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Apple asked for a cut of Facebook’s ad sales years before it stifled Facebook’s ad sales
Apple and Meta may not be the best of friends right now, but at one point, Apple was in discussions with the social media company about how it could make more money from its presence on the App Store, according to The...
How Elon Musk’s attempt to drag out the Twitter trial could backfire
Content warning: I am about to do a close read while violating the principles of New Criticism. I woke up annoying this morning, so we are going to do a close read of this internet artifact: a semi-viral tweet showing Elon Musk...
Xiaomi shows what a foldable could look like if Samsung had competition
The Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 has launched in China just days after Samsung announced its next generation of foldable handsets, with Xiaomi looking to gain an advantage over its competition with a slimmer design, bigger displays, and a more affordable price. The...
How Nokia ringtones became the first viral earworms
One of the internet’s better-known ringtone archivists was barely alive to witness the golden age of his biggest hobby. The 20-year-old Scottish musician, who prefers to be known by his online handle Fusoxide, got hooked through an Alcatel flip phone he had...
Gmail is now officially allowed to spam-proof politicians’ emails
On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal from Google to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam. Google’s plan, first reported by Axios in June, would allow for candidates, political party committees, and leadership political action committees to...
Intel shares 48 benchmarks to show its Arc A750 can compete with an RTX 3060
Intel has released 48 benchmarks that show its upcoming Arc A750 GPU should be able to trade blows with Nvidia’s RTX 3060 running modern games. While Intel set its expectations low for its Arc GPUs last month, the company has now tested...
This Mac hacker’s code is so good, corporations keep stealing it
Patrick Wardle is known for being a Mac malware specialist — but his work has traveled farther than he realized. A former employee of the NSA and NASA, he is also the founder of the Objective-See Foundation: a nonprofit that creates open-source...
Pirates of Khadda Market
Nestled between two hills in Karachi, Pakistan, lies a very different kind of Silicon Valley. Known as Khadda Market, it is one of the many vibrant places that symbolize the city’s charm. From noon to midnight, it is alive with the buzz...
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4 is a fashion-forward foldable with minor improvements
It’s not a day for big updates or surprises from Samsung, and the Galaxy Z Flip 4 is holding the line. It’s the latest generation of Samsung’s smaller foldable, and it comes with some small but meaningful upgrades, like a bigger battery,...
Apple’s next iPhone might be more expensive
Apple could make the upcoming iPhone 14 more expensive than the iPhone 13, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo believes that the average selling price (ASP) of the combined iPhone 14 lineup may increase by 15 percent when compared to the...
