Five years after Brexit, Germany and the United Kingdom have formally placed their relationship on a new footing with a wide-ranging friendship treaty, reported dpa. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed the 27-page agreement – accompanied by a 17-point action plan – during a ceremony at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum…
US users of TikTok will see a new version of the app starting September 5, 2025. Social media giant TikTok will launch a new version of its popular app to Apple’s and Google’s app stores on September 5, as part of an agreement to sell its US business looms. Users of TikTok in the US…
The HMD Skyline. (Image source: HMD) Human Mobile Devices, better known as HMD, continues to expand its smartphone lineup. A new leak has revealed key specifications of an upcoming budget phone, the HMD Candy 5G. After shifting focus away from Nokia-branded phones, HMD has launched a range of smartphones under its own brand. For example,…
Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep from Apple Watch, extending a long and storied history of Google killing off products. Alphabet Inc.’s Google pulled its Keep note-taking app from Apple Watch with an update on June 30, 2025. The move leaves users without a Google-backed way to…
Proton lawsuit targets Apple Apple is facing fresh legal heat from privacy company Proton, which wants to break open the iPhone’s closed App Store. Swiss privacy technology company Proton has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple in California, claiming Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly over app distribution and payment processing. It cites harm…
Ahead of the verdict on Wednesday, the prosecution confirmed the accusation of tax evasion against the German Football Federation (DFB) in its plea and demanded the imposition of a fine of €270,000. Senior public prosecutor Jesco Kümmel sharply criticized the DFB on Monday, saying that it had “not covered itself in glory” in its handling…
An EU flag with the App Store logo A new report claims that Apple is in last-minute negotiations with the European Union over App Store changes, in an attempt to avoid impending further fines. The further fines in question relate to how Apple was initially fined $570 for alleged non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act…
Project Indigo can help dramatically reduce smartphone-camera deficiences. Image credit: Adobe A new initiative from Adobe aims to improve smartphone cameras and computational photography in general to give a more natural, SLR-like look to iPhone photography. A new paper from Adobe Fellow Marc Levoy and Senior Scientist Florian Kainz discusses their latest project, which is…
Tim Cook and Donal Trump in 2019 — image credit: White House Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his “reciprocal” China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don’t apply to Apple or big tech at all. Coming on top of previous escalations and the Apple…
A US-based version of social network TikTok appears to be eminent. Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days. US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Apple and Google on…