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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: A screenshot seems to show TikTok circumventing Apple’s App Store fees by showing some users a link to a site for buying digital coins, instead of using IAPs  —  TikTok may be routing around the App Store to save money on commissions.  According to new findings, the ByteDance-owned social video app […]

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 will kick off in India on May 2 from 12pm IST. Amazon Prime members in the country will be able to access the sale offers early from 12am IST on the same day. A wide range of items, including personal electronic products like phones, tablets, laptops, PCs and more, will

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News: SCOTUS declines to block a Texas online porn restriction law, after critics said an age-verification mandate violates 1A by forcing viewers to submit their info  —  The pornography industry challenged the state law’s age-verification provision, saying it places an unlawful burden on adults wishing to access content. Source link

Flipkart’s Big Saving Days Sale will begin on May 3. Just days ahead of the annual sale event, the e-commerce website has listed iPhone 14 and iPhone 12 at discounted rates. Flipkart is offering additional discounts for purchases made through select bank cards and EMI transactions. There are exchange offers as well. The iPhone 14 runs

Sander Lutz / Decrypt: Unredacted parts of Consensys’ lawsuit vs. the SEC say the SEC internally issued an order to probe Ethereum 2.0 last April that explicitly called ETH a security  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has internally considered Ethereum to be a security for over a year … Source link

SoftBank Group’s Arm Holdings reported a 1 percent fall in annual revenue due to a slowdown in smartphone sales, after the chip designer disclosed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that is expected to be the largest of the year. Arm’s stock market launch is expected to bring back to life a lackluster

Scott Nover / Fast Company: AI is making Meta’s apps basically unusable, as the company adds Meta AI everywhere and viral user-generated AI images proliferate on Facebook and Instagram  —  The intended and unintended generative AI flooding Facebook and Instagram.  —  Meta has flooded its social media platforms with artificial intelligence. Source link

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday criticized Meta for blocking domestic news from its platforms, saying the Facebook-parent was prioritizing profit over safety as devastating wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. Trudeau’s comments represent the latest government attack on Meta, which this month started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Meta, Alphabet, and Snap beat analysts’ estimates in their Q1 results, showing acceleration in advertising growth after struggling to rebound from a dismal 2022  —  A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on March 23, 2024.  —  Advertising is so back. Source link

VMware on Tuesday said it has developed a new set of software tools in partnership with Nvidia aimed at businesses which want to develop generative artificial intelligence in their own data centers rather than the cloud. VMware, which is close to being acquired by chip firm Broadcom in a $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,73,000 crore) deal, makes