Credit: Epic Games Epic Games has launched an iOS app store in the EU, allowing eligible users to download its games again, including Fortnite. The company is also offering its games on other unofficial app marketplaces in the EU, such as AltStore PAL. Apple banned Epic Games from the App Store after the company intentionally
Read MoreCodec’s Stephanie Conville explores innovative approaches to enhancing student welfare at third level, from digital solutions for managing special requests to creating a more empathetic campus environment. Read more: How tech innovation can enhance student wellbeing
Read MoreThe Epic Games Store has finally launched in the European Union, providing gamers with ways to access games on their iPhone without going through the App Store. Epic Games Store After the lengthy and expensive legal battle over payments and rival app storefronts, as well as troubles with notarization, Epic Games has succeeded in bringing
Read MoreThere’s a good chance you don’t want prying eyes snooping on your apps. However, Google Pixel phones don’t have an official way to hide apps, at least not yet. Thankfully, this is changing with Android 15, which will launch with a feature called Private Space. Private Space allows you to create a second hidden app
Read MoreImage: The Verge Getting to Mars will be easy. It’s the whole ‘living there’ part that we haven’t figured out. Continue reading…
Read MoreWhile regulation slowly creeps in around the, groups continue to use social media to spread disinformation, influence elections and promote violence. Read more: Is disinformation on social media running rampant?
Read MoreDespite Android offering various ways to manage notifications, messaging notifications (the ones sent by SMS or instant messaging apps) often pop up as floating bubbles at the top of the screen and can be difficult to manage. What are the Floating Bubble Notifications? If you’re using the latest version of Android, the notifications sent by
Read MoreThere are reports that Imagen 3 is letting users create images that resemble copyrighted characters, but this issue is far less severe than Grok’s lack of guardrails. Read more: Google’s AI image generator Imagen 3 rolls out across the US
Read MoreA Google product manager told us that the company plans to eventually bring Android 14 to the Chromecast with Google TV. However, we weren’t told when the update will roll out. Don’t expect Thread support to be added in the update, though, as it requires new hardware. Although this week’s Made by Google event was
Read MoreTikTok says its US data can’t be accessed by China, while former employees made claims that its independence from China is largely cosmetic. Read more: TikTok disputes claims of its ties to China in US appeal
Read MorePromon’s Tom Lysemose Hansen discusses the security challenges of tech like quantum, edge computing and more, as well as the importance of collaboration in mobile app security. Read more: Why awareness is the greatest challenge in mobile app security
Read MoreIn a recent video, [Joel] of 3D Printing Nerd interviews a researcher at University of California, Berkeley about their work with glass 3D printing technology. A resin is impregnated with tiny glass nanoparticles and produces green parts. An oven burns away the resin and then another heating step produces the actual silica glass part. You
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Melted capsules. Cloudy insulin. Pills that may no longer work. Doctors and pharmacists say the scorching temperatures enveloping the country could be endangering people’s health in an unexpected way: by overheating their medications. Millions of Americans now receive their prescription medications through mail-order shipments,
Read MoreGoogle officially launched the new Pixel Watch 3 on August 13, 2024. The company will continue to sell the previous generation Pixel Watch 2 at a reduced price. This is in addition to the existing Fitbit smartwatches available for purchase, including the Fitbit Ace 3, Versa 4, and Sense 2, as well as other tracker-style
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Melted capsules. Cloudy insulin. Pills that may no longer work. Doctors and pharmacists say the scorching temperatures enveloping the country could be endangering people’s health in an unexpected way: by overheating their medications. Millions of Americans now receive their prescription medications through mail-order shipments,
Read MoreApple announced new AI language models at WWDC. These models run both locally on Apple devices and on Apple’s own Apple Silicon-powered AI servers. Siri icon in a datacenter Artificial Intelligence (AI) relies on language models which provide knowledge input to train AI to produce results for prompts (queries). Using language models, computers can be
Read MoreAccording to Kaspersky, hackers linked to Chinese threat actors have targeted Russian state agencies and tech companies in a campaign named EastWind. The Record reports: [T]he attackers used the GrewApacha remote access trojan (RAT), an unknown PlugY backdoor and an updated version of CloudSorcerer malware, which was previously used to spy on Russian organizations. The
Read MoreThe IRS should reopen its Technology Retirement Office to effectively manage the retirement and replacement of legacy systems, according to a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) audit. The Register reports: The report (PDF), from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), credits the IRS with fully implementing two out of four previous
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge The popular benchmarking utility Geekbench has launched a new cross-platform tool to evaluate the performance of devices under AI-heavy workloads. Geekbench AI measures a device’s CPU, GPU, and NPU (neural processing unit) to determine how well it can handle machine learning applications. Geekbench developer Primate Labs has been
Read MoreAltStore PAL, a third-party iOS app store available in the EU, has eliminated its annual 1.50-euro subscription fee after receiving a “MegaGrant” from Epic Games. This grant was awarded for “innovation in app distribution,” allowing AltStore to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee without charging users. The Verge reports: Epic uses MegaGrants as a way to
Read MoreSwitchBot is upgrading its K10+ with improved suction, object avoidance, and an anti-tangle brush. The powerful new vacuum keeps the original’s super-compact design, for fitting in tight spaces. You can currently save $180 off Mini Robot Vacuum K10+ Pro. SwitchBot makes some pretty versatile hardware for setting up a smart home, and beyond the usual
Read MoreThe strain of mpox behind the current global health emergency is believed to be up to 10 times deadlier than the one that swept the globe in 2022.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority If you’re going to get an Amazon smart speaker, I believe the Amazon Echo 4th Gen offers the best balance between quality and price. It is larger, offers better sound, and gets all the features available to Alexa speakers. It’s a pretty good deal at the usual $100, but
Read MoreThe new Pixel Screenshots app only processes about 15 screenshots a day automatically. Pixel Screenshots is a new app on the Google Pixel 9 that extracts information from your screenshots so you can search through them later. Many liken it to Microsoft’s Recall feature for Windows, but Recall processes far more screenshots far more frequently.
Read MoreWith the right hardware, you can now connect the Meta Quest to devices with HDMI or DisplayPort output. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Meta has released a new app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro, letting you use the headsets as a screen for consoles, laptops, or any device with video out
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