South Korea Gets Tough With Apple and Google

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South Korea Gets Tough With Apple and Google

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Jan 11, 2022

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A law in South Korea forces Apple and Google to offer alternatives to their respective in-app payment systems. A former Amazon employee will testify to lawmakers that the company's employee review system is incomprehensible. And Razer changes up how it markets its new Zephyr masks.
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Jan 11, 2022

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