Apple’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad streak of regulatory woes just got a little worse. According to , government members have raised concerns about the company’s partnership with Alibaba to bring AI features to iPhones in China.

When Apple announced Apple Intelligence, it struck a deal with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT into the system as part of its AI offerings. Since OpenAI can’t operate in China, Apple went shopping for a domestic partnership the country.

For the past few months, Apple has explored

Late Friday, Epic Games sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accusing Apple of refusing to consider its Fortnite submission, calling it “Apple’s latest attempt to circumvent this Court’s Injunction and this Court’s authority.”

As by Mark Gurman, Epic’s petition :

Apple’s refusal to consider Epic’s Fortnite submission is Apple’s latest attempt to circumvent this Court’s Injunction and this Court’s authority. Epic therefore seeks an order enforcing the Injunction

Following the web redesign and , Google is introducing a new prompt bar for the Gemini app on Android and iOS.

Gemini is going from a pill-shaped text field to a rounded rectangle (even before you enter text). Underneath the “Ask Gemini” field, you get a row of actions, starting with the ‘plus’ menu that’s now much shorter. You just get Camera, Gallery, Files, and Drive in this bottom sheet.

Next up are pill-shaped buttons for “Research”

Last week, Epic Games resubmitted Fortnite to the App Store in the United States. This followed a court ruling that stated Apple wasn’t allowed to charge a 27% commission on payments conducted through external payment services on the U.S. App Store.

However, when it submitted the new version of Fortnite for app review, Epic Games didn’t hear back for quite some time.

Tonight, that it says it received yesterday from Apple. This follows this mornings announcement that Apple had ‘blocked’ the

The is one of the best values in Mac computers, but upgrading the storage to the maximum 2TB significantly reduces that value proposition. That’s because Apple charges an insane $800 for the upgrade, turning the budget $600 computer into a $1400 one. In other words, you can purchase two base model Mac minis for less than the price of a single Mac mini with a 2TB upgrade.

But fret not, because offers a 2TB upgrade for the M

Today, Apple upcoming changes to App Store pricing and developer proceeds. New tax adjustments will take effect immediately in Brazil, and additional pricing updates will roll out in multiple regions over the next few months.

As of May 16th, Apple is modifying developer proceeds in Brazil to reflect the introduction of a tax known as CIDE, which stands for Economic Domain Intervention Contributions.

The new 10% levy will apply to developers based outside of Brazil and will be deducted from their earnings from paid apps and IAP.

Furthermore

Ask any non-native English speaker, and they’ll probably tell you that LLMs tend to perform much better in Shakespeare’s language than in their own

Sometimes, the difference is subtle. Sometimes, not so much. Sometimes, it’s downright dangerous, as shown in 2023 Carnegie Mellon study, which found that non-English inputs could more easily bypass safety filters.

Now, Apple has co-authored a study proposing a new method that could close part of this gap.

As Apple

After three years of anticipation, officially launched next-generation CarPlay this week, dubbed CarPlay Ultra. CarPlay Ultra packs countless new features, updates, and more compared to normal CarPlay.

Here’s everything you need to know about CarPlay Ultra, including whether your favorite automaker will support the platform.

Apple says over a dozen automakers have signed on to support CarPlay Ultra. So far, however, the platform has only debuted in Aston Martin cars. As of May 2025, CarPlay Ultra is rolling out to

is home to a growing number of critically acclaimed series, and two of its currently airing shows happen to be among the best new TV comedies in streaming.