Adobe apps will no longer support Pantone-owned colors for free due to a licensing change; users would need an Adobe plug-in costing $15/month to access colors (John Walker/Kotaku)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Huawei licenses key 5G tech to Oppo, amid a US crackdown, and says it has patent cross-licensing deals with 20 companies, including extended deals with Samsung  —  Chinese tech giant keen to make the most of its trove of intellectual property  —  PHOENIX, U.S. — Huawei Technologies …

Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku:
Some creators are protesting YouTube’s policy changes to regulate swearing and violence, which demonetize gaming videos and retroactively impact old content  —  YouTube’s policy changes on swearing and violence are being retroactively applied to old gaming content

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:
Meta says the segment at Connect announcing the addition of legs to Horizon World avatars “featured animations created from motion capture”  —  A subsequent statement from Meta says ‘the segment featured animations created from motion capture’  —  Earlier this week Meta CEO …

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:
Mercedes plans to charge $1,200 per year for “Acceleration Increase” in its EVs; Volkswagen, Toyota, and GM have all trialed similar subscription-based features  —  Mercedes are charging $1200 a year for an “Acceleration Increase”  —  For a few years now some car companies …

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Chinese regulators approve paid games from Tencent and NetEase for the first time since July 2021, as part of granting 73 games licenses  —  Beijing gives nod to licenses as it gradually loosens crackdown on tech sector  —  HONG KONG — Tencent Holdings and NetEase, two of China’s biggest …

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Governor Newsom vetoes a crypto regulation bill that required licenses to facilitate transactions; the bill was passed by the California Assembly last month  —  The California Assembly passed the bill, which would create a licensing regime and stablecoin stipulations, at the end of August.