Social network X (formerly Twitter) launched new top-up packs for its developer API program on Tuesday. These paid upgrades will allow developers to fetch roughly 10,000 posts for $100 if they hit their existing tier’s limit midway through the month. Last year, Elon Musk curtailed free API access and released new paid tiers with the … Read more
Summary The summer update for Hogwarts Legacy will be smaller than expected, likely focusing on quality-of-life improvements. Portkey Games wants to show appreciation to players with the upcoming update. The community is left speculating on what the update will entail, with cautious optimism for improvements over new content. Hogwarts Legacy is set to grow even … Read more
On Thursday, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) officially goes into effect in the EU. The new antitrust law aims to take on Big Tech’s stranglehold of certain markets and industries, forcing companies to open their core platforms to competition. However, on the DMA’s very first day, Apple is in the hot seat. According to a … Read more
If Fortnite fans were hoping that Apple and Epic Games were repairing their relationship after the latter announced that the popular battle royale game was headed back to iPhone in the EU – well, we have some bad news. According to Epic Games, Apple just completely terminated its developer account. As a result, Epic Games … Read more
Reddit’s long-awaited IPO is nearing, promising to be the largest social media IPO since Pinterest. But in the company’s S-1 filing, Reddit fails to fully address the complications that arose from changes to its developer platform and API pricing, which late last year led to site-wide protests, communities going dark, site stability issues, and traffic … Read more
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Our first official glimpse of Android 15 is here. It includes a lot of under-the-hood tweaks to strengthen communication between hardware and software — and it comes at a time when Google has been tightening its working relationship with frenemy Samsung. Focusing on the platform’s holistic health and working more closely with hardware partners makes … Read more
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered property developer China Evergrande Group to liquidate after it was unable to reach a restructuring deal with creditors. Judge Linda Chan said it was appropriate for the court to order Evergrande to wind up its business given a “lack of progress on the part of … Read more
Apple is on a roll when it comes to having its hand forced by state entities and governing bodies: Alternative payment methods, stripping features from existing hardware, allowing alternate app stores and genuine browser default competition — everywhere you turn it seems to be satisfying some reversal, owing either to trial judgments not going its … Read more
Microsoft announced that the next episode of the Xbox Developer Direct, the first of 2024, will premiere on January 18. The upcoming event will offer fans a closer look at Avowed, Indiana Jones, Ara: History Untold, and Senua’s Saga: Hellbalde II. Zenimax Online Studios will follow the show with a standalone event previewing the next … Read more
Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving development subsidiary, will lay off almost a quarter of its workforce—about 900 employees—the company announced Thursday. The cuts are part of a broader restructuring to focus the robotaxi unit on a narrower path to commercialization. Instead of expanding its commercial robotaxi service to multiple US cities, the company will relaunch its … Read more