Forcing

Apple and the App Store are again at the center of a legal spat that revolves around the way the former manages the latter — and how it forces app developers to work within its frameworks.Following a ruling in 2021 that Apple must not prevent app developers from offering “buttons, external links, or other calls to action” informing users of payment options outside of their apps, Microsoft, Meta, and others have filed an amicus brief that alleges Apple simply isn't playing nicely. In fact, it argues that the company is…

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday is expected to vote on legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban.Committee approval would set up a vote by U.S. House of Representatives that represents the first significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which about 170 million U.S. users.Representative Mike Gallagher, the Republican chairman of the House select China committee, and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the panel’s top…

ADVERTISEMENT Juggling school, chores, personal responsibilities, and your social life while also caring for your sibling is quite a lot for a teenager who is still figuring themselves out. However, that’s exactly what Reddit user Existing_Attempt_972 is expected to do.In a post on the platform’s forum ‘Two Hot Takes,’ the 17-year-old explained that her father and stepmother have tasked her with looking after her 15-year-old stepsister.Even though she detested it, the teen somehow managed it. Until she was asked to…

If we’re not already, we will be facing a reckoning in the world of search marketing. Over the last several decades, our industry has grown and flourished on an overabundance of data.  Search marketing is a heavily data-centric world. Hyper-specific targeting and personalized advertising tactics are the norm and pillars on which strategy, budgets and team structures are based.  This reckoning that’s upon us is directly because of the excess data availability level that we have been accustomed to. Users have become…

X, formerly Twitter, is once again restricting content in India. The company's Global Government Affairs account announced that the Indian government had issued an executive order mandating that X withhold specific accounts and posts or face penalties such as "significant fines and imprisonment." X further stated that it doesn't agree with the order and is challenging it.The designated posts and accounts will only be blocked within India, however, there's no clear list of those affected. "Due to legal restrictions, we are…

Users were understandably annoyed at having to take their very expensive headsets back to the Apple Store to fix the password problem.Illustration: Jody Serrano / GizmodoImagine buying a new $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset only to discover that, drat, you forgot the password. This very relatable scenario—who hasn’t forgotten a password in their life?—has become a reality for some Vision Pro users in recent days. Apple’s response: Uh, sorry, you can’t fix it at home. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenOver on…

There is probably no worse pain for parents than losing their child. It may feel like they will never be the same and there will always be emptiness inside. And while it’s important to remember them and keep the memory alive, unfortunately, forcing others won’t do any good.This Reddit story may be an example about that – a guy shared that his parents’ first baby was stillborn. While it’s understandable that losing a child is painful, their living children felt uncomfortable with the constant inclusion of his photos.More…

We were so close to finally drifting on the cobblestone streets of Yharnam, but it looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for Bloodborne Kart. And, it’ll be called something else when it does arrive. Lilith Walther, the developer behind the project, said the team has to “scrub the branding” off of the game and delay its release after Sony intervened. It was supposed to be released on January 31 for PC. The outcome isn’t exactly surprising, but it means the game will take shape a bit differently than planned — in a…

If you're an iPhone gamer there is no shortage of games for you to play. The App Store is full to the brim with great games and Apple Arcade is available for those who would rather pay a monthly fee and have access to a catalog of titles without any ads or in-app purchases. But as great as iPhone gaming has become with the arrival of the iPhone 15 Pro and console-quality games, it still can't quite compete with what consoles can offer. That's where remote play comes in or, if you prefer, cloud gaming.Until now, services…

A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, posing an immediate threat to a nearby fishing town that had been evacuated over fears of an eruption, authorities said.Live streams from the site showed fountains of molten rock spewing from fissures in the ground, the bright orange lava flow glowing against the dark sky.The eruption began north of the town of Grindavik, which on Saturday was evacuated for a second time over fears that an eruption was imminent amid a swarm of seismic activity, authorities said.Lava began…