Mobile Apps

EU Accepts Apple’s Legal Commitments To Open NFC Access

Legal commitment over Apple's NFC-based mobile payments system, which is to be opened to rival payment operators

5 months ago

Musk Defeats $500m Mass Twitter Layoff Lawsuit

Elon Musk gains dismissal of lawsuit claiming he refused to pay $500m severance to thousands of fired Twitter staff

5 months ago

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: New Foldable, Flip Phones, Wearables And AI

New foldable smartphones, wearables, enhanced AI, and health monitoring announced by Samsung at Paris launch

5 months ago

Threads Hits 175 Million Users, One Year After Launch

Threads, Meta's answer to Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter), racks up impressive number of monthly active users

5 months ago

Bluesky Offers Starter Packs For Friends, Feeds To Follow

To encourage uptake, X/Twitter rival Bluesky is offering starter packs - personalised invites for friends as well as suggested feeds

5 months ago

Supreme Court Backs Biden In Social Media Misinformation Case

US Supreme Court sides with Biden after Republican-led states challenged federal halt of misinformation posts on social media

5 months ago

Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With Office

Unfair advantage says EU regulator, as Microsoft faces antitrust charge for bundling its Teams video app with Office suite

5 months ago

EU Finds Apple In Breach Of DMA Competition Rules

European Commission finds Apple in breach of DMA competition rules in first decision under new competition law targeting tech 'gatekeepers'

5 months ago

Apple Delays AI Features In EU Over DMA Rules

Apple to delay launch of AI and two other new features in EU, arguing new competition rules pose privacy and…

5 months ago

Amazon Mulls $5 Monthly Charge For AI Alexa – Report

“Desperate attempt” to monetise service. AI upgrade of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant will entail a monthly $5 or even $10…

6 months ago

McDonald’s Ends Its AI Drive-Through Assistant Experiment

Test by MacDonald’s to replace human servers with AI-based voice assistants for its drive-through (or drive-thru) is to end

6 months ago

Anthropic Launches Newest AI Model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Just three months after launching its Claude 3 model family, startup Anthropic launches an updated AI model

6 months ago

Elon Musk Appeals To Advertisers, Backtracks Over Notorious Outburst

Wooing advertisers back? Elon Musk says his remark telling advertisers to “go f--- yourself” did not refer to the wider…

6 months ago

Apple, Meta Likely To Face EU Antitrust Charges

Apple, Facebook parent Meta reportedly likely to face EU antitrust charges before August under new Digital Markets Act rules

6 months ago

Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Nazi Report Author Slated For 2025 Trial

Trial set for April 2025 against Media Matters, after its report prompted an advertising exodus from Elon Musk's X

6 months ago

Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems

6 months ago

X (Twitter) Now Hides Posts Liked By Users

Elon Musk’s X platform (formerly Twitter) has this week begun hiding user likes, amid reports of declining engagement

6 months ago

Tech Groups Call On US DoJ To Investigate YouTube Monopoly

Open letter urges US Department of Justice to investigate Alphabet's YouTube for alleged domination of home entertainment sector

6 months ago

US Regulators To Open Antitrust Probes Into Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia

Both the Federal Trade Commission and US Justice Department are reportedly set to open antitrust investigations into leading AI players

6 months ago

TikTok Warns Cyberattack Targeted High Profile Accounts

Video app admits small number of high profile users including Paris Hilton and CNN were subjected to a cyberatack

6 months ago

Australia Drops Knife Attack Case Against X

High profile 'content ban' battle with Elon Musk's X has been dropped by the Australian safety regulator after legal setback

6 months ago

TikTok Developing Clone Of App’s Core Algorithm – Report

As it fights against the US divest or ban law, TikTok is reportedly developing a clone of app's recommendation algorithm

6 months ago

Fake Accounts Proliferating On X, Study Warns

Ahead of US presidential election, fake accounts supporting Donald Trump are proliferating on Elon Musk's X, study finds

6 months ago

YouTube Threatens To Block Russian Protest Group’s Anti-War Content

YouTube threatens to pull anti-war content from Russian rights group, after complaint from Putin regime's Roskomnadzor

6 months ago

Apple Appeals Against EU’s $2bn Music Streaming Fine

Appeal begins appeal against European Commission's €1.84bn fine over Apple's alleged ‘anti-competitive’ music streaming restrictions

6 months ago

Upcoming Honor Smartphones To Feature Google AI Tech

Honor will include Google AI features in upcoming devices, despite geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing

7 months ago

Amazon To Refresh Alexa With AI, Charge Monthly Subscription – Report

Alexa voice assistant to be upgraded with AI capabilities, and users charged a monthly fee not included in Prime, report…

7 months ago

Scarlett Johansson ‘Shocked, Angered’ Over OpenAI’s Artificial Voice

OpenAI pulls synthetic voice released with an update to ChatGPT, amid complaint from actress Scarlett Johansson

7 months ago

Reddit Deal With OpenAI Gives ChatGPT Access To Content

OpenAI strikes deal with Reddit to train its AI tech on user posts and give ChatGPT direct access to the…

7 months ago

European Union Opens Child Safety Probe Into Meta

European Commission opens an official child safety investigation into Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta Platforms

7 months ago