Apple Inc. is currently taking on flak for its decision to remove two apps from the App Store that tracked the activity of people being arrested by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. Last week, ICEBlock became the first ICE-related app removed from the App Store after pressure from the Trump administration. The…
Google LLC has released technical data about the environment footprint of its Gemini artificial intelligence apps. The company shared the information in a paper published today. According to Google, the median text prompt to a Gemini app uses 0.24Wh, or 0.24 watt-hours, of energy. That’s enough to power a highly efficient lightbulb for more than a…
Google LLC has released technical data about the environment footprint of its Gemini artificial intelligence apps. The company shared the information in a paper published today. According to Google, the median text prompt to a Gemini app uses 0.24Wh, or 0.24 watt-hours, of energy. That’s enough to power a highly efficient lightbulb for more than…
The app development landscape is undergoing sweeping changes, with platform-as-a-service solutions, such as Heroku, playing a central role. By prioritizing developers and eliminating friction between concept and deployment, the platform continues to reduce cognitive overhead for developers, allowing DevOps to spend more time coding and less time on infrastructure. But as app development evolves, how does…
Google LLC has introduced an artificial intelligence tool that enables users to build simple applications without writing any code. The tool, which is known as Opal, made its debut on Thursday. The launch comes a couple of weeks after Amazon Web Services Inc. introduced an IDE, or integrated development environment, called Kiro that uses AI to…
Apple Inc. today appealed a €500 million fine that it had received in the European Union last year over the App Store’s terms of service. The company filed the challenge with the General Court, the bloc’s second highest court. EU officials fined Apple last April under a piece of legislation called the DMA, or Digital Markets Act….
Anthropic PBC today upgraded its Artifacts feature that provides users with a real-time dedicated workspace for a collaborative creative interface with Claude, the company’s artificial intelligence model, by introducing a dedicated space to view creations in the Claude app. For context, Artifacts allow users to use Claude to create standalone content in a dedicated window from…
We predict Google’s overall cloud business will reach $54 billion in revenue this year. Our models indicate that Google Cloud Platform will contribute to more than half of that revenue for the first time ever. Despite this performance, Google faces criticism even with its advanced technology and double-digit growth. The reason? It’s still 2.5 to…
The White House is reportedly weighing a new rule that would prohibit the installation of DeepSeek’s app on government devices. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that the regulation is “likely” to be implemented. According to the report, the move is motivated by concerns about how DeepSeek processes users’ data. The Chinese…
Utah today became the first state to pass legislation mandating app stores verify users’ ages and require parental consent for young people to download apps. As the U.S. struggles to tackle online safety for minors, the onus so far has mostly been on social media companies to tackle the problem at their end. Utah’s new…