Apple pays out over claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images It’s cheaper than ever to buy bitcoin. After 10 years of rejections, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved 11 applications for bitcoin exchange-traded funds submitted by some of the biggest asset managers in the world, including BlackRock and Fidelity. In many cases, investors will pay…

For more than a decade, the smartphone has been the center of digital life. It replaced cameras.GPS devices.MP3 players.Wallets.Even desktop computers for many users. But every dominant technology eventually reaches saturation. And subtle signals suggest the post-smartphone era may be closer than most people think. This shift won’t happen overnight. It will unfold gradually —…

Signs of abuse will be missed because of the encryption of messages, the National Crime Agency says.

IF IT WERE up to my laptop’s webcam, I’d look like a potato on video calls. To make sure I don’t, I often spend the better part of an hour setting up for a 15-minute check-in. I’ll use floor lamps to offset harsh fluorescents and stack my laptop on books to meet my colleague’s gaze….

The Discord app is seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 3, 2021. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Discord will lay off 17% of the company’s workforce, which equates to 170 employees, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. The company, which provides a popular messaging service used by…

Blythe’s comment sections, in comparison, are tame — although he does get some seriously horny private messages. “I get very strange emails, where it’s like, ‘Could you massage my socked feet?’ or something like that,’” Blythe recounted. “I don’t know if they thought the socked part made the outrageous request more normal, but something about…