Efforts by tech giants to be more transparent about the ads they run are — at very best — still a work in progress, according to a report […]
Alternative browsers report uplift after EU’s DMA choice screen mandate
A flagship European Union digital market regulation appears to be shaking up competition in the mobile browser market. It’s been a little over a month since the Digital […]
Women in AI: Kristine Gloria of the Aspen Institute tells women to enter the field and ‘follow your curiosity’
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve […]
Apple revises its DMA rules after pressure, but keeps the Core Technology Fee intact
No, Apple’s new and controversial “Core Technology Fee” isn’t going away for EU app developers who opt into the iPhone maker’s new business terms designed to comply with […]
Streamer Deezer cheers Apple antitrust fine, but calls tech giant’s DMA response ‘deceptive’
Streaming music service Deezer is joining Spotify in cheering the European Union’s €1.84 billion fine imposed on Apple for breaking antitrust rules in the streaming music market. However, […]
Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA
Epic Games, Spotify, Proton, 37Signals, and other developers had already signaled their displeasure with how Apple has chosen to adapt its rules to meet the requirements of the […]
MacPaw’s Setapp becomes one of the first to agree to Apple’s controversial DMA rules
Mac and iOS software development company MacPaw is becoming one of the first to publicly adopt Apple’s new DMA (Digital Markets Act) rules in the EU, to offer […]
With Brain.ai, generative AI is the OS
The Humane Ai Pin and Rabbit handheld have captured a good bit of press interest for their individual approaches to integrating generative AI with hardware. Humane, in particular, […]
Former Snap design lead debuts Shader, an AR creation tool that uses AI to generate custom effects
Shader aims to challenge industry heavyweights like Snap’s AR development platform Lens Studio and TikTok’s Effect House, with its no-code AR creation tool that generates custom effects, 2D […]
Newsmast brings curated ‘communities’ to the open source Twitter/X alternative Mastodon
An organization called Newsmast is introducing a new approach to decentralized social media with the launch of an updated version of its Mastodon mobile app that now integrates […]