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Apple has urged Australia not to follow the European Union in mandating iPhone app sideloading, warning that such policies pose serious privacy and security risks. "This communication comes as the Australian federal government considers new rules that could force Apple to open up its iOS ecosystem, much like what happened in Europe with recent legislation," notes Neowin. Apple claims that allowing alternative app stores has led to increased exposure to malware, scams, and harmful content. From the report: A
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Stephen King has given a damning assessment of what Trump is doing to America in the wake of the president's supposed crackdown on crime. Read more ›
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Konami has acknowledged issues with Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater, as the stealth game remake launches today. Read more Read more ›
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When a former tech worker was jokingly called a "dino" by a coworker at 37, she realized he had a point. Read more ›
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Aachen-based everwave, an impact company for clean waters, announced the closing of growth financing. This round included investment from Viessmann Generations Group, which is now a strategic partner for the company. Based out of Munich, Viessmann Generations Group is a purpose-driven family ecosystem, delivering solutions to urgent global priorities: reducing greenhouse gases, improving air and ... Read more Read more ›
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Apple has warned that UK users could face delayed product features if the country's regulators proceed with "EU-style rules" that seek to make it easier for smaller firms to compete with big tech companies. Apple told the BBC that proposed regulations from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) "are bad for users and bad for developers," and pointed to the European Union's Digital Markets Act, which it says has already... Read more ›
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Epic CEO Time Sweeney has blamed developers for issues with games made in Unreal Engine 5, stating the "main cause is the order of development". Read more Read more ›
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Geoffrey Hinton says killer robots and drones are lowering the human cost of war — and making conflicts easier to start. Read more ›
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An accident report has revealed that a U.S. Air Force pilot spent 50 minutes on a conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers ahead of his plane plummeting to the ground and exploding in a fireball. Read more ›
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Suunto has launched the Wing 2 bone conducting headphones. Get the new Suuto Wing 2 headphones for $179 at Amazon. Read more ›
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Data breaches can expose your sensitive personal data. Here's how to protect your Social Security number without spending a dime. Read more ›
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Urban Outfitters' chiefs said the closure of the loophole would lower sales of competitors like Shein, which will "only help" their company. Read more ›
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H&R Block, a tax preparation company based in Kansas City, told its employees to "pick things back up tomorrow when the internet calms down." Read more ›
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Airlines, banks, and internet providers are taking advantage of people's unwillingness to switch and charging longtime customers more than newcomers. Read more ›
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Hearing loss caused by unsafe listening practices can be prevented with these simple changes. Read more ›
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A complete shutdown of encrypted web traffic isolated China from the global internet for 74 minutes Wednesday morning, blocking citizens from accessing foreign websites and disrupting international business operations that depend on secure connections to offshore servers. The Great Firewall began injecting forged TCP RST+ACK packets to terminate all connections on port 443 at 00:34 Beijing time on August 20, according to activist group Great Firewall Report. The standard HTTPS... Read more ›
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A federal appeals court rejected T-Mobile's attempt to overturn $92 million in fines for selling customer location information to third-party firms. From a report: The Federal Communications Commission last year fined T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon, saying the carriers illegally shared access to customers' location information without consent and did not take reasonable measures to protect that sensitive data against unauthorized disclosure. The fines relate to sharing of real-time location data... Read more ›
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The era of software without embedded AI assistants is increasingly ending as Adobe launches Acrobat Studio, adding collaborative AI workspaces to the 32-year-old PDF format. The new platform allows users to upload multiple documents into "PDF spaces" where personalized chatbot assistants parse and answer questions about their contents. Adobe began integrating generative AI into Acrobat last year and now positions this release as the format's biggest transformation since its 1993... Read more ›
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Canada's tech job market has collapsed from its pandemic-era boom, with postings down 19% from 2020 levels. Analysts say the decline was sharper than the overall job market and worsened after ChatGPT's debut in 2022 fueled AI-driven shifts in workforce demand. The Canadian Press reports: "The Canadian tech world remains stuck in a hiring freeze," said Brendon Bernard, Indeed's senior economist. "While both the tech job market and the overall... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Adweek: Meta wanted advertisers to believe its ecommerce ad product, Shops ads, was outperforming the competition, per a whistleblower complaint filed in a U.K. court. The former employee alleges the social media giant artificially inflated return on ad spend (ROAS) by counting shipping fees as revenue, subsidizing bids in ad auctions, and applying undisclosed discounts. The complaint, viewed by ADWEEK, was filed with... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump says his administration will not approve solar or wind power projects, even as electricity demand is outpacing the supply in some parts of the U.S. From a report: "We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar," Trump, who has complained in the past that solar takes up too much land, posted on Truth Social. "The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!" The president's comment... Read more ›
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Solar panels in space could cut Europe's terrestrial renewable energy needs by 80% by 2050, a study has found. The Guardian: Using a detailed computer model of the continent's future power grid, the researchers found that a system of space-based panels designed by Nasa could reduce the cost of the whole European power system by as much as 15%. It could also cut battery use by more than two-thirds. The... Read more ›
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Phone manufacturers rarely acknowledge that IP68 water resistance degrades over time, but Google has broken that silence with advertising disclaimers for its Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The fine print explicitly warns that water and dust protection "will diminish or be lost over time due to normal wear and tear, device repair, disassembly or damage." The company further notes that liquid damage voids warranties despite IP68 certification at manufacture. Read more... Read more ›
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Gaming handhelds are becoming the industry's new battleground as Microsoft launches its ROG Xbox Ally devices October 16, chasing Nintendo Switch 2's record-breaking 5.8 million units sold in seven weeks. The ASUS-manufactured handhelds run full Windows 11 with a gaming-optimized interface, accessing Xbox Game Pass, Steam, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts without platform lockdown. Two models arrive at launch: the standard Xbox Ally with AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor and... Read more ›
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Cisco, the San Jose-based technology giant, has announced another round of layoffs affecting Bay Area workers, marking a familiar pattern of reporting skyrocketing revenue followed by drastic job cuts. From a report: According to Aug. 13 WARN filings with California's Employment Development Department, the company will eliminate 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco offices. WARN documents are generally required by the state in the event of mass layoffs.... Read more ›
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