Apple today published a whitepaper [PDF] detailing the privacy and security protections that it is implementing in the European Union to keep users as safe as possible while also complying with the requirements of the Digital Markets Act. As a recap, with the upcoming iOS 17.4 update, iPhone users in the European Union will be […]
Read MoreStarting with iOS 17.4, currently in beta, Apple is allowing alternative app marketplaces on the iPhone in the EU. Apple made this change to comply with new regulations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which takes full effect next month. In an interview with Fast Company‘s Michael Grothaus published today, Apple’s former marketing chief and […]
Read MoreIn developer documentation outlining systemwide changes to the App Store in the European Union, Apple explains why alternative app stores, alternative payment options, and other updates are being limited to the EU. Apple claims that these changes are introducing notable risks for users and developers, introducing “new avenues for malware, fraud and scams, illicit and […]
Read MoreNearly 30 years ago, when the first effective Alzheimer’s drugs were approved, optimism was in the air. True, the drugs didn’t slow the underlying disease, but they made a meaningful difference to symptoms. It seemed like disease-modifying drugs would be coming any day. “The story was, within a few years, we should have drugs that will […]
Read MoreOur bodies consist of about 30 trillion human cells, but they also host about 39 trillion microbial cells. These teeming communities of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi in our guts, in our mouths, on our skin, and elsewhere—collectively called the human microbiome—don’t only consist of freeloaders and lurking pathogens. Instead, as scientists increasingly appreciate, these […]
Read MoreThe Biden administration has declined to overrule a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that the Apple Watch infringes patents from medical device company AliveCor, potentially paving the way for an import ban on Apple’s smartwatch depending on how the appeals process pans out. California-based AliveCor said in a statement that it was informed the Biden […]
Read MoreThere was a time when Huawei was really unsettling Samsung. It was before the Chinese giant ran into troubles with the United States. Huawei was pushing the envelope, making bold decisions, and trying to think outside the box to capture Samsung’s market share. The strategy was working, particularly in emerging markets where Huawei could also […]
Read MoreRecently, I watched a fellow particle physicist talk about a calculation he had pushed to a new height of precision. His tool? A 1980s-era computer program called FORM. Particle physicists use some of the longest equations in all of science. To look for signs of new elementary particles in collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, […]
Read MoreLike most chaebols or big family businesses in South Korea, the family of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul continues to exercise control over the conglomerate. Samsung is in the unique position of being the largest and most powerful chaebols in the country. Samsung previously had a centralized management structure, basically a “control tower,” run by handpicked […]
Read MoreFlorio recovered. Today, she is back to her triathlete workouts, and her 8-year-old son is healthy. But her heart still sometimes races—something it hadn’t done before, and a harbinger of cardiac issues she might have in her future. “The heart never really goes back to normal,” she says. She decided not to have another child […]
Read MoreOn Thursday, invading Russian forces seized the Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine near the Belarus border. The site of the infamous meltdown in the spring of 1986 is the scene of an ongoing environmental crisis. Soil and water remains poisoned by radioactive contaminants, and nuclear material is still being cleaned up inside a containment […]
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