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There is quite a bit of push right now for companies like Apple to adopt third-party payment methods when it comes to app purchases or in-app purchases. The idea is that by allowing third-party payments, it would allow developers to find alternative methods of payments that would let them avoid paying Apple a 30% cut from their app sales.

However, it seems that Apple still wants its commissions, regardless of whether developers choose to use their payment methods or third-party alternatives. This is according to a developer support page in the Netherlands where the company states that regardless of what developers choose to use, they will still need to pay Apple a commission.

The reason for the update on the Netherland’s developer page is due to an order from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets where Apple will allow dating apps in the region to use alternative payment methods. However, presumably Apple’s intentions are going to be the same for all other regions and will probably expand to cover non-dating apps as well.

It is unclear how Apple plans on calculating the commissions they receive or how much they plan to take. Right now, Apple pretty much takes a 30% cut, but there are instances where it can be lowered to 15%.

Apple Still Wants Its App Commissions Regardless Of Payment Method

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In 2020 when Apple announced their plans to transition away from Intel processors to their own custom Apple Silicon chipsets, the company estimated that it would take them about two years. Now that we’re in 2022, it looks like Apple could actually be meeting their goal by the end of the year.

This is according to a tweet by leaker Dylandkt on Twitter where he claims that the transition will be fully complete in the fourth quarter of the year, with the Mac Pro being the last Apple computer to adopt the Apple Silicon chipset. To date, almost all of Apple’s computers have made the change to the Apple Silicon save for the 27-inch iMac and Mac Pro.

The Apple Silicon transition will end by Q4 of 2022. The Mac Pro will be the last device to be replaced. The Mac Pro’s processor will not be an extension of the M2. The processor of the Mac Pro will instead be a further extension of the M1 beyond the cores of the M1 Max.

— Dylan (@dylandkt) January 17, 2022

What’s interesting about the tweet is that Dylandkt claims that for the Mac Pro, Apple will actually be using the M1 and not the M2, which is largely believed to be debuting this year. The leaker claims that the Mac Pro’s processor will actually be based on the M1 and will be an extension of the M1 Max with more cores.

We have heard rumors that the Mac Pro with Apple Silicon could feature as many as 40-cores and Dylandkt’s claims are in line with a report from The Information back in November 2021 where they too suggested that the computer would use a variation of the M1 Max.

Apple To Fully Complete Their Transition To Apple Silicon By End Of 2022

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Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from outer space — “The Enigma.”

The latest Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon is in the books. After another week of players showing off their skills and romping through games as quickly as possible, AGDQ 2022 raised $3,416,729 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. That’s a record total for any Games Done Quick event in the organization’s 12-year history.

According to GDQ’s tracker, the highest donation was $236,656 and the median pledge was $25. AGDQ 2022 speedran to $1 million in donations, hitting that threshold faster than any previous GDQ event.

AGDQ once again took place as an online-only event amid COVID-19 concerns. Even though there wasn’t an in-person audience to hype up the players, there were still some remarkable runs. For instance, a runner named Mitchriz used audio cues and a deep knowledge of the notoriously difficult Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice to beat the game in two hours while blindfolded.

Runners broke some world records during the event too, including in Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Pumpkin Jack and Webbed. You can catch up on those runs, and everything else from AGDQ, on the Games Done Quick YouTube channel.

GDQ will next host an all-women speedrunning event called Frost Fatales, which takes place between February 27th and March 5th. As usual, you’ll be able to watch it live on Twitch. Summer Games Done Quick will return later this year.

Ahead of 5G becoming mainstream, there have been some concerns regarding the technology, namely from certain groups of people who have shared conspiracy theories about it like how 5G can cause illnesses. Many experts have since decried these claims to be untrue, but it turns out that 5G could actually have a negative impact on certain things, like airplanes.

According to a report from Reuters, it appears that the CEOs of major US airlines have published a letter warning that the new C-Band 5G services that are being planned for rollout by AT&T and Verizon could actually ground a lot of widebody aircrafts and cause “chaos” for US flights that could lead thousands of Americans overseas stranded.

This is because of potential interference from these 5G bands that could have an impact on sensitive airplane instruments such as altimeters that could hamper low-visibility operations. This doesn’t mean that airlines don’t believe in 5G, but rather they are asking that 5G towers be placed further away from airports to prevent disruptions.

According to the letter, “Multiple modern safety systems on aircraft will be deemed unusable causing a much larger problem than what we knew… Airplane manufacturers have informed us that there are huge swaths of the operating fleet that may need to be indefinitely grounded.” So far, neither AT&T nor Verizon have commented on this.

US Airlines Warn That 5G Could Wreak Havoc On Plane Instruments

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