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This week, Apple announced that it will bring Apple developer services to China's WeChat app as part of its efforts to invest more in the Chinese market. The service includes news, announcements and other activities for members of the developer community. This is usually provided via Apple's website and its own developer app. This move comes amid a decline in iPhone sales in the Chinese market. In the most recent quarter, China's sales fell 11.1%, affecting iPhone revenues. Partly this is because Apple faces increased competition with local manufacturers such as Oppo and Huawei. This has led the iPhone maker…
Doordash agreed to pay $16.75 million to settle the lawsuit by the New York Attorney General. The lawsuit was already insured to workers between May 2017 and September 2019 by Doordash using customer tips to give workers the full tips they received. He claimed that the base salary was offset. The lawsuit said it was misunderstood to believe that their tips would directly benefit delivery workers. About 63,000 New York doordash delivery workers will benefit from the settlement. “We are still committed to ensuring that Dasher's revenues are always fair and transparent and that the resolved claims are related to…
Just a few weeks after Chipmaker Tenstorrent raised nearly $700 million, developers can try out Tenstorrent's AI accelerator on Koyeb. Tenstorrent sells AI processors built around the RISC-V instruction set architecture and has developed its own open source neural network library TT-NN, and TT Metalium, an open source low-level programming model. Tenstorrent is part of a group of companies looking to build alternatives to Nvidia GPUs and the company's CUDA library. It competes with Axelera, Etched, Groq and others. Founded by former Scaleway executives, Koyeb focuses on developing a serverless cloud platform for developers looking for a layer of abstraction…
On Tuesday, Adobe announced that it will bring popular design and editing software Photoshop to mobile, starting with iOS. The company plans to launch Photoshop for Android apps later this year. The new Photoshop for iPhone app allows users to access both free and paid features via a mobile-friendly design that allows them to be accessed on the go. The app offers similar editing tools to the desktop version, such as layering and masking, but is optimized for use on mobile screens. Photoshop for iPhone is also integrated with Photoshop on the web for a fee. For users who want…
The European topcoat is being squeezed in order to clarify rules regarding Big Tech interoperability requirements with an introduction to Google's Android Auto Platform-related cases. In 2021, the tech giant refused to integrate a third-party electric vehicle charging app created by energy company Enel X Italia with the Android Auto Platform, resulting in an anti-trust fine of 100 million euros from the Italian Competition Bureau. It was a hit. Mobile OS for use inside the car. Google had argued that there was a need for restrictions on Enel's apps to keep drivers from distracting. Italian authorities have constituted abuse of…
DISA Global Solutions, a U.S. employee screening services provider, says it is suffering from data breaches affecting more than 3.3 million people. DISA provided services such as drug and alcohol testing and background checks to one-third of more than 55,000 companies and Fortune 500 companies, confirming a data breach in an application to Maine's Attorney General on Monday . DISA said it discovered on April 22, 2024 that it was a victim of a “cyber incident” that affected a “limited portion” of the network. They were not noticed for more than two months. In a letter sent to people affected…
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has closed its first European fund for 1.8 billion euros ($1.9 billion). Europe does not have a shortage of its own venture capital (VC) funds. While Atomico and Cherry Venture have shut down their growth-stage funds early in recent months, North American investment companies are slowly retreating from Europe. The renowned Silicon Valley VC company Andreessen Horowitz recently closed its UK offices, while Omers Ventures and Coatue have also closed the area's offices for the past 18 months. This leaves a hole that private equity companies seeking negotiations can meet. Thoma Bravo has formalized the…
WordPress.com owner Automattic last year acquired the multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125 million and said it would merge with Texts.com, a previous acquisition in the same category. Currently, Beeper has released its first redesign app and beta desktop set for iOS and desktops since the merger. In a blog post, Beeper said he built a desktop app using the basics of the Texts.com app and the iOS app from scratch. The company added that the new set of apps is faster and the battery is hungry. On X, Texts.com founder Kishan Bagaria said that while users can still use…
Do you sometimes refer to X on Twitter with an old name? it's okay. Even Elon Musk, the man who changed his Twitter name to X, sometimes mentions the social media platforms he runs as Twitter. “Twitter has added far more features,” Musk said in a post on X on Monday. The X owners call it Twitter. Image credit: Screenshot: x The X owners were responding to another account that praised Doge, the government's efficiency advisory body led by Musk, for their efforts to cut the federal workforce. This weekend, Musk told federal employees to detail their job results and…
App Store Leading Executive Phil Schiller originally raised concerns about the 27% fee that the iPhone manufacturer planned to buy app developers outside the App Store, according to the company on Monday. He testified in court. In addition to being a potential compliance risk, he suggests that the fees create a “hostile relationship” between Apple and the developer, and Apple Money is a source of transactions made outdoors. It appeared to require the audit rights to verify whether they were owed or not. App Store. Apple typically charges a 30% fee for in-app purchases, but the 27% discounted fee was…