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Epic CEO says Apple court fight to open up Apple iPhone to competing stores is ‘lost’

17Jan

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Epic CEO says Apple court fight to open up Apple iPhone to competing stores is ‘lost’

[ad_1] The CEO of Fortnite-maker Epic Games said Tuesday the company's court battle to open up Apple's iPhone to alternative app stores was lost after theteThe high court announced it would not hear appeals by either Apple or Epic in the long-running case, effectively putting an end to the legal saga.Epic in 2020 launched a case aiming to break Apple's grip on the App Store, accusing the iPhone maker of operating a monopoly in its shop for digital services. Apple takes a cut of as much as 30 percent on all financial transactions in its app shop, prompting complaints about an unfair "tax" for companies. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.A federal court in San Francisco overwhelmingly rejected the lawsuit, offering only a concession that apps could indicate to users other ways of payi...

Govt Asks Apple to Remove Crypto Apps Including Binance From Local App Store

10Jan

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Govt Asks Apple to Remove Crypto Apps Including Binance From Local App Store

[ad_1] The Indian government stepped up its crackdown on offshore crypto exchanges operating without local registrations, asking Apple Inc. to take the apps of platforms including Binance off its App Store in the country. Bitfinex, HTX and Kucoin are among eight exchanges whose apps are no longer available on the App Store in India. They were removed on directions from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the request isn't public. The move marks a significant escalation of India's clampdown on offshore crypto platforms like Binance, which started Dec. 28 when authorities notified nine exchanges that they are suspected of misconduct. Indian crypto traders had already began moving de...

Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions

21Dec

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Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s agreement to pay $700 million to consumers and states and open the Google Play Store to competition will leave intact the heavily-criticized commissions the technology giant charges mobile app developers.The settlement announced in a court filing and lauded by elected attorneys general who helped negotiate it will make it easier for developers to offer apps to consumers outside Google Play and use their own payment systems. But there's a catch: the developers will still have to pay Google a service fee of as much as 26%. Sharp differences of opinion emerged Tuesday as to how much the accord will reshape Google Play's business model and benefit consumers. While some state officials heralded the deal as an end to Google's abuse of its market power, an executive at E...

OpenAI delays launch of online store for custom chatbots

3Dec

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OpenAI delays launch of online store for custom chatbots

[ad_1] OpenAI is delaying the launch of an online store for people to interact with an array of chatbots customized by its users, citing the interruption caused by the ousting and reinstatement of Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman. OpenAI shared the news in an email Thursday to people who have been building GPTs, its term for the customizable versions of its popular ChatGPT chatbot. The company said it plans to roll out its GPT Store in early 2024, rather than in late 2023 as it had initially planned. “While we had expected to release it this month, a few unexpected things have been keeping us busy!” the email said. San Francisco-based OpenAI announced on Nov. 6, at its first developer conference, that users could start building custom versions of ChatGPT without needing to learn an...

Dutch regulator rejects Apple’s objections to fines

3Oct

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Dutch regulator rejects Apple’s objections to fines

[ad_1] Dutch competition watchdog ACM on Monday said it had rejected objections by Apple against fines of 50 million euros ($53 million) it gave the company over failure to comply with orders to limit the dominant position of Apple's App Store. The ACM said Apple has complied with most of its demands to open its App Store to alternative forms of payment for dating apps in the Netherlands, but had not met an undisclosed third element of the conditions related to the fines. The ACM in 2021 ruled that Apple violated Dutch competition laws in the dating app market and required Apple to allow developers of dating apps to use third-party payment processors. It fined Apple 5 million euros per week, eventually reaching 50 million euros during the period it failed to comply. Apple objected to ...

Apple asks Supreme Court to reverse app store ruling won by Epic

29Sep

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Apple asks Supreme Court to reverse app store ruling won by Epic

[ad_1] Apple Inc. said it has asked the US Supreme Court to review a judge's ruling from two years ago that could diminish the billions of dollars in revenue its App Store generates by letting app developers direct users to alternative payment methods.Apple's request to the high court on Thursday is its latest salvo in a drawn-out battle with Epic Games Inc. over how the iPhone maker runs its app marketplace. App Store revenue is lucrative for Apple, with developers charged a commission of as much as 30% for sales of digital goods and services — a fee that the maker of the popular Fortnite game is trying to avoid paying. At the same time, years of complaints from app developers and scrutiny from governments globally have already forced Apple to rewrite some of the rules protecting its d...

Google and Microsoft Are Supercharging AI Deepfake Porn

24Aug

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Google and Microsoft Are Supercharging AI Deepfake Porn

[ad_1] When fans of Kaitlyn Siragusa, a popular 29-year-old internet personality known as Amouranth, want to watch her play video games, they will subscribe for $5 a month to her channel on Amazon.com Inc.'s Twitch. When they want to watch her perform adult content, they'll subscribe for $15 a month for access to her explicit OnlyFans page.And when they want to watch her do things she is not doing and has never done, for free, they'll search on Google for so-called “deepfakes” — videos made with artificial intelligence that fabricate a lifelike simulation of a sexual act featuring the face of a real woman. Siragusa, a frequent target of deepfake creators, said each time her staff finds something new on the search engine, they file a complaint with Google and fill out a form requesting t...

Europe’s new rules for Google, Facebook, TikTok, others about to kick in. Here’s how they work

23Aug

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Europe’s new rules for Google, Facebook, TikTok, others about to kick in. Here’s how they work

[ad_1] Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online.The first phase of the European Union's groundbreaking new digital rules will take effect this week. The Digital Services Act is part of a suite of tech-focused regulations crafted by the 27-nation bloc — long a global leader in cracking down on tech giants. The DSA, which the biggest platforms must start following Friday, is designed to keep users safe online and stop the spread of harmful content that's either illegal or violates a platform's terms of service, such as promotion of genocide or anorexia. It also looks to protect Europeans' fundamental rights like privacy and free speech. Some online platforms, which cou...

Control Tesla with Siri as Elon Musk-led-company rolls out Apple Shortcuts

21Aug

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Control Tesla with Siri as Elon Musk-led-company rolls out Apple Shortcuts

[ad_1] It is no news that Tesla is a pioneer in electric vehicle manufacturing. It keeps surprising its users with regular innovations and updates. It has now taken another step towards enhancing user experience by integrating Apple Shortcuts into its latest update. This feature enables Tesla owners to seamlessly automate and utilize Siri for convenient vehicle control. Isn't it amazing?Integration with SIRIAccording to a report by Electrek, a recent update to version 4.24.0 has appeared on the App Store. In this update, Tesla introduced the support for Apple's Shortcuts. This integration gives Tesla drivers power to issue various commands to their vehicles using Siri voice commands. It will eliminate the need for manual interaction with the app. The Shortcuts app will help you create p...

Elon Musk says ‘blocking’ on Twitter “is going to be deleted as a feature”

19Aug

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Elon Musk says ‘blocking’ on Twitter “is going to be deleted as a feature”

[ad_1] Elon Musk made a shocking comment on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday when he said that ‘block' as a feature will be deleted on the platform. That means users will not be able to block any other user on the platform, no matter if they spam or troll. The billionaire is known for his dislike of general social networking features, and he has repeatedly expressed his feelings about it. However, getting rid of the blocking feature might not be that easy, even for the owner of one of the largest social media platforms.Musk was replying to a tweet that asked the question if there was ever a reason to block someone over muting them, when he said, “Block is going to be deleted as a “feature”, except for DMs”. He also added, “It makes no sense”. One could think that Musk made the co...