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Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-21 18:28:27

It’s been a busy news day for the Epic Games vs. Apple case. Startup accelerator (and Epic Games’ biggest investor) Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple. Here are the details. ‘A punitive tax on innovation’ In a 24-page document, Y Combinator argues that while the district court’s original injunction against Apple in 2021 “created a groundbreaking opportunity for technology startups to enter and thrive,” Apple introduced new

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New iPhones and iPads in Russia must ship with state-backed messaging app preinstalled

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-21 23:51:33

Earlier today, the Russian government announced a new rule requiring all phones and tablets to ship with MAX, its state-backed messenger app, preinstalled. Here are the details. As reported by Reuters, starting September 1, “gadget” makers will have to include MAX among the apps that must come preinstalled. That includes phones and tablets. RuStore, the country’s domestic application store, which up to now came preinstalled on Android devices, will also have to come preinstalled on all “gadget

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Microsoft is bringing PC gaming apps and stores to its Xbox app on Windows

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-21 23:20:32

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has started testing another handheld-friendly addition to its Xbox app, allowing PC gamers to quickly install and launch third-party apps like browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts. A new “My apps” feature is being tested in the Xbox app for Windows 11, and it loo

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Apple details new App Store taxes and price changes in select countries

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-22 09:35:30

Apple is contacting developers about upcoming tax and price updates for a few countries, including Canada, Romania, and Brazil. Here are the details. Tax changes start today, price changes slated for September 8 In an email sent to developers, Apple announced that as of today, proceeds from the sale of eligible apps and in-app purchases (IAP) have been modified in: Brazil: Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF) of 3.5% Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF) of 3.5% Canada: Digital serv

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Don’t hold your breath for a new Pixel Tablet

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-22 14:31:58

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR It’s been over two years now since Google released the Pixel Tablet Despite hearing from sources about work on a follow-up, the Pixel Tablet 2 was seemingly canceled In a new interview, Google executives confirm that tablet development is on pause. We are still coming down off the rush from Google’s latest big hardware launch, where the company introduced its full family of Pixel 10 smartphones, delivered a new Pixel Buds option, and showed off the Pi

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Google killed this feature so the Pixel 10 could have Qi2 wireless charging

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-22 14:34:25

It was exciting when the first rumors started rolling in about the Pixel 10 series adopting Qi2 . This meant the Pixel 10 would become the second Android phone to support the standard. Now that Google’s latest flagship has launched, this wireless charging functionality has been officially confirmed, along with a collection of compatible accessories . But it turns out Qi2 support is a bit of a double-edged sword, as its inclusion directly resulted in the removal of a different feature. Since the

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Best early Labor Day laptop deals 2025: Sales on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and more

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-12-22 14:58:02

How did we choose these deals? I found over 30 deals in my initial research, and wanted to include them, but decided to keep things short. While considering the products on this list, I took into account the device's popularity, quality, and discount amount. From there, I whittled things down to the 18 entries you see above. Should I buy a MacBook, Windows laptop, or Chromebook? It ultimatley depends on what you want as a user and what you're looking for. There isn't a hardset answer to this

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Sean Gunn Wants You to Think Maxwell Lord Is Part of the (Justice) Gang

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-22 14:15:40

In a conversation with the Reel Rejects, actor Sean Gunn discussed his role as Maxwell Lord as a connective thread between Superman and Peacemaker. Portraying the megabucks metahuman investor as someone who wants to work alongside metahumans is key to Gunn, and his take is to make sure he’s in the know of the choices being made, from outfits to the mural in the Hall of Justice. “There’s no way that somebody in charge like that wouldn’t be aware of what’s going on, and we can tell,” he shared.

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Cua (YC X25) is hiring design engineers in SF

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 17:01:03

Overview Cua is building the infrastructure that enables general-purpose AI agents to safely and scalably use real computers and applications. We’re a small team backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors, and our open-source tools are already used by thousands of developers. As a Founding Engineer, UX & Design, you’ll own how developers experience Cua - shaping everything from product flows and dashboards to the open-source contributions developers see every day. We’re looking for someone

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My other email client is a daemon

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 06:54:06

I have a slight problem wherein every time I start up a game of NetHack, I completely loose touch with my surroundings for hours on end. Thankfully The DevTeam Thinks Of Everything and there’s a solution that allows communication with the outside world without breaking immersion: the mail daemon! If compiled with -DMAIL and OPTIONS=mail is set in your runtime configuration (the default on Linux), NetHack will periodically check a user specified mbox file ( MAIL ) for new mail, and upon receivin

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I Still Love the Look of Google's New Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL

cnet.com Andrew Lanxon 2025-12-22 16:00:04

Google's Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL are the company's latest flagship phones, packing a suite of new features. From the new Tensor G5 processor, faster charging and various new AI tools, the Pixel 10 Pro range has been refined in almost every way. Yet the design looks familiar, sporting an almost identical aesthetic to last year's model. Do I mind? Not at all -- I loved the Pixel 9 Pro, and I don't think its design needed overhauling just one generation later. The Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL go

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Netflix's New Astrology Hub Has Shows Inspired by Your Sign

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-22 18:04:00

Netflix is mixing entertainment and astrological signs with a new themed collection called "Your Zodiac Watchlist." You can scout out your next watch on Netflix using the hub, which provides shows and movies in rows like "Virgos Are Always Hustling" (including titles like Now You See Me and Beef) and "Scorpios Revel in Mystery" (including titles like Wednesday and The Residence). You'll also find the rows "Aries Love Chaos and Competition" (including Squid Game and Love Is Blind) and "Cancers W

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Microsoft’s Xbox handheld is a good first step toward a Windows gaming OS

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-22 17:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The first thing I did when I got my hands on the Xbox Ally was reboot it. I wanted to see exactly how Microsoft manages to hide Windows beneath the Xbox interface that’s debuting on these handheld devices. After a short startup, I was met with the standard Windows login prompt. But I could use the controller to input the PIN code, an immediate improvement over what’s available

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Boy Genius Quits SpaceX for Greener Pastures

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-22 22:06:11

After making waves for getting a job at SpaceX's Starlink at the precocious age of 14, Bay Area boy wonder Kairan Quazi is preparing to leave the nest, move to New York, and get a new job. Quazi, now 16, explained to Business Insider why he's leaving Starlink to work for Citadel Securities, one of the world's biggest stock trading firms that specializes in the rapid-fire algorithmic transactions of quantitative finance. "After two years at SpaceX," the precocious teen told BI, "I felt ready to

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Cua (YC X25) Is Hiring Founding Design Engineers in SF

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 23:01:03

Overview Cua is building the infrastructure that enables general-purpose AI agents to safely and scalably use real computers and applications. We’re a small team backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors, and our open-source tools are already used by thousands of developers. As a Founding Engineer, UX & Design, you’ll own how developers experience Cua - shaping everything from product flows and dashboards to the open-source contributions developers see every day. We’re looking for someone

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Starlink wants billions in grants, but state governments aren’t cooperating

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-22 23:07:55

Starlink operator SpaceX isn't getting the broadband money it demanded from state governments despite the Trump administration rewriting the rules of a $42 billion grant program. Instead of directing the lion's share of money to Elon Musk's space and satellite company, early results indicate that states still plan to deploy fiber broadband networks to most of their unserved households. When the Trump administration announced its overhaul of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) pr

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How Google’s new Pixel 10 compares to the last-gen Pixel 9

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-12-22 23:13:45

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google on Wednesday introduced its new Pixel 10 lineup during an event in New York – complete with a very strange keynote. In case you missed it, there are a lot of similarities across the latest Pixel models — and some key additions — including the MagSafe-style Pixelsnap, Google’s new Tensor G5 chip, and a proactive AI feature known as Magic Cue. While Google’s Pro models come loaded with the most advance

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FOX’s new streaming service is another win for Apple’s TV app

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-23 04:42:03

FOX One is one of two major new streaming services launching today. And it looks like Apple has gone two-for-two with support for its Apple TV app. New FOX One streamer fully integrates with Apple’s TV app Out of major US linear networks, FOX has long been a holdout in the streaming era. You can get CBS through Paramount+, NBC through Peacock, and Disney puts lots of ABC content in Disney+ and Hulu. But particularly if you’re an NFL fan, the absence of FOX has been a pain point. Now, the ne

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I wore the Pixel Watch 4 - and these key features made me not want to take it off

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-12-23 04:04:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET ZDNET key takeaways Pixel Watch 4 New features: faster charging, satellite link, health AI. First Pixel Watch with replaceable battery for sustainability. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. The time has finally come for Google Pixel users. A new lineup of Google phones, earbuds, and, my personal favorite, smartwatches, is coming to Android users, Google announced at its Made by Google event on Wednesda

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Watch Stephen King and Takashi Miike Celebrate the Glorious Gore of ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-23 04:45:42

“Every frame has something unnerving in it,” Patton Oswalt says in the trailer for Chain Reactions—a new documentary about the enduring influence and impact of 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Tobe Hooper’s grisly classic has often been imitated and has spawned some regrettable sequels and remakes, but the original remains a uniquely terrifying product of a very specific time and place, not just in pop culture, but also in the realms of independent cinema. A new trailer for Chain Reactions

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This 'Fantastic Four' Actor Is a Netflix Top 10 VIP Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 04:00:05

Each week, Netflix drops a list of the top 10 films and TV shows dominating the platform. For the week of Aug. 11, two vastly different films, both featuring Vanessa Kirby, are in the US Top 10: Netflix original Night Always Comes and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. If you consider that Kirby is also starring in Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is currently No. 4 at the box office, and she briefly reprised her role as White Widow in Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoni

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Google Pixel Watch 4 Specs vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8: Circle Takes On Squircle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 04:00:06

Google's Pixel Watch 4 has arrived with a sleeker design, better battery life, first-of-its-kind emergency satellite connectivity, and an AI-powered health coach, giving even the most established smartwatches a serious run for their money. Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8, on the other hand, builds on more than a decade of experience, pairing advanced health metrics like Vascular Load and Antioxidant Index with seamless integration across Galaxy phones and the broader Samsung ecosystem. As smartwatche

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Deal: Remember, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is still $300 off

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 09:30:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold may be the most talked-about foldable phone right now, as it was just announced. We can’t forget about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, though. Whether you like it better than Google’s alternative is a subjective matter. One thing is for sure, though: it is currently cheaper, thanks to a $300 discount. What’s best is that you don’t have to wait for it (the Pixel 10 Pro Fold doesn’t actually launch until October). Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z

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Google wasn’t afraid to poke fun at Apple during its confident Pixel 10 event

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-12-23 09:41:27

Today’s big Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 was… something, but if nothing else, it showed a Google that was confident in the product it was bringing to the table. That included Google making a lot of jokes directed straight at Apple while talking about the Pixel 10’s various updates and features. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Google’s latest event for the Pixel 10 was always going to be an interesting one, but I’m not sure anyone was prepared for what we ended up getting – I sure wasn’t. After

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I compared flagship smartwatches from Google and Apple: Here's the clear winner

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-12-23 08:59:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET A new Pixel Watch is hitting the shelves right in time for marathon season. Google unveiled the Pixel Watch 4 at its annual Made By Google event in New York on Wednesday. The watch comes packed with several upgrades that rival its predecessor, like a revamped Fitbit experience, updates to Gemini, and a brighter display. Retailing at $350 for the 41mm and $400 for the 45mm, the smartwatch is available for preorder now and ships October 9. Also: Everything announced at Made by G

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Every Pixel device announced at Made by Google yesterday: 10 Pro Fold, Watch, Buds, more

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-12-23 09:34:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. It's that time of the year again. No, not Apple's product launch -- that's next month. I'm talking about Made by Google 2025. The tech giant held its annual event yesterday, where it showed off its upcoming releases; namely the Pixel 10 series, Pixel Watch 4, and the Pixel Buds 2a. Also: I went hands-on with every Google Pixel 10 model - and was surprised by the one I

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Google’s Pixel Buds 2a Have One Thing Apple Would Never Give Us on AirPods

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-23 09:49:57

Wireless earbuds are better now than they’ve ever been. Trust me, I’ve tried a lot of them. They sound better; they look better; they have impressive noise cancelling, and in the grand scheme of things, they’re pretty affordable. That being said, there is one thing they’re sorely lacking, and that’s modularity and repairability. As solid as Apple’s AirPods are, when the battery goes, so too does the whole pair of wireless earbuds. That sucks, to say the least. This sad fact about most wireless

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Silksong, Long-Awaited Hollow Knight Spinoff, Gets Release Date: Sept. 4

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 08:52:00

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the follow-up, announced back in 2019, to one of the most beloved indie games of the last decade. In a special announcement video on Thursday, Australian developer Team Cherry revealed that the wait is almost over. Silksong will be released on Sept. 4, according to the new trailer. The almost two-minute video reveals some of the new enemies and bosses in the upcoming spinoff and ends with the surprise release date. Originally, Silksong was going to be a DLC for Hollo

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price drops further, saving you $270

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 12:34:34

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Some of us just want a smaller phone! Since those are becoming amazingly rare, the next best thing is to get a thinner device, and the hottest slim phone right now is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. It’s been on a nice sale since last week, and the deal got even sweeter today. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge for just $829.95 ($270.04 off) This offer is available from Amazon. This lower price is only available for the Titanium Jetblack color version. Other variants

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Don’t pay full price for the XM6! The Sony WH-1000XM5 are $126 off!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 14:11:41

The Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones may be super hot and newer, but the Sony WH-1000XM5 don’t fall far behind. It also helps that the previous-generation cans are on sale right now, saving you $126. That brings the cost down to just $273.99. Buy the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for just $273.99 ($126 off) This offer is available from Amazon. Keep in mind that maximum savings only apply to the Black model. All other color versions go for $328. Sony WH-1000XM5 Sony WH-1000XM5 The king of the ANC pack e

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Latest Tech News

Y Combinator backs Epic in Apple appeal, calls App Store fee a ‘tax on innovation’

New iPhones and iPads in Russia must ship with state-backed messaging app preinstalled

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My other email client is a daemon

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Netflix's New Astrology Hub Has Shows Inspired by Your Sign

Microsoft’s Xbox handheld is a good first step toward a Windows gaming OS

Boy Genius Quits SpaceX for Greener Pastures

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How Google’s new Pixel 10 compares to the last-gen Pixel 9

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Watch Stephen King and Takashi Miike Celebrate the Glorious Gore of ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’

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Silksong, Long-Awaited Hollow Knight Spinoff, Gets Release Date: Sept. 4

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price drops further, saving you $270

Don’t pay full price for the XM6! The Sony WH-1000XM5 are $126 off!

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