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Apple created a pocket-sized device that plays music, videos, and books without a smartphone or smartwatch. Cupertino, near. Apple has filed a patent application for a headphone-case-meets-pocket-computer with a touchscreen display and the guts to browse tunes, movies, weather, and maps. Apple reinvented the iPod because time is flat. Apple …

Twitter is giving Blue members 50% more advertisements in their timeline and a search boost. Elon Musk had long promised Twitter Blue subscribers fewer sponsored tweets. The firm has introduced functionality for the “following” and “for you” timelines. “As you scroll, you will see around twice as many organic or …

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reviewing Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot. The CMA is seeking stakeholder input to determine if Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot would cause a “significant decrease of competition” in the U.K. The CMA hasn’t set a timeline for announcing its investigative decision. Smart home …

Today, Google revealed a new account termination policy for Android applications that create accounts. The corporation will enforce this regulation early next year. This follows Apple’s June 30, 2022 App Store regulation. By December 7, the firm will need developers to answer data deletion questions in the Data Safety form. …

Today, Substack announced the launch of a new Notes feature that will enable users to exchange articles, quotations, comments, photographs, links, and thoughts. The platform’s notes are shown in a dedicated short-form stream that resembles Twitter. A note that has been shared is similar to writing a Tweet. A like …

Building on shifting sands must be how writing a report on the state of AI feels: When you press “publish,” the entire industry has already transformed beneath your feet. In spite of this, Stanford’s 386-page attempt to describe this complicated and rapidly evolving field nonetheless contains significant trends and takeaways. …

MobileCoin’s Bob Lee, the company’s chief product officer, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department responded to a complaint of a stabbing along the 300 block of Main Street in SoMa on Tuesday morning at 2:35 a.m. Despite being brought to a hospital, he passed away …

On Tuesday, LayerZero Labs announced the completion of a $120 million Series B financing, increasing the company’s valuation from $1 billion to $3 billion. LayerZero Laboratories is a web3 communications protocol. This messaging protocol eliminates the need for third-party middlemen for sending messages between blockchains, unlike Web 2.0 messaging applications …

A new DJ mode is being introduced to Tidal, allowing you to share your music selections with your pals. Live is included in both the standard HiFi plan ($9.99/month) and the premium HiFi Plus plan ($19.99/month) of the streaming service. It’s not quite like Spotify’s Group Sessions, where everyone can …

To join the growing list of Western countries that have banned TikTok on government-issued smartphones, Australia made the move today. Mark Dreyfus, the Attorney General, made the announcement and promised that the ban would be enforced “as quickly as practical.” According to Dreyfus, “input from intelligence and security services” was …