Thu. 01/13 – China To Do NFT’s, Minus The Blockchain

Apple indeed is removing Wordle clones, but PUBG sues them for NOT removing what they allege are clones of their game. Does Google Analytics run afoul of GDPR? China is going to do NFTs, NOT on the blockchain. And will the new Nuro bot bring me my burrito?

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Links:

• Apple Removes Wordle Apps Fueled by Confused Users (Bloomberg)
• Game maker says Apple, Google selling rip-offs in new lawsuit (Reuters)
• In bad news for US cloud services, Austrian website’s use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR (TechCrunch)
• Canalys: Worldwide PC shipments soared in 2021 to 341 million units (TechCrunch)
• Instagram, still benefiting from TikTok’s ban in India, again became the top app by downloads in Q4 (TechCrunch)
• China to create own NFT industry based on state-backed blockchain infrastructure, main developer says (South China Morning Post)
• Nuro’s newest autonomous delivery bot is designed for the masses (TechCrunch)