I don’t know whether there was ever a genuine break between CES and MWC, or if we tell ourselves this to cope with a hardware season that now lasts 11.5 months. Big corporations seem to have stopped reserving big announcements for big occasions. Samsung used to launch products at CES …
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Epic Games antitrust lawsuit against Google is won
A jury sided with Epic Games over Google in an antitrust case that could change how app marketplaces like Google Play operate on Monday. The unanimous verdict ends the companies’ three-year legal battle. Fortnite creator Epic sued Google in 2020, alleging that its app store practices violated federal and California …
Read More »Windows client for Arc browser launches in beta
The Browser Company launched its Windows client beta today, onboarding the first users. After Arc made the Mac client public after being invite-only since 2022, users and observers have demanded a Windows version. The company will “rapidly” increase invite rollouts in January and onboard more beta users throughout the month. …
Read More »Instead of ChatGPT, Apple and Google choose AllTrails and Imprint as their “app of the year”
AllTrails was named Apple’s iPhone App of the Year for 2023, while Imprint: Learn Visually was named Google Play’s best app. Apple and Google chose Honkai: Star Rail for Game of the Year. These year-end “best of” lists aren’t just a way to promote new apps and games, but also …
Read More »Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India with Apple
Following South Asian revenue growth, Foxconn will invest $1.54 billion in India, the latest expansion plan. Foxconn said in a stock exchange filing that the investment will meet “operational needs.” The investment comes two months after the Taiwanese company announced it would double its Indian workforce and investment by next …
Read More »ChatGPT: Everything about the AI-powered chatbot
OpenAI’s text-generating chatbot, ChatGPT, has gone viral. Over 92% of Fortune 500 companies use a behemoth tool to increase productivity by writing essays and coding with brief text prompts for more general uses. Although ChatGPT has a negative aspect, AI tools are here to stay. ChatGPT boasts 100 million weekly …
Read More »The US v. Google trial: vertical search, pre-installs, and Firefox/Yahoo
One of the biggest tech antitrust cases since the U.S. tried Microsoft in the 1990s, the Justice Department’s landmark case against Google, is nearly two months old, and the revelations keep getting deeper. In our last roundup, we learned how Google spent $26.3 billion in 2021 to become the default …
Read More »M1/M2 Pro Has 25% More Memory Bandwidth Than M3 Pro
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro’s M3 Pro chip has 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro chips in equivalent models from the two previous generations. Apple’s fastest and most power-efficient chip yet, the M3 series, uses 3-nanometer technology and a new GPU architecture. Apple …
Read More »Apple’s Scary Fast October Mac event: What to watch and expect
Surprise! Apple has one more event this year. At last month’s iPhone 15 event, supply chain issues reportedly halted hardware announcements. This year, the company is holding a standalone event instead of press releases for its final announcements. Last week’s Scary Fast invites raised hopes that an October event could …
Read More »Google to make Pixels in India
A Google executive said the company will start assembling its Pixel smartphones in India, becoming the latest tech giant to target the South Asian market. Rick Osterloh, Senior VP of Devices and Services at Google, announced at the company’s annual India event Thursday that the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 …
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