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Changes Apple is making to its services in the European Union "make a mockery" of new antitrust rules in the bloc, 34 digital organizations complained to the European Commission this week.

The game was pulled without advance warning in some countries.

The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about ad-free subscriptions to Facebook and Instagram as well as claims some voices are suppressed online in a phenomenon known as "shadow banning".

Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a "betrayal" of its founding mission.

Shares of Spirit AeroSystems surged Friday following a report it could be bought by Boeing as the aviation giant seeks to right itself amid its latest safety crisis.

Taking flight can be stressful—especially for a lithium-ion battery that powers a drone. Too much strain on these cells causes damage and shortens a device's overall lifespan. Research in ACS Energy Letters shows the potential to improve batteries in aerial electric vehicles that take off and land vertically. The team developed a new electrolyte to address these challenges and said the "stressed out" batteries could also have second lives in less strenuous applications.

Non-rigid postal items with flexible packagings—such as poly bags—pose problems for logistics companies during automatic sorting. Thanks to modern simulation methods, there is now a widely applicable solution.

The hackers also claim to have stolen patient records.

Meta would rather spend money on Reels

Alibaba’s cloud computing unit cut prices of its core products by as much as 55% beginning Thursday, a move that the company hopes will help “spur

Shanghai-based grocery company Dingdong Maicai on Thursday reported a 19.5% drop in fourth-quarter revenue largely due to its retreat from several cities

On the Vergecast: Apple Cars, the First Amendment, and woke AI.

The company is running out of cash.

The emergence of AI bots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard has fueled a massive rise in share prices of chip-making juggernaut Nvidia, with its skyrocketing stock now making it the world's fourth biggest company by market capitalization.

Facebook parent Meta announced Friday it would no longer pay Australian media companies for news, prompting a government warning that the firm was in "dereliction" of past promises.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board said, Feb. 28, an investigation has confirmed that no personal information was accessed or acquired by any unauthorized persons as a result of a cybersecurity incident in late January.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has very quickly transitioned from science fiction to practical applications, particularly in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, and retail. A study in the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation looks at the AI landscape and sheds light on its evolution, implications, and integration challenges across industries.

Europe's aviation industry is extending its bounceback from the COVID pandemic, as British Airways owner IAG and Franco-Dutch rival Air France-KLM posted bumper 2023 profits Thursday.

The European Parliament approved new data-sharing rules Thursday that clamp down on illegal short-term rentals to protect the residents of European cities—many of whom face shortages of affordable housing.

Electric vehicles are a critical part of Canada's climate strategy, but a new UBC study highlights how it's cheaper in some regions than others to drive electric—making it more challenging for certain households to make the switch.