Brazil demands Apple open up the App Store…or else

Little by little, countries around the world are taking steps to change how Apple’s App Store functions. The most recent development comes from Brazil, where the nation’s antitrust regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (CADE) on Monday issued Apple an ultimatum of sorts. CADE has given Apple 20 days to make changes that allows for … Read more

Drake accuses UMG of using bots and conspiring with Spotify to make Not Like Us go viral

If you ask Drake, Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us isn’t as popular as it seems. The Canadian rapper has filed a petition in New York’s Supreme Court, accusing Universal Music Group of using bots and paying Spotify, Apple and other entities to “artificially inflate the spread of Not Like Us and “deceiving consumers” into believing … Read more

Huawei launches its Android-free OS

With launch of its Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6 smartphones, Huawei unveiled its latest mobile OS that it says no longer uses any Android open-source code, Bloomberg reported. HarmonyOS Next was supposedly built entirely in-house as part of Huawei’s plans to do build a platform entirely free of major US tech sources, both for … Read more

Instagram DMs have a new location-sharing feature

Instagram DMs have a new location-sharing feature

Instagram spruced up its DM features on Monday. You can now share your live location with friends, handy for meetups at concerts or other crowded places. The social platform also now lets you add nicknames in one-on-one or group chats, and there are over 300 new stickers to share in DMs. You can turn on … Read more

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker just announced a retro-futuristic musical instrument called Orchid

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker just announced a musical instrument called Orchid. It’s a nifty-looking chord machine with some modern bells and whistles. For the uninitiated, a chord machine is a device or plugin that allows users to simplify the process of playing chords. To that end, Orchid lets players initiate full melodic chords by pressing … Read more

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