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Apple lists all the apps it removed along with TikTok in the US– BC

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Amid TikTok’s shutdown, in a rare move, Apple posted a declaration and a supporting document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible in the US. The iPhone manufacturer generally does not publish information about when it blocks apps. Notably, other ByteDance apps, including CapCut, Lemon8 (which has increased in recent months), and Marvel Snap, are […]

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Apple brings Store app to Indian market– BC

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Apple on Friday launched its exclusive Apple Store app in India, deepening its retail presence in the world’s most populous country as the iPhone maker looks to capitalize on growing consumer demand. He applicationAvailable for download on the Indian App Store, it allows customers to purchase Apple products directly while receiving personalized shopping recommendations, the

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How to turn off notification summaries based on Apple Intelligence– BC

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With iOS 18, Apple launched Apple Intelligence, which includes an AI-powered feature for summarizing notifications. When you receive a bunch of notifications from an app, the feature summarizes the content of all notifications in a card that appears on the lock screen. You can discard the stack after you’ve read the summary or tap it

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Cloudflare VPN app among half a dozen pulled from Indian app stores– BC

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More than half a dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1, have been removed from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention by government authorities, britcommerce has learned. India’s Home Ministry issued takedown orders for the apps, according to a document reviewed by britcommerce and a disclosure made by Google to

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Judge allows California ban on addictive foods for minors to take effect– BC

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On Tuesday night, a federal judge blocked Tech lobby group NetChoice’s challenge to California’s recently enacted law, SB 976which prohibits businesses from serving “addictive foods” to minors. The effect of this decision is that starting Wednesday, companies willpower You are prohibited from providing an addictive feed to a California-based user who you know is a

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Wing and DoorDash launch drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth– BC

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alphabet wing announced Wednesday that it is expanding its partnership with DoorDash to bring drone delivery to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Area customers will now be able to order food from 50 merchants located at Stonebriar Center in Frisco and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth. Wing says its drones can “deliver items and

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Uber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teenagers– BC

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Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to be fingerprinted if the transportation giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California. The California Public Utilities Commission issued a ruling Thursday requiring drivers of taxicabs and transportation companies that transport unaccompanied minors in the state to pass a fingerprint background check. The ruling also

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The Browser Company teases Dia, its new browser with artificial intelligence– BC

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The Browser Company, the company behind Arc Browser for both desktop and mobile, on Monday unveiled its new web browser called Dia, and this time it focuses on artificial intelligence tools. In recent years, the startup launched Arc on Mac and Windows and Arc Search on iOS and Android, but the company is starting to

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Instagram reduces the quality of unpopular videos– BC

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The popularity of an Instagram video can affect the actual quality of the video: according to Adam Mosseri (the Meta executive who runs Instagram and Threads), more popular videos are displayed at higher quality, while less popular videos are displayed at lower quality. quality. In a video (via The Edge), Mosseri said Instagram tries to

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Bluesky addresses trust and security concerns around abuse, spam and more– Brit Commerce

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Social media startup Bluesky, which is building a decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), offered an update Wednesday on how it is addressing various trust and security concerns on its platform. The company is in various stages of developing and testing a number of initiatives focused on dealing with malicious actors, harassment, spam, fake accounts,

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