It’s a day of wild rumors. Is Apple getting into the satellite networking game? Is the Apple Watch about to get its first meaningful design change? The rumors about a Chinese gaming crackdown just got real. Is South Korea about to meaningfully crack open the App Store? Why Apple and Google are fighting to keep the App Stores as they are. And the wild weekend in NFT-land.

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Links:

• Kuo: iPhone 13 to Feature LEO Satellite Communications to Make Calls and Texts Without Cellular Coverage (MacRumors)
• Tim Cook’s Run as Apple CEO Could End as Early as 2025. Who Will Replace Him? (Bloomberg)
• China Slashes Kids’ Gaming Time to Just Three Hours a Week (Bloomberg)
• Apple, Google Mobile Dominance Faces Tough Test in South Korea (Bloomberg)
• Google allegedly offered Netflix a break on the usual Play Store commission (The Verge)
• TikTok owner ByteDance takes first step into virtual reality with latest acquisition (CNBC)
• CryptoPunks blasts past $1 billion in lifetime sales as NFT speculation surges (TechCrunch)

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