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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice and 16 state attorneys general brought a wide-ranging antitrust lawsuit against Apple for abusing its monopoly in the smartphone market.The complaint lays out a series of alleged abuses: Apple has unfairly limited access to its popular iOS platform, blocked out certain app developers, and prohibited key functionality that could make its service better for users or give them more choice. It even took aim at the infamous green bubbles that appear when iPhone owners deign to text…

It feels like every few months, Spotify comes out with a new feature or tool to try and tempt me away from Apple Music. This time, the company wants to entice me by giving me a new feature to boost my productivity when I’m working on my computer.In a post on Instagram, Spotify announced a new mini-player for its desktop app. The new mini-player will start to roll out for users today and brings back the good old days of a music player widget on your PC or Mac. Spotify says that the new mini-player enables you to…

The United Nations general assembly has passed (with the notable support of China) a resolution promoting the safe development of AI around the world. The resolution is non-binding, but symbolizes a heightened global concern about the potential risks of the burgeoning technology.The resolution was sponsored by the United States, which worked for months on the wording to gain the support of China, Russia, Cuba, and other countries less friendly to the U.S. The U.S. and China are considered the world’s biggest developers of…

Reddit shares busted out of the gate Thursday, showing an immediate gain of more than 60% as the long-awaited initial public offering finally turned the social media site into a publicly traded company.Shares opened at $47 each—and quickly jumped to $55. The question is: Can the company hold (and build upon) those gains?Reddit has warned investors that there are a number of factors that could impact its stock. It’s not a profitable company and user bases are fickle things that could disappear without a lot of warning. But…

Third-party app stores are coming to the iPhone in Europe courtesy of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which forces Apple to open iOS to competitors. But that doesn’t mean apps are going to be any cheaper now that Apple is ready to allow competition to the official iOS App Store.Epic will be one of the providers of these new app marketplaces, the Epic Games Store (EGS). Epic just confirmed the commission it’ll take from developers that publish apps on the EGS and use Epic’s payment processor. Developers will pay…

Apple’s AirPods are the most popular earbuds on the planet, as most of our readers know. There are also several AirPods deals right now that can save you some money. Even with those discounts, however, you shouldn’t get any new AirPods model if you’re an Amazon Alexa user.You probably love using Alexa in your house to answer questions, play music, control smart home devices, and more. It’s such an important tool in our everyday lives now. But did you know that the fun doesn’t have to stop once you leave your…

ChatGPT’s next big upgrade might be just around the corner. That’s what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said during a recent podcast when pressed about the arrival of GPT-5. Altman claimed that he has no idea when GPT-5 is coming, or if it’ll be called that. He teased that OpenAI has other things to launch and improve before the next big ChatGPT upgrade rolls along. However, a new report provides an actual release window for GPT-5. OpenAI should release it this summer, after it completes the final round of internal…

After releasing visionOS 1.1 to Apple Vision Pro users, Apple is now making available visionOS 1.1.1. This update offers “important bug fixes and security updates.” Although Cupertino doesn’t disclaim which bugs were fixed and what security issues were patched, Apple Vision Pro users should update to this new version.visionOS 1.1.1 can be downloaded on the device’s Settings app. With the previous version, visionOS 1.1, Apple added Device Management to Vision Pro. With that, IT departments can manage these…

Apple has just released iOS 17.4.1 to iPhone users. This update comes a few weeks after Cupertino seeded iOS 17.4 to everyone. At this moment, Apple doesn’t share much about what’s changing with this version, except that it brings bug fixing, general improvements, and security updates.Over these past few days, users have reported their iPhone batteries excessively draining, some crashing issues, and other minor bugs. Although it doesn’t seem widespread, Apple decided to release iOS 17.4.1. It’s possible that…

OpenAI's ChatGPT Store is facing a deluge of spam and copyright concerns. The marketplace, designed for custom chatbots powered by OpenAI's generative AI models, is grappling with an influx of peculiar and potentially copyright-infringing bots, indicating lax moderation efforts.Among the problematic bots are those claiming to generate art based on Disney and Marvel properties, serving as conduits to third-party paid services, and advertising the ability to circumvent AI plagiarism detection tools, Techcrunch reported.…