With iOS 17.4 this month, Apple debuted a number of new features as part of its efforts to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the EU. These efforts include alternative app marketplaces, new business terms for developers, and support for third-party browser engines. Apple’s plans have faced criticism from companies like Meta, Epic, and Spotify. In a hearing on Monday, however, Apple justified its changes and explained why it believes it is in compliance with the DMA. more
Apple defends its EU DMA compliance after many have criticized the changes they have effected.
HONG KONG — When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, Beijing assured the former colonial power that civil liberties in the city would be preserved. On Saturday, Hong Kong enacted a measure that critics charge will further stifle free expression in a city that until recently was known for its freewheeling style, aggressive media and politically active populace. The bill, called the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance but also referred to as the Article 23 law, took effect...
When McDonald's first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. How quaint. Today technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald's business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech company that happens to sell burgers. McDonald's mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitized menus that change based on trends, the weather and...
When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. Today, technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald’s business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech […]
Master Builders Australia says there are not enough new apprentices to meet building and construction targets. Follow latest updatesLocal MP says government ‘had to do something’ about ‘weeks of unrest’ in Alice SpringsMP for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour, says the government “had to do something” when asked if a youth curfew, imposed for Alice Springs from last night, was necessary.That’s culminated in some of the riotous behaviours that we’ve seen played out in the streets of Alice Springs, which...
US president’s new executive order is an important step towards protecting sensitive personal dataLast year, Joe Biden’s administration infuriated lobbyists representing big tech firms and others that profit from our personal data by denouncing a proposal that would have gutted domestic data privacy, online civil rights and liberties, and competition safeguards. Now, the US president’s new executive order on Americans’ data security reveals that the lobbyists had good reason to worry.After...
SALT LAKE CITY (KSNT) - KU men's basketball is working on a quick turnaround before its round of 32 game against Gonzaga. The Jayhawks' didn't tipoff in the opening round, against Samford, until well after 9 p.m. CT on Thursday. Now, they're set to meet Gonzaga at 2:15 CT on Saturday with a ticket to []
At his Nvidia GTC keynote at a packed SAP Center, CEO Jensen Huang showed off the company's dominance by unveiling its newest and biggest GPU.
The fitness fanatic, 71, who featured on GMTV throughout the 1990s, said back then you could 'prod' someone's belly and tell them they needed to shape up.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — L.J. Cryer hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points as top-ranked Houston, playing most of the way without injured big man J’Wan Roberts, used a big second half to rout
In the Democrats’ desperate attempt to deflect attention from their