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Google and Epic Abandon Settlement, Clearing the Way for Rival Android App Stores
Google and Epic Games this week withdrew their joint settlement agreement after it became clear the court was unlikely to allow it. With the settlement out, Google is bound by a permanent injunction issued in October 2024 requiring it to allow alternative app stores on Android devices. In a court filing [PDF], Google said that it plans to begin supporting alternative app stores on July 22. In a statement to The Verge, Google said…
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Accessoires
Skullcandy’s bass-boosting Crusher headphones now come with Bose’s ANC
The Crusher 1080 ANC feature new drivers and Bose’s audio technology to reduce distortion when the bass is cranked. The Crusher 1080 ANC feature new drivers and Bose’s audio technology to reduce distortion when the bass is cranked. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Skullcandy announced a new version of its Crusher wireless headphones today featuring a few of Bose’s audio technologies…
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Skullcandy Crusher 1080 review: Haptic bass meets whisper-quiet ANC
The new flagship headphones blend Bose audio and big bass. Skullcandy has spent years carving out its own niche in the headphone market. While brands like Sony, Bose and Sennheiser were fighting over which had the best sound quality and noise cancellation, Skullcandy leaned into its reputation on one thing above all else: bass. The Crusher line, with its signature haptic bass system, has always been unapologetically over the top and front and center…
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IA
Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft appears to be prepping its sales team to get more competitive with the other major players in the AI industry. At an internal meeting on Tuesday, the company’s executives outlined a plan for salespeople to negatively compare AI products from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to its own, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The meeting, billed as a strategy session for the new fiscal year, reportedly leaned heavily on pitching…
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Apps & Logiciels
Google is opening the floodgates to third-party app stores on Android next week
The final sticking point in the long-running Google vs Epic Games lawsuit is coming to an end, as Google is opening the door to third-party app stores on Android starting on July 22. Early on in the Epic Games lawsuit, one of the initial demands was for Google to not only better allow for third-party app stores on Android, but to house those app stores within the Play Store. Google has fought against that,…
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Cybersécurité
CrashStealer Malware Impersonates Apple Tool to Steal Mac Passwords and Crypto
Mac users should watch out for macOS malware called CrashStealer, according to Jamf Threat Labs. The malware impersonates Apple's crash reporting framework, and it's meant to steal all kinds of sensitive information. CrashStealer collects browser data, password manager data, cryptocurrency wallet extensions, and keychain data, and Jamf first noticed it circulating in a fake Apple-notarized app called Werkbit. With notarization, the malware is not stopped by Gatekeeper, which is part of the macOS security…
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Smoke From Canada's Wildfires Turns Skies Sickly Orange Across the Eastern US
Smoke from devastating wildfires in Canada is blanketing a large swath of the Midwest and Northeast this week, causing cities across the region to issue air quality warnings. The extreme levels of smoke mean that even able-bodied adults would be wise to take some precautions to protect their health. The increasing severity of wildfires across the continent—driven in part by climate change—means that even places where blazes aren’t burning will still suffer the impact.…
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HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal
With storage and memory prices still at an all-time high, we’re happy to tell you about a solid deal on a good laptop when we find one, rare as they are. Best Buy is selling the HP OmniBook X Flip 2 in 1 for $999.99 (usually $1,649.99) with an Intel Core 7 Ultra CPU, 16GB of LPDDR5X memory, and a 1TB SSD. The star of the show is the 1920 x 1200 OLED touchscreen,…
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Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads
Prices for new subscribers to Apple’s service plan will go up by 50 cents for monthly payments and by $5 on annual plans. Prices for new subscribers to Apple’s service plan will go up by 50 cents for monthly payments and by $5 on annual plans. An AppleCare Plus subscription for a Mac or iPad will cost more soon, with prices going up by $0.50 per month or $5 per year for new sign-ups…
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Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
ROCKVILLE, Maryland—Hundreds of Bethesda Game Studios and Zenimax Online Studios employees and their supporters braved nearly 100°F temperatures to protest sweeping layoffs across Xbox during a lunchtime rally in front of parent company Zenimax’s headquarters today. The rally was one of five organized today by Zenimax Workers United and its parent union, the Communication Workers of America, at offices across Texas, California, and Montreal. Attendees held up signs with messages like “Layoffs… layoffs never…
Lire l’article completAgentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on reliable multi-step execution. But the ambition runs well ahead of the reality: most deployed “agents” are still chatbot wrappers, the control plane enterprises expect is deliberately hybrid to avoid lock-in, and real-time fiscal control over token burn remains the exception. This wave of VentureBeat…
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Smartphones
Apple Closes Unlocked iPhone Loophole for T-Mobile and Verizon Financing
Carrier-financed iPhones purchased from Apple will soon be locked to the carrier, ending a workaround customers used to purchase an unlocked iPhone on a payment plan. Until the rule change, buying an iPhone from Apple and opting for financing through Verizon or T-Mobile meant you would get an iPhone not locked to either carrier's network. That's no longer the case, and now iPhones financed through Verizon or T-Mobile will not be able to be…
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Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all
Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs — which is why it was so surprising to hear that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. Why would Valve stop stocking the most important replacement part just as people are starting to need it? Here is Valve’s answer to…
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Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
A dried-out felt-tip marker and a snapped-off piece of molded black plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday. What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity's first mission to land astronauts on the Moon. More than flown odds and ends, one was the problem that almost stranded Neil…
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Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
Sheetz, a US convenience store chain, is moving its 838 locations off VMware. Sheetz has used VMware virtualization across two Dell R440/R450-series servers at each of its locations since 2019. Now it’s migrating 12 to 14 virtual machines (VMs) in each of its stores from VMware vSphere to StorMagic’s SvHCI, “with an additional two VMs to be replaced over the coming months to transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11,” Scott Robertson, infrastructure team…
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Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company
It’s likely to become a direct power source for SpaceXAI’s data centers. Elon Musk acquired APR Energy earlier this year, adding a new business to his portfolio: fossil fuels. APR produces mobile gas and diesel turbines that can be mounted on trailers. The move happened quietly in May, with no public announcement or declarations from Musk or APR itself. Electrek only picked up on the filing yesterday, and it estimates the purchase value at…
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IA
xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
Elon Musk’s xAI claims Terry Harwood bypassed Grok’s safeguards to generate CSAM. The company is asking for reputational and legal damages. Elon Musk’s xAI claims Terry Harwood bypassed Grok’s safeguards to generate CSAM. The company is asking for reputational and legal damages. The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters,…
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AppleCare+ for Macs and iPads Just Got More Expensive
Apple is increasing the price of some AppleCare+ subscription plans, reports Bloomberg. Monthly AppleCare+ subscription plans for Macs and iPads are now $0.50 more expensive in the U.S., while annual plans are $5 more. The price increases apply to new subscriptions, so customers who already have an AppleCare+ subscription for a device will keep their current prices. The AppleCare+ pricing change follows price hikes on all iPads and Macs due to global memory shortages…
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Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
The FCC chair wants to end the broadcast ownership cap. The FCC chair wants to end the broadcast ownership cap. The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach more than 39 percent of US TV households. In a Breitbart op-ed on Wednesday, Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced an August 6th vote to end the national ownership cap rule, which was intended to…
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Smartphones
Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 rolling out for Pixel
Following the last release two weeks ago, Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 is rolling out today for Pixel devices. Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 includes the July 2026 security patch and resolves the following issues: You can report issues via the Android Beta Feedback app on Pixel devices. Access it from the application drawer or Quick Settings to file bugs in Google’s issue tracker. There’s also the Android Beta community on Reddit. Android 17…
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Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke green cards and deport non-US citizens who work on misinformation, disinformation, fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety. In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary injunction blocking the State Department from enforcing the policy until the…
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Smartphones
Google Pixel 11 vs. Pixel 10: Should you upgrade? Here's what I think after a year with the Pixel 10
Google Pixel 11 Pixel 10 part 2 The Pixel 11 will likely take the best parts of the Pixel 10 and enhance them, thanks ot a newer chip, upgraded modem, and a new camera. Pros Higher base storage More efficient 2nm chip New MediaTek modem Slightly thinner 50MP primary camera Cons Higher starting price Outdated GPU Non-LTPO display (60-120Hz) Google Pixel 10 The new standard The Pixel 10 is one of the best AI…
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Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park, while beloved as a film, has been the subject of snarky memes for the infamous line in which one of the characters declares, “This is a Unix system, I know this!” while using a computer with an unusual 3D file manager interface. Despite the memes, the film’s production team was meticulous in accurately sourcing the right PCs (and adjacent details) for the sets—not too much of a surprise, given writer Michael Crichton’s…
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Apps & Logiciels
Apple Won't Allow These Ad Categories in the Maps App
Apple this week shared a new Advertising Services policy outlining the kinds of ads that won't be allowed in the Maps app. As noted by TechCrunch, Apple has a list of ad categories that are not permitted in Apple Maps. Home services - Ads that directly or indirectly promote home services are not allowed. That includes but is not limited to plumbing, electrical, locksmith, HVAC, pest control, roofing, and general contracting services. Bail bonds…
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