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Fifth Circuit Temporarily Allows Texas App Store Verification Law to Take Effect
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (226+ words) The state law requires app stores to verify users' ages. And now, the federal court has paused lower court orders that had blocked the measure. A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed Texas to enforce a law requiring app stores…...
Is Apple's App Store Ecosystem Really Worth $1. 4 Trillion?
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (630+ words) Apple has just published another one of its periodic reports highlighting just how much money its App Store ecosystem is responsible for. The numbers are beyond impressive, but there are also some devils dwelling in the details. Citing a new…...
Texas App Store Age Verification Law Takes Effect
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (349+ words) Despite Apple's opposition, Texas has forged ahead with a new state law requiring age verification for app marketplaces "and it goes into effect today. Technically, bill SB2420, known as the "App Store Accountability Act," was originally slated to take effect on…...
How much data does your favorite messaging app collect? New study shows 90% of messaging apps now include AI that puts privacy at risk
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (568+ words) A new study highlights how AI integration and aggressive data tracking are chipping away at our digital privacy, even on encrypted platforms. We trust messaging apps with our most intimate conversations, from sharing passwords with family members to venting about…...
My Current App Subscriptions in 2026
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (35+ words) App Subscriptions I am using in 2026 Back in 2024, I wrote an article documenting which app subscriptions I was renewing or not in 2025. This past week, I started thinking about my current app "...
This bargain budget phone is ideal for reading on the go
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (1599+ words) In the early days of smartphones, there was more room for experimentation in design. Mostly because we didn't all know what we wanted from a handset. These days, though, most phones look a bit similar " comparable cameras, screen sizes, features…...
Internet Age-Gates Are a Growing Global Threat
14+ hour ago (786+ words) Electronic Frontier Foundation Internet Age-Gates Are a Growing Global Threat The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves'both inside countries and across continents. Yet governments around the world continue…...
New Apple App Store accounts in Texas will have to verify their age thanks to new law
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (423+ words) Yahoo Tech If you create a new Apple account in Texas, you'll now have to verify your age to download apps from the App Store. The change comes as Apple responds to the implementation of SB 2420, a law that requires…...
From improved cooling to enhanced performance: how the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers for seasoned mobile gamers
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (791+ words) Sponsor Content Created With Samsung Packed with gaming perks The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra might not be marketed as a gaming phone, but in many ways it has some of the best dedicated gaming phones beaten, thanks to cutting-edge specs plus…...
Touch ID coming to i Phone Ultra this fall, here's why
16+ hour, 31+ min ago (27+ words) i Phone Ultra is coming this fall as Apple's first foldable model, and it will use Touch ID instead of Face ID for authentication. Here's why....