Japan’s new law is forcing tech giants to allow third-party app stores and payments. Apple and Google have complied, but with clear reluctance and warnings about security risks. Meanwhile, Debian adds support for a Chinese CPU architecture.
An international team has directly observed “hybrid excitons” forming in less than one ten-trillionth of a second. This quantum phenomenon could lead to radically more efficient solar cells and optoelectronics.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has announced Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025 as planned. He accuses Apple of implementing “competition-crushing” new fees instead of complying with a law requiring it to open iOS to competing stores.
Microsoft is buying over 28,500 tons of carbon removal credits from Brazilian startup InPlanet. The deal uses enhanced rock weathering, where crushed silicate rock is spread on farms to pull CO2 from the air.
The Ubisoft Halifax team has voted overwhelmingly to form a wall-to-wall union, joining CWA Canada. This follows a wave of similar votes at studios like id Software and Blizzard teams, all against a backdrop of widespread industry layoffs and uncertainty.
A veteran CTO, pushed out by demands to cut 30% of his team, is building a new “tech startup” that’s already on pace to generate half his former salary. His story, and a writer’s parallel journey, point to a growing exodus of talent from the mainstream tech industry. They’re not leaving tech; they’r
Colgate is taking a unique, bottom-up approach to enterprise AI. Instead of a single corporate chatbot, they’re letting employees build their own assistants while also using AI to invent new products and packaging.
As the push for building electrification grows, hybrid heating systems are being pitched as a smart solution. They combine an air-source heat pump with a gas furnace to optimize costs and grid strain. But this setup creates a massive regulatory puzzle that will decide the fate of gas utilities.
According to Fortune, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with 10-499 employees largely sidestepped the big AI layoffs. Instead, they used AI to scale, experimented relentlessly, and leveraged flexible talent, with nearly half maintaining high confidence through 2025’s economic shocks. Their app
Meta is running a test that restricts professional Facebook accounts to posting just two links monthly without a paid Meta Verified subscription. Meanwhile, industry chatter suggests the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger is definitively off the table.
