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Apple's new App Store tax. Microsoft Surface reviews, and Meta's earnings
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Tom Warren discuss Microsoft Surface reviews, Apple's new App Store tax, and Meta earnings.
Further reading:
- Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (SQ3) review: Windows on Arm is not ready
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5-inch) review
- Surface defined 10 years of Windows PCs — can Microsoft nail the next 10, too?
- Microsoft says more than 20 million people have used Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Zuckerberg is all in on the metaverse whether you like it or not
- Xbox’s Phil Spencer says the metaverse is a ‘poorly built video game’
- Microsoft: Xbox game streaming console is ‘years away’
- Apple macOS 13 Ventura review: a bunch of good updates you can mostly ignore
- Apple’s new App Store tax on ads is a direct shot at Meta
- Spotify pulls audiobook purchases from iOS app after Apple blocks updates
- Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C
- Apple could release a 16-inch iPad next year
- The Twitter deal is all downside risk for Elon Musk
- This tablet pairs an E Ink display with a... 16-megapixel rear camera?
- Power struggle: Puerto Rico’s battle to fix the electric grid
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