Apple forced to approve porn app on EU iPhones due to DMA

Both Apple and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney have provided responses below…

Apple has been legally required to approve a pornography app for iPhone users in EU markets due to regulatory actions put in place by Europe’s Digital Markets Act. Since launching the App Store in 2008, Apple’s policy has been to prevent apps explicitly for distributing pornography from being listed in the App Store.

As of today, however, EU iPhone users can access Hot Tub, an app for browsing pornography, as easily as downloading


Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX

Apple announced a few months ago that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show on February 6th. Last night at the Grammys, Kendrick Lamar was able to add an additional five Grammys to his now total of 22! Given his current popularity, Apple has added a few Kendrick Lamar-themed workouts for its Fitness+ subscribers.

I have been an avid user for a few years now. I started using it in early 2021 to re-ignite my love for fitness

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MagSafe Monday: Lisen’s ultra-slim 0.3’’ MagSafe battery is the product Apple should have launched alongside the iPhone 16

Apple released a single version of its a few years ago but was never upgraded or replaced. It eventually was removed for sale. It was a great product, and I wish it had stayed around. It was never designed to be the biggest battery, but it was great for getting through a heavy-use day. That’s exactly what the offers. It’s what I envision a modern Apple MagSafe battery would look like.

MagSafe Monday : Every Monday, Bradley Chambers looks at the latest and greatest in

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Apple has re-released iOS 18.3 for an older iPhone model

Have an iPhone 11? Apple just released a new build of last week’s iOS 18.3 software update just for you.

iOS 18.3 build 22D64 is now available for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The five-year-old model received the same update to iOS 18.3 last week as other iPhone models. The new build suggests something specific to the iPhone 11 line needed resolved with a new


Apple Calendar’s ‘Confetti’ could offer three advantages over competitors

Apple is reportedly about to launch a new iCloud-based service, codenamed Confetti, that’s tied to the iOS 18.3 Calendar app. Here are three advantages Apple’s offering could provide over its competition.

Over the weekend, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg shared that a new iCloud-based ‘Confetti’ service was launching as early as this week. He wrote:

As the festive code name implies, the service offers a new way to invite people to parties, functions and meetings. For years,

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Deals: AirPods 4 $100 all-time low, AirPods Pro 2 $170, MacBook Pro $210 off, Apple Studio Displays, more

After a steady string of iPad mini, M2 iPad Air, and M4 iPad Pro deals to kick the year off, we are now seeing our first chances to save big on the latest AirPods releases. Amazon has now dropped the there while the lauded have now dropped from the $249 regular list price to . Those offers join a on a couple different M4/Pro MacBook Pro configs as well as up to $299 off the gorgeous . You’ll also find a headphones,

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YouTube removing ‘Guest’ profile from TV apps, but the mode is still there

YouTube appears to be removing the “Guest” profile from its TV apps, starting on Apple TV and Roku.

The YouTube app for TV has a similar design and feature-set across various different platforms, but Google occasionally will roll out changes on certain versions before others. The latest example of that is the removal of the “Guest” profile.

Within the YouTube app on TVs, all users will find a profile switcher. This allows for easy access to channel pages, alternate accounts, and YouTube Kids following the

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New iPhone buyers actually do care about Apple Intelligence

Apple positioned the iPhone 16 as the first model “built from the ground up for Apple Intelligence.” But until the company shared iPhone sales numbers, we didn’t know whether customers would care or not. Now, the answer seems clear.

Last week, Apple reported its biggest quarter in the company’s history: $124.3 billion in revenue.

Digging into the details revealed strong sales for Apple’s trio of flagship products: iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

iPad and Mac

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This canceled Apple TV+ series is getting new life on the stage

is over five years old now, and in its early days series were rarely canceled—but that’s started to change. The cancellation I’ve been most disappointed by is , but now it seems the show is getting new life thanks to a stage adaptation.

Schmigadoon! ran for two seasons on Apple TV+, and was gearing up for its third when it was canceled early last year . Despite the third season being fully written, including 25 new songs, Apple decided not to renew it.

Now


Apple explains why it requires New Orleans music students to learn coding

New Orleans music students attending the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM) are required to learn coding as part of their curriculum, due to a collaboration with Apple .

Another mandatory course at the music school – no matter which primary instrument students have chosen to learn – is piano …

The school itself chose to make piano lessons compulsory.

“At the heart of the center’s curriculum is our founder’s belief that truly understanding music begins with learning to hear it,” explains executive director Lisa Dabney. “Piano

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