#epic

riveravaldez@joindiaspora.com

Un empresario acusa a otro ante la justicia por sufrir de su parte “nothing more than an abusive power grab and a confiscation of the value creation by others”, y los empleados de ambas empresas siguen esperando el remate. «Lawmakers appeared sympathetic.», by Bloomberg.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-16/app-store-law-would-be-a-direct-hit-on-apple-and-google
#amazon #apple #microsoft #spotify #google #alphabet #android #netflix #epic #ios #distros #os #so #tech #patronales #plusvalía #plusvalor #surplusvalue #value #capitalism

anonymiss@despora.de

'Easy #money': How international #scam artists pulled off an #epic theft of #Covid #benefits

source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/easy-money-how-international-scam-artists-pulled-epic-theft-covid-n1276789

Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers have used stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in Covid benefits, spiriting the money overseas in a massive transfer of wealth from U.S. taxpayers, officials and experts say. And they say it is still happening.

#usa #security #hack #politics #finance #tax #crime #news

eccodrum@joindiaspora.com

NPR Presents - Kamasi Washington's 'The Epic' in Concert

Saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington, 35, has been working on releasing his now three-CD, nearly three-hour, choir-and-strings-assisted album The Epic for the better part of five years now. Even longer, if you consider how long his 10-piece working band has known each other: Most of its members, known collectively as The Next Step or The West Coast Get Down, have known each other since at least high school decades ago in South Central Los Angeles, and in some instances well before that. Even as their diverse careers have made it difficult to focus exclusively on this band — Washington is, for instance, the saxophone player heard on the new Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar albums — they've all continually committed to experimenting with a brand of jazz that resonates with their own generation's lived experience.

Jazz Night In America features Kamasi Washington and the music of The Epic at its release party, and in its full glory. From the Regent Theater in Downtown L.A., Washington presents his new album with his working band, a choir, a string section and plenty of special guests.

#NRP #jazz #music #live #music #JazzNightInAmerica #KamasiWashington #epic

technozid@pluspora.com

So, paying 30% commission to Microsoft is okay, because Microsoft is not making money with the Xbox. But paying 30% commission to Apple is extortion, because Apple is making money with their hardware.

That’s some odd logic in the #Epic vs #Apple case.