Microsoft

Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise and import-time payload delivery

Threat actors compromised AsyncAPI packages and weaponized trusted CI/CD workflows to distribute malware through npm. This ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

UK regulator considers opening Apple, Google app stores to rival payments

LONDON, June 30 : Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday proposed allowing app developers to steer users to alternative payment options outside Apple and Alphabet's Google app stores to cut fees ...
Forbes

Apple’s Brazil Tax Concessions Collided With China’s Developer Economy

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple's App Store, a $1.4 trillion economic force, faces renewed global scrutiny over its ...
Wired

These 3 Focus Timer Apps Will Keep You on Task

when you're trying to stay focused on something, there's no shortage of distractions on your phone, through your web browser, or out the window. And with attention spans crumbling in the TikTok era, ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is shutting down Sora, a TikTok-like social app that launched six months ago. OpenAI did not give a reason for the shut down, nor did it share information about ...
inforum

‘A hell of a lot of royalties’: ND Supreme Court ruling likely to trigger litigation for oil companies

BISMARCK — A recent North Dakota Supreme Court decision could have ripple effects for thousands of oil wells, the mineral owners who receive royalties from them and the oil industry in the state as a ...
Android Authority

I tried Nothing's AI app builder — and ended up with a screaming tea timer

I’ve always thought it would be fun to make an app — you know, build something actually useful, either for myself or for the wider world. But when you’re starting from absolutely nothing, the barrier ...
CNBC

Meta warned EU plans to impose measures on tech giant to reverse WhatsApp AI policy

The European Commission has told Meta it intends to impose "interim measures" to stop it from excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp. In December, the bloc opened an investigation into Meta ...
Psychology Today

Why It’s Time to Stop Using the Word 'Trigger'

For years, the word trigger has been a staple in mental health language. The concept of psychological triggers, especially in PTSD, originates from both classical conditioning principles (Pavlov, ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Releases Azure Functions Support for Model Context Protocol Servers

Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...
The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...