Tim Sweeney Signed Away His Right to Criticize Google’s Play Store Until 2032
John Gruber / theverge - Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge: But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It’s right there in abinding term sheet for his settlement with Google.On March 3rd, he not only signed away Epic’s rights to sue anddisparage the company over anything cov…
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Apple and Sydney Opera House Announce Yearlong Creativity Collaboration
iclarified - Apple and the Sydney Opera House are teaming up on a yearlong collaboration designed to support Australian creativity through new art, design, and culture initiatives, with a particular focus on young people and hands-on participation.Continue ReadingShar…
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Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades
Sebastian Sinclair / decrypt - Orbit allows traders to disclose portfolio data and earn rewards tied to follower engagement in what OKX is touting as a transparency play.
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COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time
Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from colle…
- Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media (5)
- On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules (3)
- Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation (2)
- Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work (2)
Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media
On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules
Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation
Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work
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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.
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Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.
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Roku Launching Interactive Game ‘Roklue’ to Assist in Content Searches
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Roku is set to launch interactive game, “Roklue,” affording streamers in the culture of the moment, while also helping them discover new entertainment content. Accessible via the Roku Home Screen, each “Roklue” experience tests players on popular movies a…
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Google Now Shows You Which Android Apps Will Drain Your Battery
bgr - Google has revealed it will be changing how it notifies users about apps, and will now clearly identify apps that are using more of your battery than normal.
Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 20218 / 4 stories in 30 hrs
Google Launches Canvas in AI Mode for All U.S. Users
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has expanded Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users in English, adding coding, writing, and app generation powered by Gemini 3 directly inside Search.The post Google Launches Canvas in AI Mode for All U.S. Users appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaars Google has spelled out changes it will make to the fees it charges developers who use its app store and payment services, and says they represent the end of its long lega…
- Fortnite's return to Play Store after global settlement (3)
- Legal and market fallout: judge skeptical, stocks react (2)
- Play Store overhaul: lower fees, third‑party stores, payments freedom (5)
- Sweeney gag clause: CEO contractually forced into praising Google (4)
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Fortnite's return to Play Store after global settlement
Legal and market fallout: judge skeptical, stocks react
Play Store overhaul: lower fees, third‑party stores, payments freedom
Sweeney gag clause: CEO contractually forced into praising Google
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OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - One month after it released a standalone Codex app on the Mac, OpenAI announced a version for Windows.The post OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Google ends is 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some of these tweaks were proposed as part of the settlemen…
- Epic–Google settlement terms and concessions (5)
- Fortnite’s global return to Google Play (2)
- Play Store fee overhaul & Android store rules (7)
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Epic–Google settlement terms and concessions
Fortnite’s global return to Google Play
Play Store fee overhaul & Android store rules
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Raycast Launches Glaze, a Platform for Building Desktop Apps Through AI Prompts
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Raycast's Glaze lets Mac users build native desktop apps through AI prompts. Private beta with public store, free tier, and $20/month paid plans.
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Apple TV Has Joined Roku's Subscription Add-On Lineup
Aaron Pruner / cnet - Roku customers can sign up for Apple TV directly through their account.
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Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan, challenging Spotify
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The new plan is $6 cheaper than the platform's existing "Premium" plan, which costs $14.95 per month.
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Why Old Game Boy Games Actually Look Worse Than You Remember
bgr - If you're old enough, you remember playing on your original Game Boy the same way people are attached to their smartphones today, playing games like Tetris.
- Government and surveillance clash over Anthropic's limits (6)
- OTHER: unrelated tech, culture, and market pieces (4)
- Unprecedented demand causes major Claude outage (1)
- Users flock to Claude — new tools, integrations, features (6)
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Government and surveillance clash over Anthropic's limits
OTHER: unrelated tech, culture, and market pieces
Unprecedented demand causes major Claude outage
Users flock to Claude — new tools, integrations, features
All Other Stories
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New Samsung feature unlocks homes via Aliro industry standard
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Samsung introduced a Digital Home Key feature within the Samsung Wallet. The feature allows users to unlock compatible smart doors using a smartphone. This addition expands the wallet’s existing digital car key capabilities. Samsung stated the feature mee…
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Flink lands $100M to advance targeted expansion
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based Flink, a quick commerce operator active in Germany and theNetherlands, has secured around $100 million in new growth capital. The roundwas led by Prosus and other existing investors, with...
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Iran's cyberwar has begun
Jessica Lyons / theregister - 'Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future' Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and secur…
- AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes (8)
- Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda (4)
- Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts (4)
- OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice (4)
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AI and phishing threats — weaponized agents, rising scams, deepfakes
Iran-linked cyber operations — espionage, DDoS, app propaganda
Maritime and infrastructure disruptions — GPS, AWS outages, internet cuts
OTHER — warnings, VPN workarounds, industry hires, communications advice
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Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 20018 / 28 stories in 4 days
Samsung Wallet’s latest feature makes your Galaxy phone your house key
digitaltrends - Samsung Wallet gets Digital Home Key support, allowing users to unlock compatible smart door locks with their Galaxy phone.The post Samsung Wallet’s latest feature makes your Galaxy phone your house key appeared first on Digital Trends.
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