1mo ago
UK regulator weighs app store payment links and opening iPhone NFC
The CMA proposal would let UK developers send users outside Apple and Google app stores for payments, with Apple’s iPhon...
By June Castellano/section
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1mo ago
UK competition watchdog targets Apple and Google app payment rules
The CMA is consulting on rules that would let UK app developers point users to outside payments and could open iPhone NF...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Doctorow says age checks trade child safety for compulsory tracking
Cory Doctorow argues that online age-verification laws would expand surveillance rather than protect children from platf...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Doctorow says Canada should legalize jailbreaking to reduce US tech dependence
Cory Doctorow argued that Canada’s digital sovereignty problem is locked-down US platforms, not a lack of Canadian AI.
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Leaked Tata files point to split iPhone 18 Pro modem strategy
AppleInsider says Tata documents list Qualcomm parts for U.S. iPhone 18 Pro models, while non-U.S. versions appear heade...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Large Hong Kong study finds no Tylenol-autism link
JAMA Internal Medicine study of more than 700,000 mother-child pairs found no causal signal between prenatal acetaminoph...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
SpaceX backs 180-day phone unlocking rule in FCC fight with Verizon
SpaceX urged the FCC to require automatic phone unlocking after 180 days, putting Starlink’s cellular ambitions against...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Tata leak exposes alleged iPhone 18 Pro supplier maps and test photos
Reuters says files posted by World Leaks include Apple supplier lists, component details and photos tied to unreleased i...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Antitrust push targets state and foreign action against Big Tech
Cory Doctorow and Tyler Clark argue US states can help foreign regulators enforce antitrust cases against American tech...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Bricks & Minifigs says it wants a deal while RICO suit remains
BAM Franchising says it wants to resolve Bryan Mansell’s Lego dispute, even as its lawsuit accusing him of racketeering...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Meta’s AI rebuild is pushing engineers into labeling work
Meta engineers are being reassigned, monitored and measured on AI use as leadership tries to reset the company’s model-b...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Meta whistleblower sues after silence order reaches the stage
Sarah Wynn-Williams is trying to void Meta contracts used to restrict discussion of her memoir, after the company said a...
By Theo Lindgren