Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock from the App Store, an app used to report on the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 404 Media reports that Google is also removing similar apps from the Play Store. In a statement to Engadget, Google said “ICEBlock was never available on Google Play, but we removed similar…
Google, Meta Platforms and Apple can’t shake a lawsuit by gamblers who say they lost money on casino apps, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. In a 37-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila in the Northern District of California rejected the companies’ argument that they were protected from liability by Section 230 of the…
A lot of information about the future of sideloading apps on Android has been swirling around the internet in the last month, ever since Google announced it would make major changes to how it will ensure third-party apps are safe for users to download and install. One of the most common concerns surrounding these changes…
OpenAI is releasing a stand-alone social app for making and sharing artificial intelligence-generated videos with friends, an attempt to supercharge adoption for the emerging technology just as ChatGPT did for chatbots three years ago. The free Sora app, available from Tuesday by invitation, is powered by a new version of OpenAI’s video-making software of the…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple, Google and Meta Platforms’ requests to dismiss lawsuits claiming they promoted illegal gambling by hosting and accepting commissions from casino-style apps that addict users. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, rejected the companies’ main argument that Section 230 of the federal…
Sept. 30 (UPI) — Elon Musk-owned xAI plans to launch a challenger to Wikipedia called “Grokipedia” that he said will be a big improvement over the popular open-source website. The site will be powered by the Grok AI chatbot and help xAI to better understand the world and the universe, Mint reported on Tuesday. Musk…
OpenAI is preparing to launch a stand-alone app for its video generation AI model Sora 2, WIRED has learned. The app, which features a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll navigation, appears to closely resemble TikTok—except all of the content is AI-generated. There’s a For You–style page powered by a recommendation algorithm. On the right side…
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to competition as well as user freedom. F-Droid says the new rules would make Google the gatekeeper of all Android apps, but Google…
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, urged American artificial intelligence (AI) leaders to face the growing competition posed by China’s advances in the sector. Schmidt said the US had a headway, but could lose its edge as Beijing stresses on practical applications and open-source development. “They (China) are not pursuing crazy AGI (artificial general intelligence)…
Google‘s former CEO Eric Schmidt has not been in strong favour of ‘work-from-home’ for technology companies. In a recent podcast, Schmidt, who was top boss at Google for over ten years in the early 2000s, has once again warned American tech giants on flexible remote working. This time the alarm also has ‘China warning’. Weighing…