Apple Studies New Ways to Raise App Store Revenue
Last week, Apple lost the executive who had defended its App Store rules through the industry’s longest-running fights, and the company let him go with little public explanation. This week,…
Qualcomm Backs Ultrahuman’s Plan to Turn the Smart Ring Into a Computer
The smart ring was born as a health device, a quiet band of sensors that tells its owner how they slept and how hard they trained. Qualcomm is investing in…
Hugging Face’s Chief Defends the Nvidia Deal to the Community
The day Nvidia announced it would buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, the loudest questions came not from Wall Street but from the platform’s own users, the millions of developers…
Nvidia Buys Hugging Face, and Promises to Keep It Open
On the website where millions of programmers go to borrow other people’s models, the ownership is about to change. Nvidia said Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Hugging Face,…
Sony Says PlayStation Store Buyers Know a Purchase Is a License
SAN FRANCISCO—Four California PlayStation owners walked into federal court here in June with a straightforward claim: when they bought digital games from Sony’s storefront, no one told them they were…
Meta and Roblox Agree to Child Safety Measures in the Philippines
The Philippine government announced on September 1 that Meta and Roblox have agreed to implement safety measures for minors on their platforms, including age verification, parental controls and upgraded content…
Samsung Unveils CUBE Memory Strategy With HBM5 Performance Targets
At SEMICON Taiwan on September 1, Samsung Electronics laid out its next generation of memory products under the banner CUBE, disclosing specific performance targets for the first time: HBM5, the…
Cook Bids Farewell as Apple’s CEO: ‘My Title Will Change, But My Love Never Will’
At 11:59 p.m. Beijing time on August 31, Tim Cook posted a message on Weibo, the Chinese social network, that ended with a promise: “Tomorrow my title will change, but…
EU Designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox for Stricter Oversight
The European Commission announced on August 31 that it has designated ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under the Digital Services Act, the bloc’s sweeping law for online platforms. ChatGPT will be…
Xbox Lets Players Trade Discs for Digital Licenses
The Disc-to-Digital program turns a decade of industry debate into a button press: a player inserts a game disc, and the console converts it into a digital license, permanently attached…
