Apple says Epic lawsuit shouldn’t reshape App Store rules for all developers
Apple is asking the Supreme Court to narrow the App Store injunction won by Epic Games and overturn the court’s contempt ruling over external payment fees.
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Waymo suspends freeway driving amid safety concerns
On Thursday, Waymo customers opened up the app and noticed something unusual: no more freeway service. Trips that would normally take a few minutes on the freeway were suddenly projected to last much longer via local roads. The company later confirmed that it had suspended freeway driving across all of its US markets over concerns […]
You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
After Google Search’s AI update, the word “disregard” now effectively breaks the search interface.
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google’s AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. As of this writing, if you search for the term “disregard,” instead of showing the usual AI-generated summary of search results, the AI Overview section instead includes a response like what you’d see from a more traditional AI chatbot, as called out by a […]
We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there
Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.
LG’s 77-inch B5 OLED TV is down to $1,500 and comes with a $200 gift card
Best Buy’s Memorial Day sale includes a good deal on a massive OLED TV. The 77-inch LG B5 is down to $1,499.99 (originally $2,999.99), and the purchase includes a $200 Best Buy gift card. I’m a 55-inch TV kind of person, but if you’ve got the budget — and the wall space — this is […]
The Trump phone is not here
Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. It’s now been more than a week since Trump Mobile announced that phones would “start shipping this week.” Last week Trump Mobile announced that the T1 Phone was ready to […]
Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses
President Trump’s branded cell phone maker and cell provider said the exposure was linked to a third-party platform, and was evaluating whether it needs to notify customers.
The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selections for the prestigious award: It appears to have been written by AI. Jamir Nazir’s “The Serpent in the Grove” has many of the hallmarks […]