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Following the passage of the so-called anti- Google law in South Korea,

Google has announced that will comply with the new mandate by giving Android app developers on

Google Play the ability to offer alternative payment systems alongside Google's own.

The legislation represents the first time a government has been able to force

App Stores to open up to third-party payment systems for in-app purchases, a change that

could impact both App Stores' revenues as developers look to skirt the Tech Giants commissions.

In other news, employees of Cruz, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, will be the

first to jump inside one of the company's autonomous vehicles that operate in San Francisco without a human driver in the front seat.

Certain members of the public will also be able to ride, but they won't be charged the fare.

Cruz co-founder, CTO, and Press. be able to ride, but they won't be charged the fair.

Cruz co-founder, C. T.O. and President Kyle Voight

was reportedly the first to ride the driverless AV.

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