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Meta raises the curtain on Horizon Worlds
The company’s debut of its first public virtual reality experience marks a safe entry into what it calls the future. Read More
Microsoft pushed Apple for compromise to get Game Pass on the App Store
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Last year, Apple rolled out a set of onerous guidelines that required streaming game subscription services like Xbox Game Pass to package each available title as a separate app in the iOS App Store. At the time, Microsoft said this solution “remains a bad experience for customers. Gamers […]
Policymakers play whack-a-mole on social media
A Senate hearing on Instagram illustrated a demand for change. But what does successful reform even look like? Read More
Apple wins a last-minute stay on App Store external payments injunction
Enlarge / A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren’t at each other’s throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images) Apple has won a last-minute stay on an injunction that would have required it to imminently begin allowing iPhone and iPad app developers to direct users […]
Amazon’s AWS outage took down Adele, Netflix, and Tinder. It could’ve been worse
While the disruption certainly caused inconvenience, it was hardly a major calamity. Read More
Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275 billion deal with China
Apple CEO Tim Cook announcing new products in the company’s April 20, 2021, livestream. (credit: Nathan Mattise / Ars Technica) Today, The Information published a lengthy report detailing Apple CEO Tim Cook’s efforts to establish strong relationships between Apple and Chinese government officials and agencies. Citing both interviews and direct access to internal Apple documents […]
Elon Musk hopes China will chill out
Tesla’s CEO says the Communist country should relax. Don’t bet on it. Read More
OneDrive joins Dropbox in committing to native M1 Mac support
Enlarge / The 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro stacked on top of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Microsoft has announced a public preview of OneDrive sync for ARM devices, signaling that a public release of a native version of OneDrive on M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max Macs will arrive eventually. 9to5Mac first […]
Ransomware gangs now face a new, huge adversary
The U. S. military has been enlisted to fight hackers. But Washington should provide oversight. Read More