YouTube adds more AI, but not everyone's happy about it
techspot - Google recently confirmed that two new AI features are coming to YouTube. The company says the updates are aimed at helping users find what they're looking for more quickly and efficiently, though the most significant change will initially be limited to p…
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Apple gives EU users App Store options in attempt to avoid massive fines
Barbara Moens, Financial Times / arstechnica - EU iPhone owners will be able to get apps from places other than the App Store.
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Google’s Doppl app took off my socks
Emma Roth / theverge - I just tried on five different outfits in about 10 minutes — or at least my AI lookalike did. That’s all thanks to Doppl, a new app that Google is testing, which I used to create AI-generated clips of myself wearing outfits that I found across the web. It…
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DeepSeek Faces German App Store Ban Over China Data Risks
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - German data regulators have asked Apple and Google to remove the DeepSeek AI app, citing critical GDPR violations and illegal data transfers to China.The post DeepSeek Faces German App Store Ban Over China Data Risks appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Delta Emulator Developer Recreates Retro Game Boy Camera Experience on iPhone
Juli Clover / macrumors - Riley Testut, known for the Delta Game Emulator and AltStore, today announced the upcoming launch of a new app called Delta Camera. Delta Camera is a standalone app that is meant to mimic the style of the Game Boy Camera.The interface mirrors the Game Boy…
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Apple reveals complex system of App Store fees to avoid EU fine of 500 million euro
cnbc - The move shows that Apple may be able to make smaller changes to satisfy regulators.
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Threads now has a Hidden Words setting that's separate from Instagram
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Threads and Instagram are continuing to decouple. Meta's social network has updated its Hidden Words setting to make it separate from Instagram. Prior to this update, users had one global Hidden Words setting that impacted both platforms.For the uninitiat…
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Google begins rolling out AI search in YouTube
Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - The feature is only available as a test for Premium members for now.
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Apple Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Taking Podcasts Mainstream With iPod and iTunes
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - To celebrate the 20th anniversary of iTunes gaining support for podcasts, Apple has shared a new web page highlighting 20 podcasts that the company loves.The podcasts are categorized by year: 2005-2010, 2011-2015, 2016-2020, and 2021-2025.Featured podcast…
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Anthropic Challenges OpenAI with In-Chat AI App Builder
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic has launched a new feature allowing users to build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly within its Claude chatbot, a strategic move to create a developer-friendly platform that challenges competitors with a unique cost-shifting billing mode…
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US senators reintroduce bill to open Apple and Google's app stores
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Senators Marsha Blacburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have reintroduced a bill that would force app store owners like Apple and Google to allow third-party payment systems and sid…
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Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. …
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Anthropic upgrades Claude with shareable AI apps and experiences
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today upgraded its Artifacts feature that provides users with a real-time dedicated workspace for a collaborative creative interface with Claude, the company’s artificial intelligence model, by introducing a dedicated space to view creations…
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The Apple Sports app now offers tennis scores, just in time for Wimbledon
Kris Holt / engadget - Apple is rolling out a notable update for its Sports app. Just ahead of the Wimbledon Championships getting under way, Apple is adding point-by-point tennis scores to Sports. You'll be able to get live updates from Grand Slam and ATP Masters 1000-level ma…
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SonicWall warns of trojanized NetExtender stealing VPN logins
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - SonicWall is warning customers that threat actors are distributing a trojanized version of its NetExtender SSL VPN client used to steal VPN credentials. [...]
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Apple Wallet notifications for an F1 movie promotion ticked off iPhone owners
Cameron Faulkner / theverge - Apple poured some good money into making F1 – a Formula 1 racing movie starring Brad Pitt – and it wants its customers to know that. To that end, many people, including some Verge staffers, noticed an unusual Apple Wallet notification this morning that’s …
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Google finally lets Android users put Chrome’s address bar on the bottom
Jay Peters / theverge - Google is starting to roll out a feature for Chrome on Android that lets users move the address bar to the bottom of the screen. It’s something that iOS Chrome users have been able to do since 2023, and it could help make the address bar more easily acces…
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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices
Ram Iyer, Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks.
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The Xbox PC app will soon integrate your various game libraries into one place
Andre Revilla / engadget - Microsoft is getting ready to make the Xbox PC app your go-to gaming hub, regardless of where you buy your games. The company has announced that Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview will get early access to a new aggregated gaming library withi…
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House staffers can’t have WhatsApp on their devices
Emma Roth / theverge - The House of Representatives has banned staff members from using WhatsApp on government devices, according to a report from Axios. In an email viewed by the outlet, the House’s chief administrative officer (CAO) tells staffers that the Office of Cybersecu…
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