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Apple's New Fees For App Developers Under Fresh Scrutiny: Report
Apple's new fees for app developers have come under fresh scrutiny from the European Union's antitrust regulators on concerns it could inflate costs for software makers, Bloomberg news reported on Monday.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Apple to Buy Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps
Apple will purchase Pixelmator, the maker of a popular high-end photo-editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Pixelmator said in a blog post that its team would be joining the iPhone maker. Apple's customers should gain access to a high-end photo editing app for the first time since the company discontinued Aperture.
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Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Apple is preparing to add a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft. The iPhone maker has been racing to add more artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into its services and has been working on the tool for the last year as part of the next major version of Xcode. Apple is also said to be expl...
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US Court Snubs Video Game Maker's Legal Battle Against Apple
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Android Phones Preinstalled With Malware That Collects Data, Injects Ads and Drains Battery: Report
Guerrilla malware has been detected on over 8.9 million devices from over 50 smartphone makers, and the malicious software comes preinstalled on these phones, according to a security firm. Here's everything you need to know about the Guerrilla malware and how it affects an impacted smartphone.
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Valve Sets Trap, Permanently Bans Over 40,000 Dota 2 Players for Cheating: Details
Valve has banned over 40,000 Dota 2 players in the past couple of weeks, who were caught using third-party software to cheat in games. While the company wasn’t specific on the app’s purpose, it revealed that the software in question was able to access internal data used by the Dota client. Normally, such information should not be available to p...
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Tencent Said to Be in Talks With Meta to Distribute Quest VR Headsets in China
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding that the talks ...
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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Facebook Parent Meta Said to Partner With AMD for Mobile Infrastructure Programme
Facebook parent Meta is said to have partnered with chip maker AMD for a mobile Internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs down to make broadband more accessible around the world.
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WeWork to Partner With Yardi Systems to Develop Tool For Companies to Manage Employees And Office Space
WeWork wants to develop a new Workplace tool in partnership with real estate software maker Yardi Systems that can be used by companies to manage their employees and office space.
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Players With Disabilities Score in Video Game World
Long neglected by the industry, the issue of accessibility is increasingly front of mind for game makers. There are financial as well as ethical reasons for opening doors to even more players in the multi-billion dollar industry. According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people live with some form of disability.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Sues Calcalist Newspaper for Defamation Over Police Snooping Report
Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.
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Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard: 5 Reasons Why This Is the Company’s Biggest Deal Ever
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,10,990 crore) all-cash acquisition, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games. It's the software maker's biggest deal ever, almost three times as large as the 2016 purchase of LinkedIn. Here are five key reasons why it happened.
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Apple's New Fees For App Developers Under Fresh Scrutiny: Report
Apple's new fees for app developers have come under fresh scrutiny from the European Union's antitrust regulators on concerns it could inflate costs for software makers, Bloomberg news reported on Monday.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Apple to Buy Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps
Apple will purchase Pixelmator, the maker of a popular high-end photo-editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Pixelmator said in a blog post that its team would be joining the iPhone maker. Apple's customers should gain access to a high-end photo editing app for the first time since the company discontinued Aperture.
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Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Apple is preparing to add a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft. The iPhone maker has been racing to add more artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into its services and has been working on the tool for the last year as part of the next major version of Xcode. Apple is also said to be expl...
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US Court Snubs Video Game Maker's Legal Battle Against Apple
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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Android Phones Preinstalled With Malware That Collects Data, Injects Ads and Drains Battery: Report
Guerrilla malware has been detected on over 8.9 million devices from over 50 smartphone makers, and the malicious software comes preinstalled on these phones, according to a security firm. Here's everything you need to know about the Guerrilla malware and how it affects an impacted smartphone.
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Valve Sets Trap, Permanently Bans Over 40,000 Dota 2 Players for Cheating: Details
Valve has banned over 40,000 Dota 2 players in the past couple of weeks, who were caught using third-party software to cheat in games. While the company wasn’t specific on the app’s purpose, it revealed that the software in question was able to access internal data used by the Dota client. Normally, such information should not be available to p...
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Tencent Said to Be in Talks With Meta to Distribute Quest VR Headsets in China
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding that the talks ...
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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Facebook Parent Meta Said to Partner With AMD for Mobile Infrastructure Programme
Facebook parent Meta is said to have partnered with chip maker AMD for a mobile Internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs down to make broadband more accessible around the world.
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WeWork to Partner With Yardi Systems to Develop Tool For Companies to Manage Employees And Office Space
WeWork wants to develop a new Workplace tool in partnership with real estate software maker Yardi Systems that can be used by companies to manage their employees and office space.
-
Players With Disabilities Score in Video Game World
Long neglected by the industry, the issue of accessibility is increasingly front of mind for game makers. There are financial as well as ethical reasons for opening doors to even more players in the multi-billion dollar industry. According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people live with some form of disability.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Sues Calcalist Newspaper for Defamation Over Police Snooping Report
Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.
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Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard: 5 Reasons Why This Is the Company’s Biggest Deal Ever
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,10,990 crore) all-cash acquisition, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games. It's the software maker's biggest deal ever, almost three times as large as the 2016 purchase of LinkedIn. Here are five key reasons why it happened.
