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Apple recently released a swathe of massive changes to the way it distributes apps on iPhone in the EU. As part of its plan to comply with the new Digital Markets Act, Apple has introduced new ways to distribute and download apps on iPhone through alternative app marketplaces. To discuss the new changes, how Apple is handling them, and what they might mean to developers, I recently sat down with MacPaw, the development team behind the popular macOS subscription service Setapp, which lets users subscribe to a library of…

Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: After its early OpenAI bet, Microsoft hiring Mustafa Suleyman and Inflection's staff continues a strategy of developing close ties with leading AI practitioners — Satya Nadella's hiring of Mustafa Suleyman continues strategy of developing close ties with fledging artificial intelligence companies Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: After its early OpenAI bet, Microsoft hiring Mustafa Suleyman and Inflection's staff continues a strategy of developing close ties…

The world hasn’t seen a theatrical adaptation of one of Dr. Seuss’ stories since since the animated movie The Grinch put a new spin on the Christmas buzzkill in 2018, nearly 20 years since Jim Carrey played the role in live-action (and no, the comedic actor isn’t returning for a Grinch sequel). But we’re finally getting pretty close to Seuss getting big screen coverage again, as it was announced more than a decade ago that an animated The Cat in the Hat movie was in development. Now word’s come in that Bill Hader will be…

Sex discrimination in Australian VC selection. (a) Probability of different numbers n of female appointees out of 40 VCs, assuming women represent 50% of the pool of qualified applicants and the process is unbiased. Dark shading shows cases where n is less than or equal to the actual number (na = 13) of women appointed. (b) Inferred distribution of the number N of women who would be appointed if multiple fresh selections of 40 VCs were made using the…

Researchers at the University of Colorado have discovered how bacteria in the gut convert dietary tryptophan into an inflammatory chemical that may contribute to arthritis, offering new insights for potential treatments. The study suggests that manipulating gut bacteria to alter tryptophan processing could provide a therapeutic pathway for rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions.Tryptophan is needed for our survival, yet bacteria can convert it into a chemical that causes inflammation. A researcher from the CU…

Funcom, the studio behind Dune: Awakening, has confirmed the upcoming survival game will veer away from the source material. Dune: Awakening takes place years after the events of the 2021 film and will feature an “alternative” history, according to creative director, Joel Bylos. Funcom worked with both Legendary Pictures, the team behind the big-screen adaptations, as well as the family of Dune author Frank Herbet, but Awakening sees several supposedly-dead characters still alive. That’s not the only change either, with…

As one of the biggest celebrities on the planet, both in terms of pop culture cache and in terms of sheer body mass, Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the kind of dude that many people would readily make fun of to his face. And even fewer would produce an entire Super Bowl commercial taking aim at the strongman’s unmistakable Austrian accent, at least not without consent from the man himself. Thankfully, the Terminator vet was all good appearing with Jake from State Farm for the company’s latest Super Bowl commercial, which…

The Galaxy Ring might be a breakthrough in smart wearable technology, and even Samsung is now looking back at the history of its wearable devices to commemorate its journey before the Galaxy Ring takes center stage later this year. This week, Samsung published an infographic detailing the history of its wearable devices, including watches, headsets/earphones, and fitness trackers. Samsung says its journey began in 1999 with the SPH-WP10 wearable, which was the “world's first commercialized watch phone.” It was far from a…

Polygon (MATIC) is one of the prominent blockchains in crypto. Currently priced at $1.02 with a market cap of $10.046. The all-time high for Polygon was two years ago, in 2021. The highest price was $2.92. Since then, It has not observed an all-time high in 2 years. However, amidst the positive market momentum, MATIC’s daily chart displayed a red flag just as it was on the edge of breaking above a bullish pattern. This shift in momentum affected market sentiment, as evidenced by a decrease in the token’s…

Lack of support for early years language and communication development is leading to a “literacy crisis” that could be costing the economy £830m for each school year group, according to new research.The report, led by Pro Bono Economics (PBE) and commissioned by KPMG UK in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust (NLT), also found that there are about 106,000 five-year-old children in England each year who are not currently meeting the expected standard for literacy but could with adequate support.PBE estimated the…