EU regulations in the Digital Markets Act have forced Apple to allow full versions of third-party browsers on iPhone, and Apple isn’t happy. Alternate browser choices Safari runs on Apple’s WebKit engine, and other browsers on iPhone have been required to use WebKit until now, at least in the EU. Starting in iOS 17.4, users
Read MoreMacworld Apple released the iOS 17.4 beta, and it’s a big deal for folks in the European Union because of the new framework for distributing iOS apps from alternative app marketplace. But for those of us outside of the EU, what’s the big deal with iOS 17.4? New emojis! The new emojis are part of the Emoji version
Read MorePhoto by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, tried to send a 90-second video to regulators of an incident in which one of its driverless cars dragged a pedestrian 20 feet but was hampered by “internet connectivity issues,” according to a report compiled by a law
Read MoreAlthough not expected to arrive until September, Java Development Kit 23 already has been assigned its first feature, an enhancement to pattern matching. JDK 23 would follow JDK 22 by six months. JDK 22 is due in March with capabilities such as previews of structured concurrency and string templates. The OpenJDK page for JDK 23
Read MoreNewly disclosed breaches of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise highlight the persistent threat posed by Midnight Blizzard, a notorious Russian cyber-espionage group.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google recently received FDA approval for its body temperature feature. The Pixel 8 Pro’s thermometer works by measuring the infrared radiation your body emits and then puts the results through an algorithm to calculate body temperature. Google says the app’s body temperature measurements come within ±0.3 degrees C when
Read MoreThere are three major limitations on Apple’s App Store concessions in the European Union that limit what third parties can offer for App Stores, and what consumers can load. Here’s what they are. Before Apple announced its plans to adhere to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, there was a lot of speculation. The rumors
Read MoreWe have already stepped into the AI world where creating videos/photos takes about a minute and requires no knowledge, writing essays requires no academic knowledge, etc. It all started with OpenAI making its AI chatbot – ChatGPT free for the public. ChatGPT has already witnessed massive success, and following it, other AI chatbots have been
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has a lot to say about the changes Apple made to its App Store in the European Union. In a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter), Sweeney calls the update “a new instance of Malicious Compliance” — or, in layman’s terms,
Read MoreThe App Store policy changes that are coming in iOS 17.4 aren’t enough for Epic’s Tim Sweeney, with him firing back at Apple for implementing an “anticompetitive scheme rife with junk fees.” Epic Games viral ‘1984’ ad campaign against Apple In a statement provided to AppleInsider and a series of posts on Twitter/X, Epic CEO
Read MoreA law firm’s investigation of a gruesome crash in which a pedestrian was dragged under an autonomous vehicle says GM’s Cruise fixated on media reports and didn’t share all it knew with regulators.
Read MoreImage: Pocketpair You can all stop calling now — The Pokémon Company’s lawyers are on the case. In a statement posted on the company’s website, The Pokémon Company says it’s aware of a “game released in January 2024” and plans to “take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related
Read MoreOn top of everything else Apple announced on Thursday about European Union Digital Markets Act compliance, the company is also expanding what it provides to users that request a copy of their data, and will provide an export tool for it as well. Apple’s Data and Privacy login screen The announcement of the enhanced tools
Read MoreThe Galaxy S24 Ultra is, objectively, the best phone in the Galaxy S24 series. One only needs to look at the hardware, design, S Pen, and camera system to support the claim. However, not everyone needs the power the Ultra offers, just like one doesn’t need an RTX 4090 to play Minecraft or take a
Read MoreFor those of us off the Atlantic coast of Europe it’s a frigid winter as our isles are lashed by continuous storms. Summer seems a very long time ago, and the fun of the EMF 2022 hacker camp is an extremely distant memory. But the EMF team have been slowly releasing videos from the talks
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an inquiry into the investments of Big Tech companies that provide cloud services to smaller AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The FTC sent letters to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI, requiring the companies to explain the impact these investments have on the competitive landscape of generative AI.
Read MoreThinking of upgrading your smart TV in time for the Superbowl? This deal could stretch your budget into luxury viewing territory. The 2023 model of the TCL 98-inch 4K LED smart TV just dropped below $2,000 for the first time ever, representing more than 50% savings on the mammoth display. TCL 98-inch 4K LED smart
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Cloud’s new partnership with AI model repository Hugging Face is letting developers build, train, and deploy AI models without needing to pay for a Google Cloud subscription. Now, outside developers using Hugging Face’s platform will have “cost-effective” access to Google’s tensor processing units (TPU) and GPU supercomputers,
Read MoreAfter the release of tvOS 17.3 to the public, Apple has moved to provide developers the first beta of tvOS 17.4. Developers taking part in the test program can access the latest build by visiting the Apple Developer Center, or by updating any Apple TV set-top boxes that are already running the beta. Public beta
Read MoreApple has restarted the beta-testing process once again with the first developer beta builds of iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, with the first compliance steps for the EU Digital Markets Act applied. iOS 17 Developers taking part in the beta program can acquire the latest builds through the Apple Developer Center or by updating their
Read MoreProject IDX, Google’s experimental, AI-powered, cloud-based developer platform, has added Android and iOS simulators and templates for Go, Python, Node.js, and other languages and development frameworks, the company announced on January 25. An experimental initiative in limited preview, Project IDX is intended to bring an entire full-stack, multi-platform application development to the cloud. The latest
Read MoreIn addition to allowing low-cost side loading of apps in the European Union, Apple will also implement the ability for developers to use the iPhone near-field communication that Apple Pay uses for other banking and wallet apps. Apple’s iPhone NFC to open to third-party devs post-EU probe As part of Thursday’s announcement of details surrounding
Read MoreThis is the fastest AM4 processor you can upgrade to if you’re not ready to buy into AM5. AMD made bank on its Ryzen chipsets on the strength of bored pandemic-era gamers who spent their stimulus checks on new PC builds. Ryzen CPUs offered arguably the best price-to-performance value back then, causing many to go
Read MoreApple has announced iOS 17.4 that includes new options for an alternative App Store in the European Union, plus browsers will no longer have to use Apple’s WebKit. The App Store is changing in Europe It was known that Apple would be working to comply with the EU’s requirement that it add sideloading, or third-party
Read MoreCredit: Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority Samsung says Galaxy AI will be restricted to devices released in 2023 and later, for now. It appears that hardware limitations are not the reason why the software won’t run on devices released before 2023. Samsung avoided answering why the Galaxy S23 FE will get Galaxy AI but not
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