Meta and Apple have been engaged in a months-long back-and-forth over how Apple should implement EU-mandated pairing for third-party devices. Here are the details. As part of Europe’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to let third-party devices access certain iPhone and iPad features that are currently more deeply integrated with the company’s own accessories. […]
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"I don't want to sound like a Sony fanboy but after 32 years, forgive me." It’s why, when he took an apparent potshot at Microsoft’s running of Xbox on Linkedin recently, people noticed. Layden wrote (in a comment since deleted): “At the risk of sounding like a ‘hater’ (which I’m really not), the moves evince
It’s not every day that a new Apple TV app arrives for tvOS. WordPress just released WordPress TV, bringing video content to the big screen. According to the app’s listing, WordPress TV is a new way to watch “thousands of free talks, tutorials, and WordCamp session recordings from WordPress meetups and events” on Apple TV.
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Microsoft must "think twice before ever attempting something like this again." Earlier this week, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced 3,200 job cuts impacting some of the most recognisable studios in the games industry. 1,600 of those cuts were effective immediately, with the remaining layoffs due to occur before the end of Microsoft’s current financial
Apple filed a blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the company of trade secret theft. There are a lot of interesting tidbits throughout the initial filing, but one stat in particular stood out to me: the number of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI. According to Apple’s filing, more than 400 former Apple
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A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Here’s another question: do you remember what you were playing last week? You don’t have to! The What We’ve Been Playing archive has you covered. Aside from some time spent exploring the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced for work this week, it’s
Update, 5:39 p.m. ET: Apple has also rolled out macOS 26.6 public beta 5 (25G5065a). Apple is rolling out the fifth developer beta of macOS 26.6. Here’s what to expect Since macOS 26.6 beta 1, it has been clear that this would be more of a “bug fixes and general improvements” kind of update, rather
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"Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customisable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't, because I actually have something to say about genitals!" If you’re wondering about that “ongoing” part, Yang also refers to his release model of choice as GaaS (Gay as a
Update: A new iOS 26.6 public beta is out now, joining iOS 27 public beta 1 today. While iOS 27 is very much the new focus for pre-release software, Apple is still preparing iOS 26.6 as the next iPhone update. Apple has released the fifth iOS 26.6 developer beta. iOS 26.6 beta has been in
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"Zoom out over the last decade and things get really crazy." That’s according to estimates by number cruncher Alinea Analytics, and Rhys Elliott, the head of market analysis there, reckons there are myriad reasons why Steam’s doing so well. The prevalence of the Chinese market, higher prices on new releases, and third-party publishers returning to
