOA).A report citing multiple sources says that Apple’s next-generation M-series Mac chips are due in 2021 and could outperform Intel’s fastest microprocessors. Google rarely talks about Fuchsia, an open-source operating system that may eventually replace Android and Chrome OS. Minecraft has new RTX features available today and it was also the most-watched game in 2020.Apple originally announced that its Fitness+ subscription service would launch by the end of 2020, and today it revealed that it will make good on that promise.Google announced today that it will enable integration between its Nest-branded smart home products and Samsung’s SmartThings platform.On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paul is superficially famous, Teams gets new rooms, and Stadia streams.Apple today announced the long-rumored AirPods Max, which despite the name are not earbuds but over-the-ear headphones. They’re also ridiculously expensive.When Google announced Stadia over one year ago, it promised that the game streaming service would one day allow direct streaming to YouTube. That day has arrived.The Pixel 4a 5G has a confusing name, but it offers the best value in Google’s 2020 lineup, with a larger display and an improved camera system. Google announced today that users with Google Assistant-based smart speakers and displays can now control Apple Music by voice. Google today announced its December 2020 Pixel Feature Drop, which adds several new features to recent Pixel handsets.On this episode of First Ring Daily, iOS slowdown, Mac speedup, and Spotify goes local.As I’ve written in the past, it’s next to impossible to access your own music files with Spotify, the world’s most popular music service.The Google Pixel 4a 5G occupies a confusing spot in Google’s confusing 2020 Pixel lineup. It’s boring, bland, and unexceptional. And I love it.Apple has acknowledged widespread problems with the displays on iPhone 11 handsets and says that it will replace them for free. Happy Friday and welcome to the last month of the most terrible year of our lives. Let’s get the weekend started a little early with some reader questions.On this episode of First Ring Daily, the dogs take over Microsoft, JavaScript turns 25, and USB-C to HDMI is here. Netscape announced the initial release of the JavaScript web scripting language 25 years ago, on this day in 1995.You're not here for the ads. We understand. But ads help us keep the lights on. And you can support our journalism by taking advantage of one of these options:Sign-up for a free Thurrott.com account below and you can ad-block to your heart's content. Or, if you don't want an account, you can put Thurrott.com in your ad-blocker's whitelist. Whichever you choose, thanks!You agree to receiving the Thurrott Daily Newsletter
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